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Good luck to everyone taking part in the Centaurs International Mini & Youth Rugby Tournament this weekend at Turf City.
As most of the age groups will be taking part in the tournament, only the following age groups will be training this weekend at Dempsey:
Saturday – U4 and U5
Sunday – Touch U10, Touch U12, Touch 16/18
LAST TRAINING OF TERM
To celebrate the end of our rugby and touch year, we will be holding special training sessions on the last weekend of term – Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th December.
Saturday training will held on the Padang, and we are hoping that we might have a special visitor joining us for the younger age groups – ho ho ho!
Sunday Touch and Girls Contact training will be holding their usual end of year celebration on the beach at Sentosa!
We will share more details (timings, etc) in due course.
TRAINING TIMES AT THE WEEKENDS
Training times are as follows:
SATURDAY
7:45AM to 9:00AM – U4 (2018 or later)
8:00AM to 9:15AM – U5 (2017)
8:15AM to 9:30AM – U6 (2016)
8:00AM to 9:30AM – U7 (2015) & U8 (2014)
9:15AM to 10:45AM – U9 (2013)
9:30AM to 11:00AM – U10 (2012), U11 (2011) & U12 (2010)
10:45PM to 12:30PM – U13 (2009)
11:00PM to 12:45PM – U14 (2008), U15 (2007) & U16/17 (2006/2005)
SUNDAY
8:00AM to 9.30AM – Girls Touch U10, Girls Touch U12, Girls Touch U14, Girls Touch U16 & Girls Touch U18
10:00AM to 11:00AM – Girls Contact U12
10:00AM to 11:30AM – Girls Contact U14-U18
IMPORTANT – MICROSPORIDIA HEALTH ADVISORY
With the recent very wet and muddy conditions, we would like to remind parents, and players, to ensure they wash their faces with water after playing in muddy conditions.
Microsporidia are spore-forming single-cell intracellular parasites. Since the early 2000s, microsporidia keratoconjunctivitis has been increasingly reported in Singapore, mostly after eye contact with wet soil or mud during outdoor activities. The main presenting signs and symptoms are eye redness, pain/foreign body sensation, photosensitivity and blurred vision.
All players who have been in contact with soil or mud should maintain good personal hygiene. We would encourage the children to bring extra water to wash their faces if they come into contact with mud, and to use different towels for the face and body immediately after training. If your child will use them, you may wish to keep eye drops in your children’s bag so they can apply them after training.
Do seek early medical consultation (e.g. an eye specialist) should your child experience symptoms such as itchy and painful red eyes with discharge occurring from two days up to three weeks after being in contact with soil or mud.
KIT FOR GAMES AND TOURNAMENTS
If your team is taking part in games, please ensure that your child is wearing their full and up-to-date kit. They must wear the latest playing jersey/touch top that they were given which have our sponsors latest logos on them. Please keep the old tops with the old logos just for training.
Our sponsors have generously stood by us despite the trying times of the last 2 years, and we need to honour their contribution and support by wearing the tops that they have sponsored for us.
BBQ AND LIGHT SNACKS AT DEMPSEY
Don’t forget that BBQ and light snacks are now available for sale at the F&B Hut at Dempsey. You will now be able to buy bacon sandwiches, burgers, muffins, sandwiches and hot dogs to go with your coffee! They accept PAYNOW or CASH only, or you can sign on your account if you are a Singapore Cricket Club member.
WEATHER UPDATES
With the recent rainy conditions, please make sure you check our Facebook page for the status of training if there is heavy rain, and/or thunder and lightning.
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DATES FOR THE DIARY
Centaurs Tournament – 26th and 27th November 2022
TRC Girls Contact Tournament – 3rd December 2022
JRCS Festival of Nations – 4th December 2022
Marlborough College Malaysia Rugby Festival 7s (U16 & U18) – 10th December 2022
Marlborough College Malaysia Straits Rugby 10s (U9 up) – 4th February 2023
KL Tigers International Rugby 10’s 2023 – 11th and 12th February 2023
Marlborough College Malaysia Touch Straits (Girls U10 up) – 18th March 2023
TERM DATES
Term 3 – Saturday 27th August 2022 to 11th December 2022 (with no training on 15th and 16th October for half term)