FEBRUARY 2020 EDITION The International Junior Sevens Festival Information Pack The International Junior Sevens Festival at Disneyland® Paris Make this the major event in your Sevens junior rugby calender. A Sevens tournament offers your players a perfect opportunity to gain all important game time for all ages and abilities. The Festival is open to boys teams of all ability levels at Under 13, Under 14 and Under 15 age groups. Sport Experiences delivers the ultimate festival experience for junior teams and staying at Disneyland® Paris ensures that outside of the time devoted to rugby, everyone enjoys a full and fun-packed itinerary. Sport Experiences’ International Junior In addition, outside of the time devoted Sevens Festival, based at Disneyland® to rugby, our included admission to both Paris, includes a choice of travel and Disney® Parks ensures your tour party is accommodation arrangements, our fully entertained throughout their time exclusive Rugby Festival programme and away. three days admission to both Disneyland® Contents Park and Walt Disney Studios® Park. Introduction 2 For young players this unique Festival provides them with the opportunity to Tournament 3 take part in a professionally-organised overseas tournament, as well as enabling Itinerary 4 them to develop their rugby skills, confidence and ability level through the Travel Options 5 support of expert coaches at a highly enjoyable and fun destination. Disneyland® Paris 6-7 For coaches, teachers and parents, there is the peace of mind of booking to stay at Disneyland® Paris, which offers a good standard of accommodation in a safe and secure environment. Sport Experiences’ Safety Management Standards How to Book At Sport Experiences, the safety and is also provided throughout the duration security of you and your groups is our of your time away with us. Simply call us to register your interest absolute priority. We operate a detailed Sport Experiences is an Assured and then to reserve your team(s) Safety Management System, with all Member of the School Travel Forum and entry for the Festival. Festival entries suppliers chosen for the quality of their has also been awarded the Learning can be held WITHOUT OBLIGATION services, compliance with our safety Outside the Classroom Quality Badge. to give you time to collect your management standards and experience in team(s) deposit payments. working with schools and youth groups. Details of our Safety Management Standards, the Learning Outside the Call: 020 8335 4949 Sport Experiences is proud to hold the Classroom Quality Badge and the STF Email: [email protected] Customer Service Excellence accreditation Code of Practice are available from Visit: www.sportexperiences.co.uk which means we welcome an external Sport Experiences. body to verify the standard of our service. Accommodation is checked for comfort, convenience, safety and security and our staff are resident. 24-hour office support 2 Call: 020 8335 4949 Email: [email protected] Tournament Age Groups Boys: Under 15s Under 14s Under 13s Ages as at 1st September The International Junior Rugby Tournament The Tournament will undoubtedly be the On Day 2, teams will participate in the highlight of the Festival and has been Pool matches, which will then determine organised to be suitable for a range of the teams’ participation in either the junior age groups and abilities. There International Cup or Shield Competition will be both The International Cup and on Day 4. The Play-Offs and Finals for Shield Competition for each age group both the International Cup and Shield to ensure teams are closely matched Competition in each age group will then and to provide a competitive, safe and be played on Day 4. enjoyable experience for all involved. The tournament is open to all school and Our Partner: Furthermore, as a professionally club boys teams at Under 13, Under 14 RDJ Sports organised tournament, the International and Under 15 age groups. Junior Sevens Tournament will allow All matches are played in accordance Development young players to enjoy and benefit with age-group laws. Richard De Jäger is our official Rugby from their matches being officiated by Sevens partner. Richard and his team experienced referees. are responsible for delivering the Every team will play Tournament coaching masterclass to your teams matches on days 2 and 4 of the 5-day on day 3 of the itinerary. Richard is a Festival. former Sharks Academy Development Manager, is International Programmes Co-ordinator for a number of schools and rugby clubs around the UK and brings a wealth of experience running elite coaching camps in Europe. Jonathan Mokuena the former Springbok Sevens captain will be the Programme Director for 2021. He will put the teams through their paces whilst also offering specialist advice advice on skills, rules of the game and what it takes to develop as a rugby player. Online: www.sportexperiences.co.uk Call: 020 8335 4949 3 The International Junior Sevens Festival Dates & Itinerary for 2021 Easter Festival: 11th to 15th April 2021 The Festival itinerary reflects