The Phuket Vagabonds rugby camp takes place from Monday to Friday next week (Oct 21-25) at the Alan Cooke Ground (ACG) in Thalang.
The Vagabonds rugby camp will run from 9am to 3pm each day, catering for aspiring players in the 6-12 age bracket. The camps are an exciting experience with lots of action and good fun.
If you are interested in sending your son or daughter visit the Phuket Vagabonds Rugby Academy Facebook page for more information. As the Vagabonds say, “come and unleash your inner athlete.”
Looking further ahead to next year, there will be a rugby development camp for teenage girls at the Berde Claude International School (BCIS) in Phuket, tentatively in July or August but yet to be fully confirmed.
BCIS is an International School Partnership campus and boasts some of the best sporting facilities in Southeast Asia, including the Paris St Germain football program, swimming, gymnastics and snow skiing. Now, thanks to their rugby loving principal Rob Reed, BCIS is to include a rugby development camp for girls.
Advice can be given for those travelling from overseas on travel and accommodation arrangements. For more information contact camp director Jason Bray on +60 11 1640 2463 or therugbyloversguideasia@gmail.com.
I am delighted to say that I will be serving as coaching consultant at the BCIS camp. I have held many coaching positions over the years, including coach of the NSW Waratahs, Director of Coaching at Eastern Suburbs Sydney and Head of Elite Player Development at the Leicester Tigers U21s.
Now based in Phuket, I am keen to lend my expertise and continue to help the game of rugby grow locally and regionally, leveraging four key facets for successful rugby development: tactical, technical, physical and mental.
I hope to welcome many aspiring young players to the camp next year. As I always say, “Every female International player was a 12-year-old girl once.”
Finally, casting an eye towards last weekend’s action in the Gallagher Premiership where there were wins for Sale over Newcastle (43-10), while Bristol put more pain on Exeter winning (40-35) away from home. Bath hammered Gloucester 55-31, Leicester defeated Northampton 24-8 in a furious Midlands derby, while Harlequins beat Saracens 17-10, a result that leaves Bristol 1 point ahead at the top of the table.
The Global Rugby Coach, Mike Penistone, is a globally renowned professional rugby coach based in Phuket who is also an ambassador for the Asia Center Foundation, a charity for disadvantaged children. For more information visit: www.rugbycoachingconsultancy.com.