Student’s project unveiled as part of Edinburgh Napier’s Showtime
A device being developed by an Edinburgh Napier student could be set to revolutionise the way that potential head injuries are spotted in youth rugby. Continue reading Euans’s device could help identify head trauma in youth rugby
Edinburgh’s Athletic Arms has beaten off competition from dozens of other clubs and bars across the UK to be shortlisted as one of Britain’s best rugby pubs. Continue reading The Diggers: Britain’s best rugby pub?
Melrose is the Home of Rugby Sevens, and is the host to the world’s oldest Rugby Sevens Tournament
Event: Aberdeen Standard Investments Melrose Sevens
Date: Saturday 14 April 2018
Venue: Melrose Rugby Football Club, Greenyards, Melrose, Scottish Borders, TD6 9SA
Time: 11.30am onwards
The world’s oldest – and most famous – rugby sevens tournament, the Aberdeen Standard Investments Melrose Sevens, takes place for the 128th time on Saturday 14 April. Continue reading Get your tickets for world’s oldest Sevens tournament
Former Scotland rugby captain Al Kellock is encouraging people to ‘scrum’ on down and take part in this year’s Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk. Continue reading Kellock’s Calcutta Cup Kiltwalk team talk!
The first indoor rugby game in Scottish Schools’ history will take place on Saturday (13 January) at the Oriam Stadium, Heriot-Watt University when Merchiston and Dollar Academy are scheduled to play an exciting line up of matches. Continue reading Beating the Big Freeze: First indoor rugby game in Scottish schools history
Raeburn Place Foundation has launched an official ambassador programme – and former Scotland rugby captain Mike Blair and current internationalist Dave Denton are the inaugural members. Continue reading Scottish Rugby ambassadors sign up for Raeburn Place Foundation
Forget THAT match – it’s in the past now, and in the past it must remain … (that’s quite catchy, must try to put a tune to it sometime). Anyway, here are some local rugby events to look forward to, courtesy of Edinburgh Rugby …
Kid A Quid
Please see below information regarding our next home game against Munster on Saturday 7 November where all U18’s can get get a ticket, in advance, for £1. To buy tickets now please go to (https://www.eticketing.co.uk/scottishrugby/details/event.aspx?itemref=4494)
October Camp
We also have spaces left for our camp on Wednesday 21 October – that’s TOMORROW! For more information visit https://www.eticketing.co.uk/scottishrugby/details/event.aspx?itemref=4471)
Coaching Master class
Our next coaching master class will be on the 27 November at the Edinburgh v Dragons fixture. For more information please email bepartforit@edinburghrugby.org
Those who would like to participate in the masterclass should ensure they have a match day ticket to enter the game.
1872 Cup kid from a quid (under 18s)
On the 27 December Edinburgh Rugby will take to the field against Glasgow Warriors in the first of two legs to defend the 1872 cup. This is a spectacle of the rugby calendar in Scotland and is not to be missed please see the link below to book tickets.
https://www.eticketing.co.uk/scottishrugby/details/event.aspx?itemref=4444
For Information about Game On please see: http://www.edinburghrugby.org/
More than four hundred and fifty P7s from eleven local schools took part in the Active Schools Autumn Games at Broughton High School today. The children took the opportunity to try out six different sports and there were prizes at the end for top school teams too.
Active Schools coordinator Robert Ure, who organised the event, explained: “The eleven primary schools who took part were Pirniehall and St Davids from the Craigroyston Cluster; Granton, Ferryhill, Flora Stevenson and Stockbridge from the Broughton Cluster; Trinity, Wardie and Victoria from the Trinity Cluster and Abbeyhill and Broughton from the Drummond Cluster.
“They are all P7 classes and I’d estimate we had between 450 – 500 pupils in attendance. The pupils competed in six different competitions – girl’s rugby, boy’s rugby, lacrosse (new this year), football, Tae Kwon Do and fencing – and the winners were presented with a shield to keep for a year.”
Robert thanked the coaches and volunteers for their essential support in making the event such a success – and there was also a huge thank-you to the school children who took part: while the competition was spirited and enthusiastic, the young athletes were impeccably behaved and a credit to their schools throughout.
And the winners on the day?
Tae Kwon Do – Trinity
Boys Rugby – Wardie
Girls Rugby – Flora Stevenson
Fencing – St David’s
Football – Granton
Lacrosse – Victoria
Congratulations to all the winners, but as we all know it’s not just about winning, it’s the taking part – so well done to all 450 young sports stars who helped to make the Autumn Games so special!
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Edinburgh Northern organise charity fundraising tournament in honour of big ‘Loggy’
Following the tragic death of Richard Logg in a car crash on Christmas-Eve 2014, his team mates at Edinburgh Northern Rugby Football Club (@ENRFC) have come together to raise funds in his honour and to keep the memory of a ‘gentle giant’ alive (writes JACOB COURT).
The Club has already run several successful fund raising events for local charities, all chosen by his young family. Widowed & Young (WAY) and Richmond’s Hope, as well as national charity Home Start, have been at the heart of fundraising efforts thus far.
The next event to be hosted looks to celebrate the things that will always remind us of Loggy; a crunching rugby style, a love of spending time with family and friends – and a spirited enthusiasm for mischief and laughs!
Centred round a rugby tournament to celebrate ‘Loggy’ through the sport he loved, the Club are putting on a day of events, aimed at participants of all ages. Rugby, raffles, auctions as well as a BBQ, refreshments, live music and activities for children will all be laid on in order to foster as much as is possible of the spirit that draws people to small, community rugby clubs like Northern.
Donations are welcome but a good attendance would be much preferred with the setting of his home pitch in Inverleith Park being the venue for a three way tournament between his Club, Edinburgh Northern, a ‘Northern Legends’ team and a guest appearance from charity favourites, The Pigbarians.
Edinburgh Northern RFC would like to take this opportunity to welcome anyone with a passion for fun and a love of laughs to join us in Inverleith Park, East Fettes Avenue from 1pm on Saturday 25 July for a day of rugby, family games, barbequed meats and an evening of music.
Hundreds of local primary school children will be taking part in a major sports event being organised by Spartans Community Football Academy Event at Ainslie Park in May.
SCFA Youth and Community Worker Jamie Tomkinson said: “The Spartans Community Football Academy Sports Day will be held on the 20th of May. Eight local primary schools are involved – we reckon that will be around 350 P7s over the course of the day!”
Twelve different sporting activities will be delivered by local agencies on the day: Kabo boxing, Edinburgh Judo, Edinburgh Leisure, Fet-Lor, Granton Youth Centre and MY Adventure will all be supporting the programme – and Keith Cook, who is a five-time Commonwealth Games medallist, will share his fencing skills. NEN, North Edinburgh’s community newspaper, has been invited to cover the event.
“Lorna Cruikshank, one of our young volunteers, will deliver a hockey station and we have a local samba band coming along to create an atmosphere and do a show for the opening ceremony!” Jamie added. “Many organisations have come on board to support the day – Ainslie Park Leisure Centre are letting us use one lane of their pool for the triathlon and Nike, who were a major part of last year’s success, will be volunteering throughout the event.
“There’s a lot of organising to be done and we are putting the finishing touches to the programme but the Sports Day is going to be a lot of fun – we’re all really looking forward to it and I’m sure the P7s are too!”
