Maadi Bus for this Friday 9:00am from MGM‏

There will be a bus that will leave MGM at 9:00am this Friday. It costs 5LE one way and 10 LE return. It will leave NCBIS around 11:30am.

New Organisers for the 2012/2013 Seasons

IMPORTANT: The organisers will unfortunately be moving on after the 2010/2011 academic year. nile.touch will require new volunteers to take over the operating of the tournament. If you are interested please contact us.

Registration Day Friday 16th of September

nile.touch will be starting up again with a Registration Day next Friday the 16th of September. Register either as an individual or as a team and remember both Men and Women can play. For players who do not have a team we will organise you into a team. 

Date:  Friday 16th of September.

Time: Starting at 9:30am and will finish by 11:00am – no official organised games but social games can be played depending on if people are interested.

Location: NCBIS (New Cairo British International School) Road 17, 1st Zone, 3rd Settlement, 5th District New Cairo). For more information the location of NCBIS please go to their website at www.ncbis.org

Cost: 100LE per player - any profit made goes to charity.

Finals Days Two Photos

Thanks to Pete Hoey for some more great action photos. If you would like to look at them simply click on the slideshow on the right hand side of the blog.

nile.touch Income and Expenses for 2010/2011 Season

Here are the expenses for the 2010/2011 season.

Income
Registration Fees: 8200LE
In Total: 12680LE

Expenses
Extra Bus Money: 300LE
End of Season Function: Bar 4800LE
Food: 2880LE
Gratuities: 200LE
Charity: 4000LE
Total Expenses: 12180

Brought forward for next season: 500LE

Finals Days Results

Congratulations to all of the teams on Finals Day. The quality of touch rugby being played over the last season has been on a steady improvement. A great example of that was shown in the second semi-final where The Opposition I upset the season favourites and the reigning champions NCBIS.

The feedback for a tournament for Friday, June the 3rd has not been positive so we will unfortunately be canceling the tournament.

We would like to wish you all a great summer. For those moving on from Cairo good luck in your future endeavors and for those staying we will see you in the next academic year.

The results for this season are:
1. Pumba
2. The Opposition I
3. NCBIS
4. Cola Crocs
5. Cougars
6. Timon
7. The Opposition II
Equal 8th. Baby Crocs and Rehab Rebels

Bus, Photos and Raffle

There will be a bus at 8:30am from MGM on Friday and will leave NCBIS around 3:00pm once the games are finished.

Buses

 

Pete Hoey has kindly taken pictures of the preliminary finals day we just had this past Saturday. To see them go to the slideshow on the right hand side and click on it. You should be able to download them also.

Angela Tetreault is participating in a 60km run (over two days) in Calgary, Alberta. This is to raise money for research to put an end to Cancer. She will be selling Raffle tickets on 5 different bottles of liquor. Tickets are 20LE for one or 50LE for three tickets. She will be selling these raffle tickets on Friday.

Players, Non-registered Players and Refereeing

The important Finals Day is now upon us. There are a couple of issues that need to addressed for Finals Day.

Playing for another team
Players are NOT allowed to double up for a team that they have not registered for. If players double up the team they fill in for will forfeit the game and it will only be a social game.

Non-registered Players
Non-registered will need to pay 20LE to play. There are a number of new players who have joined our competition. We do not want stifle anyone's enthusiasm to play and we definitely welcome any new players however it is only fair that some form of payment be made to participate in the competition.

Refereeing
The referees have been briefed and will be stricter on administering the games laws. They will focus on: making the 5 metres, playing the ball correctly and on the mark. There will also be two referees throughout the day.