Fun With Touch (FWT) // Touch Rugby, Tokyo, Japan

This Sunday is a 32 team touch rugby tournament in Tokyo. 

This is the first time that FWT have entered both a womens team and a men’s team into a competitive-social tournament, which is great to see.

The womens team will play in a womens division, while the men will be put into a group with 3 other teams (in the mens division).  All games will be 10 minute in duration.

In regards to the details, please see below:

When: Sunday 27th June

Where: Tokyo Gas Omori Ground (direct translation of the ground name)

Map: http://www.mapfan.com/m.cgiMAP=E139.44.37.0N35.34.11.3&ZM=9%A1%CB

Meeting time:  At Omori Machi station (Keiyu line) at 7.45am.  Everything is scheduled to finish by 16.00.

Note: Omori Machi staition is the place to go.  Some players have been confused and gone to Omori station, which is a different station and hard to get to the ground.  Please be careful about this.

Here is a look at the touch rugby schedule for July…

Sat 3rd – OFF

Sat 10th – Regular FWT session + video session (for the website)

Sat 11th – Omori Touch tournament

Sat 17th – Regular FWT session

Sat 24th – Social tournament + BBQ in Fujisawa.  More details on this later…

Sat 31st – Regular FWT session – last of the season

August 1st – OZ Tag tournament.  More details on this later.

August 29th – Touch rugby tournament in Saitama

August 7th – Sept 4th = summer break.  This means that FWT will not be held over the summer period. 

  The only touch rugby activitiy over the summer period will be on August 29th in Saitama.

Season restart: Sat 11th Sept.

Notes:

FWTs one year bday party + ”Season break” party  will be held in July.  Keep your eyes and ears peeled for further infomation…!!

Here is the information regarding the competitive womens touch rugby training session this Saturday:

- Date: June 19th Saturday 13h00-17h00

- Venue: Ichikawa Sport Centre (artificial turf)

- Fee: Free

- Meeting Time:  12.20 at JR Ichikawa Station

Please let me know if you are interested in attending so that I can put you in touch with the organizers.

This is a notice from our sister club. 

One of the club members are leaving Japan.  Many of you know Alby through OZ Tag and Rugby league.  If you would like to attend the party to say good bye, here are the details:

What: Summer party/Albys farewell

Date: Sat 19th June

Time: 7pm onwards

Venue: Yamato (Our favorite 180 yen beer Izakaya)

Address: 1-4-18 Nishi-shinjuku Shinjuku-ku Tokyo

TEL: 03-3345-4600

Nearest Stn: Shinjuku (3 mins walk from West exit)

Fee: Guys 4000 yen, Gals 3000 yen
Kei is the party organizer, so please let him know if you are interested in attending by mailing him at tokyorugbyleague@hotmail.com

We are looking at bringing back the two mixed social teams for this tournament - the Tigers and the Turbos!

To be eligible for these teams, you do not have to have played at the FWT touch rugby sessions on Saturdays, but you will need an understanding of touch rugby to play as the referees are a stricter than the refereeing that we have at the FWT sessions.

For photos of the last event, please see our Facebook group page titled Fun with Touch (FWT) and for photos of the December event, click here:

http://www.funwithtouch.com/media-gallery/fwt-tough-rugby-photos/?album=1&gallery=11

The details for the up and coming Omori tournament are as follows:

Where: Tokyo Gas Omori Ground (direct translation of the ground name)

Map: http://www.mapfan.com/m.cgi?MAP=E139.44.37.0N35.34.11.3&ZM=9%A1%CB

When: Sunday 13th June 

Meeting time:  At the station at 12.30.  Everything will be finished by 16.00.

Player fees: JPY 1000 for men, 500 for girls

For more information, click on the following link: http://www.touchtokyo.org/ (Japanese only)

FWT is going to play touch rugby from 13.30 – 15.30 and then head to the Legends bar in Roppongi to watch the rugby internationals.

16.30 – ABs v. Ireland

18.00 – Wallabies v. England

Come along and join us!