4 Weeks to Tag Rugby

With just 4 weeks to go before Tag Rugby, we just need to remind teams to register here Try Tag Rugby Nathan Cubitt Trust Registration if you have any issues filling in the registration please contact Carl on the details on the link or Mark Dunstan on 07595337159. We need your teams registered ladies and gents and if you have a mixed team come and play as we need you too.

We are also looking for players to make up a team to play the Bradford Bumbles mixed ability rugby team in a 10 minutes each way exhibition game between the semi finals and final, this is to help promote their mixed ability rugby and world cup in 2015. If you feel you could play 10 minutes each way full contact rugby on the day, please contact Mark Dunstan on 07595337159 or email nathantagrugby@gmail.com . Please remember these guys will have been playing Tag Rugby all day and have always shown their support for Nathan at the event for the last 2 years, by bringing 2 teams. 

The Trust team have also been very busy looking at the 2015 ball, and yes we did say 2015!!!
This is because the 2015 ball will a joint ball will George Claxton who suffered a very similar injury to Nathan on 26th February 2012 while playing for Blackburn U15's. Other than his initial fundraising event's no further fundraising has been done for George, so Nathan has asked if we can help with a joint event. This is looking like it will be the venue for the event Mercure Blackburn Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa as this will be as near to half way between both Nathan and George as we could get, with a suitable venue. Please see the photo's below.

2014 Tag Rugby Update & Registration Update

Well there is just 5 weeks left until the big day, hoping it's a little warmer on the day than it is today.

We have sorted out the registration and there will be 2 round robin competitions through the day, an all male one and a mixed / female one.

For all the details and to register please click here www.trytagrugby.com Nathan Cubitt 

We still need raffle and tombola prizes if you can help us with this, please contact Mark Dunstan on 07595337159 or email nathantagrugby@gmail.com your support is needed.

The referee's kit will be off for production on Tuesday and we can't wait until we see the final product.

It looks like we will have a number of players coming up from London to take part in the event and we are looking forward to showing them our great Yorkshire hospitality, and also the standard we play too even on a fun day.

If you know of any ex professional players, why not get them in your teams and let us know who they are before the day.

We are still looking for entrants for the Tug of War too, so if you would be interested in this, then drop Mark a text on 07595337159 or email nathantagrugby@gmail.com who's got the pulling power?

2014 Tag Rugby Partnership

It is with great pleasure that we are announcing that this years Tag Rugby will be in partnership with Try Tag Rugby.

About Try Tag Rugby

Tag Rugby began in Australia as a training aid for Rugby League teams. Former St George Dragons halfback Perry Haddock founded the sport while coaching the 1992 St George under 20 side. Since its beginnings in 1993, Oztag has grown in popularity across Australia in urban and rural areas. 28 teams participated in the first season in summer 1992-1993 playing in the Cronulla and St George areas of Sydney. Today, well over 160000 players take part in Oztag competitions nationally.

Whilst taking off in Australia Tag Rugby quickly spread across the Tasman to New Zealand. The popularity of Tag Rugby in NZ can be seen by the large number of Kiwis turning out in Try Tag Rugby competitions throughout London. 

The Irish Tag Rugby Association (ITRA) introduced Adult Tag Rugby to Ireland in 2000 in association with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) when the first ever league was run for 36 teams. The sport has become particularly popular in Ireland where upwards of 30,000 players regularly play the game. Festivals or blitzes are a big highlight in the Irish Tag Rugby season. Blitzes such as the Pig N Porter in Limerick which attracts over 100 teams are extremely popular.

Tag Rugby in England has developed slower than Ireland and Australia but there have been pockets of interest. The sport is played regularly in Devon and also throughout Northern England, where Bull Tag in Bradford has at times been a large scale competition. Tag Rugby also developed via Inter Message Board Rugby League (IMBRL) where message boards representing clubs took part in tournaments and friendly matches.

In London Tag Rugby has been played regularly since 2008. Competition kicked off when Alistair Davis and Ian Howe put a proposal to the London Skolars Rugby League club to run a weekly Tag Rugby competition. With the help from London Skolars General Manager Ben Araud, a four team Men’s Tag Rugby competition took place at Finsbury Park over the summer.

In 2009 Alistair Davis joined new London Skolars General Manager, Phillip Browne, in re-launching Skolars Tag Rugby as a mixed competition. With strong support from volunteers such as James Bambrick and Nimai Parmar, the competition expanded to eight teams, gaining sponsorship from the nearby Faltering Fullback pub.

The success of Skolars Tag showed the potential for Tag Rugby as an adult participation sport in London. In August 2009 Phillip Browne and Alistair Davis agreed to go full steam ahead with the development of Tag Rugby in the UK by launching Try Tag Rugby Ltd.

