The Umbrella 7′s tournament is a rugby charity event involving school teams. This competition is slightly different to others as not only do participants enjoy playing one of the most exciting brands of rugby and enhancing skills used in the 15-a-side game, it also helps vulnerable children in Nepal, one of the world’s poorest countries.
In the last number of years, 7-a-side rugby has taken off as an international sport. So much so that in 2016 this format will be introduced in the Rio Olympics. It provides an opportunity for smaller rugby powers to shine, with its fast, wide-open, low-impact style.
Fiji is one of the world’s leading powers in the men’s event, while Canada is one of the top-ranked women’s teams. Ireland is currently the only major rugby-playing nation that does not have a professional 7-a-side team and, without an organised 7′s competition at schools level, the gap is set to grow.
The Umbrella 7′s tournament has been fully endorsed by Jamie Heaslip, Irish international, British & Irish Lion and The Umbrella Foundation’s patron, who in June 2011 volunteered with us in Nepal.
For full details visit the facebook page (www.facebook.com/Umbrella7sCanada) and/or email Niamh at niamh.burke8@gmail.com
Aisling has organsied a fundraising bagpack for Umbrella on Saturday 30th November in Supervalu, Churchtown, Dublin. If anyone has time to help out on Saturday, please go along and support Aisling and her friends and family on the day. Best of luck!
Please come along to the Comedy Night Out in aid of the The Umbrella Foundation, which takes place in the Laughter Lounge on Eden Quay, near O’Connell bridge in Dublin city. The event kicks off with FREE cocktails between 7.00 pm – 7.30 pm, then enjoy 4 great comedians and afterwards a late bar with DJ!
Tickets cost €25, with profits from ticket sales going directly towards the care of the children and young adults here in Nepal.
For more information and to book your ticket, contact Catherine (0852272812).
HKFC Rugby is delighted to welcome Sir Chris Bonington to Hong Kong; one of the greatest mountaineers in history and perhaps the most eloquent and entertaining lecturers in his field. We will be hosting a three course lunch at the Club Restaurant on Friday 26th June. Sir Chris will share stories on his extraordinary career from his first adventures on mountains in the early 1950s to his ascent of the Old Man of Hoy, a repeat of his famous first ascent, at the age of 80 last summer. The talk covers the best of his amazing adventures in between, including a tour of his first ascents in the great ranges, as always accompanied by unrivalled mountain photography. He gives a very personal story of adventure, triumph and tragedy, shared with some of the greatest characters of mountaineering, illustrated with superb images and video.
Date/Time: Friday 26th June, from 12:30pm
Venue: Club Restaurant (2/F)
Menu: 3 Course set lunch with free flow beer, wine and soft drinks (until 2:30pm)
Dress code: Smart/Business casual
Ticket price: $750* per person
Corporate tables: $10,000 (includes logo branding as a supporting organization)
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*Rugby Section members are entitled to a $250 rebate, which will be credited to your HKFC account.
All profit from the event will be donated in full to the Umbrella Foundation in Nepal. For more information on the remarkable work this charity does for vulnerable children in Nepal.
Fast pace… Quick (buck) passing… Strategic attacks – no not the Irish general elections, its the Umbrella 7s 2016!
Umbrella 7’s Cup Winners in 2015.
The Umbrella 7s will take place in Terenure College on April 16th. Now in it’s 5th year, the Umbrella 7s gets Irish boys U15s and U17s to raise money for less fortunate youngsters in Nepal, while engaging in a brilliant brand of rugby the season before their Junior and Senior cupchallenges!
2016 U17s & U15s Cup winners YOUR TEAM?????
2015 U17s Cup winners Terenure College & U15s Cup winners Castleknock College
2014 U17s Cup winners Belevedere College & U15s Cup winners Clongowes Wood College
2013 U17s Cup winners St Andrews College & U15s Cup winners Kilkenny College
2012 U17s Cup winners Newbridge College
AND in the year that 7s Rugby comes to the Olympics! The Umbrella 7s is endorsed by our patron Jamie Heaslip, Ireland manager Joe Schmidt and former Ireland international Tony Ward. Entry per team is €300 (or €25 per player), with competitions for U15s and U17s.
To add to the incentive to fundraise, we are delighted to announce that Jamie Heaslip has once again offered to do a training session with teams raising in excess of €2000 (or €165 per player). Last year Kilkenny College succeeded in raising the funds and had a brilliant afternoon with Jamie going through various aspects of their game with the Lions, Ireland and Leinster Legend! There’s no doubt it’s a challenge but that’s where teamwork comes into play!
Jamie at the training session in Kilkenny 2015.
The event takes place just over a year since the earthquake that struck on the 25th of April last year. Since then, there have been many aftershocks, as well as the blockade imposed on the country, further exacerbating the difficult road to recovery. Events like the Umbrella 7s raise critical funds for people in need in one of the worlds poorest countries.
For more information or to enter a team please contact Ciara on 0860483730 or email irishoffice@umbrellanepal.org
Its time to resurrect those rivalry’s… Man vs Mountain, Tom vs Jerry, Simpson vs Flanders…
The Brawl for Nepal 2016 is taking place in Dublin early May and we are looking for fighters! Great way to get in shape for summer…though lets face it, summer doesn’t really come to Ireland any more! Please feel free to suggest it to brothers/ sisters/ friends/ cousins…
The event takes place just over a year since the earthquake that struck on the 25th of April last year. Since then, there have been many aftershocks and there has been a blockade imposed on the country, further exacerbating the difficult road to recovery. The Brawl for Nepal 2015 raised €21k and we want the Brawl for Nepal 2016 to be even bigger, raising vital funds for Umbrella so we can continue to provide outstanding care and support to the children in the homes, the reintegrated children and their families, the next steps youths and all the other projects that Umbrella is involved with.
Training will take place for about 7/8 weeks prior to the big event in May, with 2 training sessions a week. Get in touch with Ciara (irishoffice@umbrellanepal.org) if you’re interested in the challenge or you know someone who’d like to take part!
The Brawl for Nepal is a night of amateur boxing in aid of The Umbrella Foundation. Now in its 6th year, this White Collar Charity Boxing event is taking place on 11th November 2016 in The Palace on Camden Street, Dublin. Tickets are €20 and can be secured by emailing irishoffice@umbrellanepal.org or text/call 085 2705626