SIRC Newsletter_February 2025

We are pleased to deliver the February issue of the SIRC Newsletter.

Samurai, Shogun friendly games with Australian Raptors Academy from Sydney

On Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th January, we held international friendly games with the U12 Raptors Academy from Sydney at the YCAC ground in Yokohama. SIRC will continue this international exchange programme with the Raptors Academy every year at this time of the year.

The 2nd SIRC CUP

The 2nd SIRC CUP was held at the BST Nagasawa Sports Ground on Sunday 26th January. This year, the Shibuya Colts (Red Team) won the tournament. The tournament was also featured on an internet rugby news called just Rugby (the article is in Japanese)https://www.justrugby.jp/check-it-out/2025/02/01/3757

Online Briefing on the U15 Rugby

Every year at this time, we introduce the activities of SHOGUN (U15) to our members. The Junior high school rugby(U15) in Japan is placed into two categories: a club teams like SIRC and a club at junior high school club activities (Bukatsu). As some of our SIRC members are considering taking junior high school entrance exams in the future, we would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the current state of junior high school rugby and introduce you to the activities of SHOGUN.
The explanation will be given by Koji Tokumasu, the SIRC representative and advisor to the Tokyo Junior Rugby Committee, from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, 8 February. If you would like to attend, please feel free to join the meeting via ZOOM below. (Please note that the briefing will be mainly in Japanese)

• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84407008305?pwd=1n1QVIUrsHCPaxrpsFo7QtCspluBra.1
• Meeting ID: 844 0700 8305
• Pass code: 596228

The 2nd SIRC Girls Rugby Festival

On Saturday 22nd February, the Girls Rugby Festival will be held at the BST Nagasawa Sports Ground. Girls from primary schools in the area who play rugby as well as the girls who have never experienced rugby before are invited to join. Our special guests are two former members of the Japanese women’s national rugby team, Aimi Inoue and Makiko Tomita.We would appreciate it if you could invite girls (6-12 years old). Your daughter or daughters of friends are welcome to join. Please feel free to invite anyone you feel would enjoy participating.On the day, there will be two shuttle bus services. One from Shibuya and another from Tama Plaza station on Denen Toshi Line.

For more information and to register, please click here⇒(Beginners・Experienced）Click here to apply for the shuttle bus⇒https://forms.gle/UF55QgkzcJkgH5rW7

Azabudai Academy Class

Thanks to the assistance by the BST, we are able to have special rugby academy classes at the BST Azabudai Campus grounds from February to March. There is no participation fee. The application form will be sent to members via the WhatsApp group for the relevant class at a later date.