BEACH RUGBY HAS ARRIVED IN IBIZA...
The first weekend of May, which falls on the 5th and 6th, will see Ibiza´s first ever Beach Rugby Tournament. This weekend, organised by Ibiza Sports Tours and San Antonio´s local authorities promises to one of the biggest on the Summer calendar and with Mens and Ladies teams all playing on the same beach, it´s a good job that the ¨Med¨ is just a few steps away if things need cooling off!
S´Arenal beach is 650m of Golden Sand and 300m from the centre of San Antonio and is right in front of the legendery clubs of the town ¨Es Paradis¨ and ¨Eden¨.
There´s no better way for rugby enthusiasts to get a tan than watching or playing beach rugby plus we have a tent with DJ´s and live music throughout the day, this is one weekend you won´t want to miss out on!
Click on the information in up coming events on the left hand side of this page.
Women to join in the fun of ¨CIUTAT d ´EIVISSA 2012¨
The ninth edition of next years tournament Ciutat d´Eivissa will see female participation for the first time. Due to the interest and demand of women´s teams we will be running a ladies competition paralell to that of the men´s tournament. We are looking forward to next May´s tournament more than ever!
If you are part of a rugby team and want to tour to Ibiza and take part in 2012 just get in touch with us as soon as possible, the first 6 team deposits we receive will book their place in the biggest social tournament in the Mediterranean!
Veterans Rugby Match
The first weekend in October saw a wonderful visit from the lads at West Bridgford RFC from the Midlands. They arrived on the Saturday, played rugby on the Sunday, soaked up all of our sun, drank the island dry and left on the Tuesday morning. ¨What an excellent group of gentlemen¨ where the words that the owner of the Highlander, Sebas as he described the team from Nottingham, ¨they may have drank 15 pints each in one night, but everyone one of them was with a please and thank you¨.
We would like to thank team tour organiser Ian Marriott for his hard work in getting his lads to the BHX on time so that we could give them a great time here in Ibiza and show them what the island has to offer. All the best for this season West Bridgford RFC!
Rugby - Ciutat d´Eivissa 2011
This years tournament winners were the Society of Legends RFC from Dublin, the first Irish representation we have ever had in the competition, who beat Marlow RFC from Buckinghamshire in a very tight final 7-0.
All teams played a brilliant tournament especially Lymington Mariners RFC from Lymington from near Bournemouth who finished third, who beat Ibiza in the 3rd-4th play off, plus plate competition winners Ross RFC from Ross-onWye near Hereford. Seventh place went to Betuwe Rugby Club from Bemmel near Arnhem, Holland.
We welcomed back 2006 tourists Tadley RFC from Aldermaston near Reading who celebrating 25 years of touring put the colour and definitely most of the humour in this years tournament finished a very respectable 6th. We would also like to thank Tadley for providing us with Roger the Ref who handled his designated games with professionalism despite suffering from a severe case of Tourette Syndrome.
All teams arrived at Can Misses Rugby Ground between 10.30 and 11am for the competition which kicked off with a game between Ross RFC and Lymington Mariners RFC. Below are the scores of the group stages.
Group A Group B
Ibiza - Betuwe 10-0 Lymington - Ross 5-0
Society - Tadley 7-0 Marlow - Lymington 12-7
Ibiza - Society 0-7 Marlow - Ross 10-0
Betuwe - Tadley 5-12
Society - Betuwe 18-15
Ibiza - Tadley 15-5
Plate Competition
Ross - Tadley 7-5, Ross - Betuwe 7-5, Tadley - Betuwe 12-5
Cup Semis
Society - Lymington 12-0, Ibiza - Marlow 7-12
All teams then gathered together for a great tournament closing dinner and made their way up to the West End of San Antonio to celebrate what has to be the best tournament edition to date not only in representation but in spirit and fun. We would like to congratulate ALL participating teams for making this years competition what it was plus their behaviour on and off the field. Ibiza played with most of their Under 18s (due to their first team having to play a play-off match later in the evening) and all teams respected and took into account the young team Ibiza put out especially in the match against Lymington. This year Rugby has definitely been the winner!
Swansea Uplands RFC Easter Tour a success
Easter weekend was an action packed 4 days for the Welsh club Swansea Uplands RFC who came on tour with their under 19s and under 21 squad. They played Ibiza´s under 19s on the 23rd of April, winning 45-5 in a sun soaked and equally fought (although the scoreline doesn´t reflect so) match. The Welsh proved too strong in the second half and showed what a well drilled unit their under 19s are.
The following day their under 21s took on a diluted Ibiza senior team. They started off very strongly, taking the lead with a well worked move from their three-quarter line although Ibiza replied 10 mins later. The second half was equally disputed as the first with Ibiza finally winning 15-12.
Ibiza Sports Tours would like to congratulate and thank Brian Greenslade and the rest of the coaching staff of Swansea Uplands for the bringing such a great bunch of boys who´s level of rugby and behaviour throughout the 4 days was ¨top-shelf¨. The future looks very bright for the club from South-West Wales!