Try Tag Rugby Ltd are looking to expand their model into the North Of England, and we are pleased to welcome them on board our event as a way to show what they can do and also help us on the day.

The big difference for our event this year will be the following:
The playing format will be four male and three female players on the pitch. All standards are welcome, with the initial group stages splitting into Cup, Plate and Bowl competitions. This year’s competition will be played under Try Tag Rugby rules. For those who have played in the Nathan Cubitt Tag Event before these rules are very similar to what you are used to and can be found by clicking here. So for all our teams from previous years, you need some ladies in your teams, so get out there and get inventive!!!

Registration 
Registration for The Nathan Cubitt Tag Rugby Event is now open for teams and individuals to register. Players must be 16+ to register. The cost to enter is £40 per team or £8 to enter individually. If you choose to register individually Try Tag Rugby will place you in a team of 11 players. All team and individual registration fees will go to charity with money raised being split half and half between the Nathan Cubitt Trust and the Matt Hampson Foundation. This year a new regulation has been brought in that all players must wear a pair of Tag Rugby shorts. Tag Belts will not be permitted. Shorts will be available to hire on the day for £2 or to buy for £12. The Trust has reduced the £50 entry fee to £40 to help towards the hire cost of the shorts, so you are only really only finding and just over an extra £1 each.

 The use of Tag Rugby shorts brings The Nathan Cubitt Tag Rugby Event in line with other Tag Rugby events and organisations around the world. The use of Tag Rugby shorts will help improve both the quality of the game and player safety. 

Registration for this year’s event will be via the Try Tag Rugby online registration system. If you are new to Try Tag Rugby (anybody who hasn’t previously played in a Try Tag Rugby competition. This includes those who played in Nathan Cubitt event during the last two years) and you would like to register a team or as an individual, please proceed to the respective team registration section or individual registration section of the website. 

If you are a team organiser of a team which has played in a Try Tag Rugby competition before, please log into your profile here to re-register your team. If you are an existing registered player who would like to enter as an individual, please register here. Don't delay as registrations close at 9AM, Tuesday 20th May. 

Note: Team and individual places will only be confirmed upon receiving payment of £40 for teams and £8 for individuals. All players and teams registering for the event agree for their information to be shared between Try Tag Rugby and the Nathan Cubitt Trust. If you have half or two thirds of a team interested, please email info@trytagrugby.com to see if we can help you with extra players. Your team will be charged a pro-rata fee* if additional players are added to bolster squad numbers. Chances are we'll be able to help! 

Fancy Dress
Please note with fancy dress this must not interfere with your Tag Shorts or be a danger to other players, it must not over hang your shorts or you must be able to wear shorts over it and tuck your top in. So please get inventive ladies and gentlemen.

Any questions with regards any of the above, please contact Mark Dunstan on 07595337159 or email nathantagrugby@gmail.com

I know some teams may have pulled together mainly male teams already, so maybe you want to split to 2 teams with the ladies added, we know there are plenty of ladies out there that are interested in taking part, so drop us a line if you are struggling and we may be able to help.

By following the registration process above, this means that you will know your fixtures before the day and the day will be run a lot smoother.

One More Match: Nathan and Sue

Nathan and Sue where asked to take part in the Listening Project for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Leeds by Abi Jaiyeola @abijnews on twitter.

This was an amazing conversation between Nathan and his mum over the breakfast bar, not an interview, just them talking about the accident, rugby and life.

Please take a listen here One More Match

7 Weeks to Tag Rugby 2014

We have only 7 weeks to go to Tag Rugby 2014, and planning is going very well.

We are still working with Try Tag Rugby on the partnership, and the online registration for teams as they would run the matches on the day for us, in the format of their normal events in the London area. Try Tag Rugby are the official UK delegates for the Great Britain Tag Rugby team, and as well as this our winning teams would be invited to London to one of their big competitions later in the summer. So come on make sure your team is entered as it may be your chance to be spotted!!!!

We are still looking for one more joint event sponsor if possible to help us cover the basic costs of the event, and also promote your business to Nathan's 3,100 Twitter followers and be on all the press releases and posters. if your interested please contact Mark Dunstan on 07595337159 or email nathantagrugby@gmail.com and we will be happy to discuss this with you. We also have advertising available on both sleeves of the referees kit for £75 each if your business would be interested.

Please don't forget this years event is a joint event with the proceeds being split with the Matt Hampton Foundation, a great foundation who has helped Nathan greatly.

Carers Trust Nathan Cubitt

We have been fortunate to be selected to to do a piece for the Carers Trust on video, and thank you to www.clockworkeye.co.uk for making the video and giving us permission to post this on our website.



Love Nathan's words at the end, this just sums the young man up.