Rugby Union in Jamaica - Caribbean Women's Rugby Championship, Jamaica Women's National Rugby Union Team, Jamaica National Rugby Union Team (Paperback)

Chapters: Caribbean Women's Rugby Championship, Jamaica Women's National Rugby Union Team, Jamaica National Rugby Union Team. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The NACRA Caribbean Womens 15-a-side Rugby Championship, to give the competition its full title, is a small but expanding tournament run by the IRB through NACRA - the North America Caribbean Rugby Association (until 2009 NAWIRA - the North America and West Indies Rugby Association). Seven-a-side rugby is growing inter-island sport, but the full 15-a-side game is significantly more resource intensive and so it was only with the financial support of the IRB that the first tournament took place in December 2003. Only Trinidad and Jamaica took part in that first event, Trinidad winning over two legs in Port of Spain. In September 2006 a second event was organised, this time in Kingston, Jamaica and featuring Guyana. The hosts were again winners by the narrowest of margins. The tournament now takes place annually, although the 2007 edition as cancelled at the last minute owing to a hurricane hitting the Cayman Island where the tournament was due to take place. Six nations have taken part in the Caribbean Women's Rugby Championships held to date: The third championship was arranged to take place in the Cayman Islands, starting 19 August 2007, but was cancelled the day before it was due to start as a result of Hurricane Dean. Three teams had been due to take part - Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Trinidad