Bahamas Rugby Starting Flag Football

Sunday, 15 February 2009

Written by Ely Miles

Flag Football at Winton

The ‘Royal Bank of CanadaFlag Football’ League will be held at Winton on Sundays, beginning in March. Bahamas Rugby has entered a team and is currently recruiting players. The boys will be training at Winton this Sunday at 2:00pm.
If you are interested in joining the team, either turn up on Sunday or contact Brian Baker ( brian.o.baker@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

For the rugby purists who resent this latest incursion into the rugby centre, there are three good reasons why we view this as a positive initiative:

1. Its a good work-out for our players on a Sunday
2. There are some excellent athletes playing flag football and this provides a good recruiting platform for rugby.
3. They are paying quite a lot to use the facility, money which will go back into infrastructural development.

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