The J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Cup

The J.P. Morgan Premiership Rugby 7s Cup is a highly regarded 7s festival for under 14s at grassroots clubs, taking place at the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs this Autumn.

The festival will give valuable experience of the 7s game to youngsters, helping in their rugby development.

The winning team from each 2011 7s festival will be invited to attend the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series Final in the summer of 2012, a prestigious 7s tournament in which the Premiership Rugby clubs compete.

Your local 7s Cup event will be held at Kingston Park on 17th / 18th September (tbc). For more information please contact Newcastle Falcons community department on melanie.magee@newcastle-falcons.co.uk

Wayne Morris, Head of Community at Premiership Rugby, said "The J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Cup is a fantastic opportunity for youngsters to gain valuable experience of the 7s game and have fun."

Roger Thompson, Head of UK at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, reinforced how important the tournament is to the future of Rugby 7s, "We are excited to be involved with the 7s Cup and hope to see some future Olympic 7s players emerging."

North Tyneside Widening Horizons Club Development Scheme

King of Tag

The King of Tag event takes place every year at Kingston Park. Teams who have won their respective finals across the region compete against other regional finalists to win the prestigious title of King of Tag and win a trip to Rugby National Finals.

For more information, please contact gavin.beasley@newcastle-falcons.co.uk

Landrover Cup

The Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup is a nationwide tournament for under-11 and under-12 teams. It is the first of its kind to be officiated by Premiership Rugby and run in conjunction with all 12 Premiership Rugby clubs. After the success of the first two seasons, in which over 14,000 aspiring young players took part in festivals all over the country, we are looking forward to seeing more young stars battling it out for a place in the finals this year.

Watch this space for details on date and location or contact melanie.magee@newcastle-falcons.co.uk to register your interest.

Touch Rugby

Touch is Rugby's answer to 5-a-side football - it's fast, enjoyable, involves no contact and can be played by both young & old, males & females. Touch Rugby is such an easy game to play that even if you have never played rugby before you will have no problem picking it up. In fact around half the participants will have never played rugby before!

It's a great way of keeping fit or getting fit while enjoying an evening in the summer sunshine with friends enjoying drinks, music & a BBQ.

Summer 2011 Review

Wednesday saw the culmination of the 2011 Summer Touch league.

Over 300 people took part in the social and advanced league held at Kingston Park. This is the 9th Year the Falcons have ran the tournament which is open to experienced players all the way through to those who have never picked a rugby ball up before.

Throughout the first 2 weeks teams were seeded and placed into either advanced or social leagues, then followed 5 weeks of league fixtures against those in their pool. Finally teams were split into 6 groups to challenge for the six awards.

Once again the skill and competition exceeded that of last year with more try's, closer contested games and overall fun.

Melanie Magee, manager of the Falcons Community Foundation said "many teams use the league as a social event within their work place, however we also have teams from local rugby clubs and simply groups of friends wishing to keep fit during the summer."

Winners this year are as follows:

• Social League
• Trophy Supporters Club
• Vase Team Awesome
• Bowl Dirty Ruckers

• Advanced League
• Shield Untouchables
• Plate Newcastle Estates
• Cup Can't Touch This

Thanks must go to all teams who took part in the Falcons Summer touch League.
If you want to hear more of what the Falcons Community Team do or want to get involved please contact the team on 0191 214 2818 or alternatively email melanie.magee@newcastle-falcons.co.uk

Still to Come...
One place remains in the Beach Touch Festival on Sunday 7th August. We will also be holding a Corporate Touch on Wednesday 17th August with Newcastle Falcons players as coaches!!

NRU RDP

The Falcons Community Foundation work closely with Northumberland Rugby Union to organise a Regional Development Programme. Key skill areas which require development are identified across the game and age groups and coaching evenings are set up. Newcastle Falcons players design specific sessions to assist with the target area and deliver evenings accordingly.

For more information on these sessions please view http://clubs.rfu.com/CLUBS/portals/NorthumberlandRugbyUnionCB/

Sportivate Newcastle

The Sportivate Programme in Newcastle aims to use the World Cup 2011 to motivate participants in the 14 to 16 bracket to take up rugby or re-engage in the sport. Ten schools in the region will participate in the lessons which culminate in festivals and activities at local rugby clubs.

For more information, please contact danny.brown@newcastle-falcons.co.uk

Sportivate North Tyneside

The Sportivate Programme in North Tyneside aims to use the World Cup 2011 to motivate female participants in the 14 to 16 bracket to take up rugby or re-engage in the sport. Ten schools in the region will participate in the lessons which culminate in festivals and activities at local rugby clubs.

For more information, please contact danny.brown@newcastle-falcons.co.uk

Show Racism the Red Card

We link up with the national charity to organize anti-racism educational days at Kingston Park. Players are involved as positive role models in the anti-racism campaign - this is supplemented by the poster taken on media day which is handed out when we visit community groups.