In 2022, the channel, in collaboration with the Russian Rugby Federation and the CSKA Rugby Club, will organize a large-scale children’s rugby tournament Match! Rugby”, dedicated to Children’s Day. This year’s competitions are held for the first time not only in Moscow, but also in many regions of the Russian Federation.
Children’s tournaments, which brought together thousands of children, have already been held in the city of Sevastopol, the Republic of Dagestan, the Komi Republic, the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories, the Republic of Crimea, Rostov, Samara , Arkhangelsk, Kaluga, Tula, Orel and Novgorod regions … Tula. In the Russian arms capital, 34 children’s teams played tag rugby – these are students of the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades of secondary schools from the Tula, Belgorod, Kursk and Moscow regions. In total, more than 500 participants, as well as 16 corporate rugby union teams from the Business League, took part in the great rugby celebration. Residents and guests of Tula were pleasantly surprised by the scale, entertainment and positive atmosphere that reigned during the children’s tournament “Match! Rugby”.
— We, , are happy to be associated with rugby and events as bright as the Match children’s tournament! Rugby has already become a good tradition,” comments Elena Rudakova, Director of the Department of Development and Cooperation with Sports Organizations of the channel, about the children’s rugby project. — Together with the CSKA Rugby Club and the Russian Rugby Federation, we are developing rugby, and it is very important for us to develop not only professional rugby, but also amateur and children’s sports. The main objective of such projects is to involve a wide audience in sport. The more athletes there are, the more positive, healthy and joyful people are among us. Tag rugby tournaments scheduled by to coincide with Children’s Day are taking place in 56 constituent parts of Russia this year!
The first game! Rugby” took place in 2021. It brought together 85 teams in 4 age categories – more than 1000 participants from different cities of Russia. The opening ceremony of the tournament was attended by the head of the Central Sports Club of the army, Colonel Artem Gromov, the chairman of the CSKA rugby club, the head of the Russian rugby union committee for the development of rugby in the armed forces and law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation Alexei Mitryushin, the marketing director of Dmitry Limar, theater and film actor Igor Ogurtsov, CSKA Rugby Club players.
– Match! Rugby is a wonderful sporting event for young rugby players, the participants of our tournament personify children from all over the country who live a real sporting life,” said CSKA Rugby Club President Alexei Mitryushin in his welcome speech. . “Together with the channel and the Russian Rugby Federation, we will make this tournament a good annual tradition, we will certainly try to create a bright rugby holiday for children from all regions of our country.
All day, participants and guests of the tournament, in addition to rugby matches, took part in the CSKA RK activity area: they threw balls at inflatable goals, participated in the obstacle course, took pictures in the photo areas, did make-up, played with life-size puppets, participated in contests, raffles and master classes. Tournament winners received memorable prizes.
— The coverage of the tournament is impressive, it is one of the most geographically important tournaments not only in rugby, but also among all team sports, — the children’s tournament “Match! Rugby” Director of Regional Development of the Russian Rugby Federation Gleb Babkin. – Competitions are successfully held in many regions of our country, it is visited by the first people of the regions, and a large number of children and people are introduced to rugby. I think in 2023 we will increase the number of regions, and our ultimate goal is to have a tournament in each region. It would be great to hold a joint All-Russian final in Zelenograd, I am sure that a colorful final with participants from all regions will become a bright and spectacular sporting event in Russia. With the channel and the CSKA Rugby Club, we will be able to do this.
In the near future, children’s rugby tournaments will be held in Moscow and other cities of Russia.
Source : MatchTV
