This Sunday, April 3, 2011, at the Arboras Stadium from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., it will be the grand festival of rugby. It will bring together 1,200 children aged 5 to 13 across 4 categories, over 100 teams, and 24 clubs, including Racing Club de France and Grenoble for the first time at Arboras. Nearly 2,500 people are expected at the Arboras site, and according to the weather forecast, a huge sunny day is anticipated.
Several professional rugby schools will once again honor the tournament this year: Aix en Provence, Beziers, Montpellier, Narbonne, Perpignan, and Toulon, as well as major rugby schools from PUC and Chalons sur Saone, the Italians from CUS Milano, and the majority of clubs from the Côte D’Azur committee.
The patron of the tournament will be the local hero, Julien Caminati, who is having a magnificent season at CA Brive in the Top 14, playing at the position of full-back and kicker for the club.
Numerous trophies will be awarded, including the
Vicat Baie des Anges: for the best club based on cumulative results in the U9, U11 categories
The Marcel Dandreis Challenge: for the U13 winner
The Petit Nissart Assurance Catoni: For the winner in U7
The City of Nice Cup: for the winner in U9
The Pierre Luigi Fadda Cup: for the Offensive Challenge
The Julien Caminati Trophy: for the best player
The Marc Stellardo Challenge: for fair play…
As every year, an association will be present at our tournament, for this 9th edition, the association “Ensemble avec Benoit,” which aims to provide information on bone marrow and platelet donations and support children with leukemia.
The tournament will be played to the soundtrack of the Nice Pop-Rock band “Glamory.” The finals will start at 4 p.m. and will be introduced by the dance moves of a Ragga school from Nice.
Serge Patuano, president of the Nice rugby school: “Teams love to come to us because, in addition to a very competitive lineup, the environment around the event is extremely well taken care of. It will be a great and beautiful rugby festival summarized by our slogan: Happiness is in the field!!!