our appreciation of the importance of ensuring you enjoy the right balance of time playing sport and at leisure during your time away. Day 1 The remainder of the afternoon and early enjoy the Disney® Parks. Once again, ® You have the choice of being collected evening are then free to enjoy Disneyland today everyone will be able to use ® by Sport Experiences’ coach from your Park and Walt Disney Studios Park. All their Hopper Ticket, providing you with ® school or club this morning, with all attendees of the International Junior Sevens unlimited access to both Disneyland ® your travel arrangements organised and Festival receive a three-day Hopper Ticket, Park and Walt Disney Studios Park. that will provide them with unlimited access managed by Sport Experiences, or of Day 4 ® on Thursday, Friday and Saturday to both making you own way to Disneyland ® ® The International Cup and Shield Paris. If you choose our travel-inclusive Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Competition Play-Offs and Finals will package, our coach will collect you from Park. Therefore outside of the time devoted be played today, taking place during your school or club in the morning and to rugby, everyone is free to enjoy both ® the morning and early afternoon. take you to Dover or Folkestone for your Disney Parks, ensuring a packed itinerary. Traditionally competitive and featuring Channel crossing to Calais. The journey Day 3 a high standard of rugby, they also from Calais to Disneyland® Paris takes Your coaching masterclass will be enable players to put into practise the approximately five hours. delivered by our partner RDJ Sports knowledge and skills picked up during On arrival, our Festival managers will Development through ex or current the Coaching Clinics and Masterclasses. check you into your accommodation international South Africa Sevens players The remainder of the afternoon after the and you will then have the remainder of who have consistently played in top Play-Offs and Finals is then free for you the evening free to settle in. During the Sevens tournaments around the world. to enjoy the Disney® Parks. Once again, evening, we will host the Group Leaders They also have specialist coaching your Hopper Ticket will provide you with Welcome Meeting to ensure you are fully credentials and skills aimed at developing unlimited access to both Disneyland® prepared for the Festival. and improving their game. The coaching Park and Walt Disney Studios® Park. day will be split into principles of attack Day 2 The Festival will conclude with the and principles of defence sessions, This morning we will commence the Awards Ceremony, held in Disney with a focus on line outs, scrum, ball International Junior Sevens Tournament Village®, where your top Sevens coach management and defence technique. matches, which will take place throughout will present tournament winners with These sessions are aimed at building on the morning and early afternoon. At this their trophies, with dinner included. their current ability levels and developing pool stage of the Tournament, teams their knowledge around the Sevens Day 5 compete to determine their place in game. These sessions are also a great After breakfast you will leave either The International Cup or Shield opportunity for your players to ask Disneyland® Paris and make the journey Competition Play-Offs and Finals. All questions about the life of a professional back to your school or club, either with games are played in accordance with sportsman. Sport Experiences’ coach or making age-group laws and are officiated by your own travel arrangements. experienced referees. There will then be free time during the late afternoon and early evening to Sport Experiences’ Sport Experiences offers schools and colleges the opportunity to International provide their teams with the ultimate sports festival experience. Junior We hold our International Netball Festivals on the same dates, organised with similar formats, and you are therefore able to bring both Netball Festival your rugby and netball teams to Disneyland® Paris. 4 Call: 020 8335 4949 Email: [email protected] The International Junior Sevens Festival Festival Travel Travel Options Options & Prices Five day Travel-inclusive Sport Experiences organises and delivers every aspect of the • Five days coach travel, with collection ® International Junior Sevens Festival at Disneyland Paris. Therefore from and return to your school or club as well as arranging a highly competitive rugby tournament and • Return Channel crossings great masterclass coaching, we also manage all your travel and • Four nights’ accommodation at Disney’s Davy Crockett Ranch accommodation arrangements. • Continental breakfasts You therefore have the assurance and peace of mind of knowing • The International Junior Rugby Tournament Pool, Play-Offs and Finals that the expert team with whom you liaise and work with when Matches organising and making your booking is the same team that will • Team and Positional skills development host you and your tour party at the Festival.