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Sunday, October 23, 2011
RWC World Cup Final Over - Malta Rugby Season Kicks in with Ray Elliott Cup- Gladiators Seniors and Youth 7s 29-30 OctoberThe World Cup is finally over with a hard fought win by New Zealand over France (8-7) . It was a close shave and not
NZs best performance but hard fought and overall the Web Ellis Cup is well deserved by the Kiwis for an outstanding tournament
and indeed season. France were outstanding and it was their best game. For me the team of the tournament was Argentina for
sheer passion , skills and improvement embodying the spirit of Rugby- and for proving once and for all that Rugby Union
is a truely global sport (IRB WAKE UP and stop the obsession with 6 Nations and Tri (now Four) Nations) The
Malta Rugby season kicked off on 23rd October with the Kavallieri- Overseas Ray Elliot Cup Clash . Here is the report: GLADIATORS SENIORS have first challenge of their FIRST full season with the 7s tournamnet
on 29th August from 1330 onwards - Please come and support us. The Youth 7s Competition kicks off
the following day - We will field a combined U18s abd U16s squad - and as the Gasan Mamo Youth 7s CUP HOLDERS
we have to defend our title so again please lend us your support. See the link on this page
to download the full SEASON's FIXTURES. Finally our school programme is flourishing thanks
to Youth Club Captain Joe Paollella assisted by Joey Criminale and we will shortly announce some new important coaching appointments
for our Club Youth and Seniors - watch this space. These are exciting times for Rugby and
our club . Come on Gladiators - UNLEASH HELL on the pitch but Enjoy your rugby, socialise with
your opponents after and create life long friendships! David
Friday, September 9, 2011
Gladiators now training at Gharghur FC / Rugby World Cup Begins! What a coincidence ! Just as we have found a new home as
the "Gharghur" Gladiators - the RWC in New Zealand kicks off. These are exciting times for Rugby and
the World Cup has always helped for recruiting players in Malta . Please note that we have now updated the training
times and venues on this page as well as the latest Malta Rugby Football Union Registration Form - please scroll down
for download.
Our new faciility is of a high standard and as a base will certainly help our club grow. Linking
rugby clubs to the towns and villages of Malta as well as established football and sports clubs is definately
the way forward. Gharghur FC has also shown fantastic enthusiam, cooperation and great leadership .
Enjoy the World Cup and if you're not playing with us come and support "Gharghur" Gladiators!
11:31 am edt
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Gladiators RFC gear up for new season 2011- 2012!Well its been a great Summer for us so far - Our youth U18s
winning the 7s Cup, The Awards BBQ in Gharghur, Gladiators seniors trip to Beer Festival, The Beach Rugby events culminating
in the "World Cup" at Ghadira with "Argentina" overall winners (my team ;-) ) - more on that later .
There is more to come with the Tag Rugby tournament starting this weekend at Marsa and over next three weekends,
the School of Rugby and Youth Rugby sessions restarting on Sunday 4th September at Marsa from 9am onwards , Seniors friendlies
- RUGBY WORLD CUP in New Zealand .
Gladiators Seniors have their official debut season and have been entered
into the MRFU Mens Mediterranean Bank Cup (15s) , 10s league and 7s competitions. We also have big expectations of our
U18s and U16s who together had a very good debut season 2010-2011. Through our management of the St. Martins College school
team we will re-launch our U13s recruitment and redouble our efforts to bring junior and mini Gladiators down to Marsa on
Sundays.
Above all we are in negotiations
for a NEW HOME and official pre-season training starts next week (6th September) most probably on Tuesdays
and Fridays from 8pm - 930pm Tuesdays and earlier Fridays - Venue and final times to be announced .
MRFU annual
dinner is on teh 8th of September - see our Facebook events page .
Exciting times . We hope our players and supporters
will really commit with attendance , fees, passion and loyalty to the club as we have big plans . We will not succeeed however
without EVERYONE's help.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Gladiators U18s gear up for touring sides from the UK . Seniors team formedThis season , undoubtably, the big success story for our club has been the growth of our U18s squad made up of players
aged 14- 17 . Within just a few months they are established as good youth team , giving all opposition a good contest and
we have one of the highest number of active registered members in this catagory. The U18s are
also acting as a "feeder" group for our nascent seniors team, which hopes to debut playing 10s and 7s rugby mid
to end March 2011 . The club , however , needs to do more to develop the U13s, Juniors and minis sections
and we hope to start ladies rugby next season . Between April- July 2011 there will be quite a number of
youth touring sides from the Uk and a ccouple of tournaments , so its criucial Gladiators keep up thier
momentum to take on these challenges , and go on tour themselves!
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