Festival passes the ball to rugby clubs
Rugby clubs and school urged to enter inaugural tournament.
The inaugural Oppi Beach Rugby and Music Festival will deliver tries and tackles aplenty at Toti main beach from 18 to 21 April.
It is a full contact tackle tournament with great cash prizes and is open to teams at primary school, high school and open level.
Each team can have 10 players, five on the field and five on the bench, and will receive branded T-shirts and caps, as well as other goodies from sponsors. Teams will, however, be responsible for supplying their own jerseys and other required apparel.
Kick-off is at 9.30am (this is subject to tides affecting the playing areas) and entries will be on a first-come-first-served basis.
On day one, all games will be played in pools. Thereafter the pool winners and those placed second will play in a knock-out competition.
The third and fourth pool teams will play in a knock-out competition for the plate, the fifth and sixth pool teams will play for the shield and the bottom-placed teams will play for the spoon.
“We found that beach rugby is huge overseas especially in countries like Spain, Italy and Mexico,” said Jannie Pretorius, a former well-known Transvaal rugby player and one of the event organisers. “We decided to go that route because in South Africa, you hear very little about beach rugby.”
Any schools or rugby clubs wanting to enter the tournament can contact Jannie Pretorius on 072-582-1352 or email cento@vodamail.co.za.
