The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) scrummed off its August Rugby Camp dubbed ‘Get into Rugby’ at the National Park Rugby Field yesterday.

The camp will be held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday for youths aged 10-18 years old for the remainder of the month.

President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Ryan Dey said the camp has become an essential part of their recruitment drive.
“This is something, we have been doing for years but now I think we diffidently have to get behind it and it our lifeline for rugby in Guyana depends on it and getting new talent, new people with skills, so we could nurture our young folks,” Dey said.

The camp is open to all, and he is encouraging interested youths to try a new and rewarding sport.
“This is for boys and girls and we are hoping from this initiative, we can have players drafted into the clubs, where we can develop under 12’s, u16’s and u19 competition for clubs, this is the main aim to bring back clubs through this push of get into rugby,” the GRFU President added.

The camp was last held in 2022 and catered for about 250 youngsters.
The camp will build on the work being done with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport’s Core Sports Academy Program and is designed to nurture players to play the age groups event for Rugby Americas North for both male and females.