Robbie’s Rugby Festival set to attract thousands
ROBBIE’S Rugby Festival will make a welcome return for its 11th year on Saturday ( July 27).
Taking over Loughborough Grammar School Playing Fields, this celebrated charity rugby tournament has already raised in excess of £81,000 for the Robbie Anderson Cancer Trust and The Jake McCarthy Foundation and this year’s festival is expected attract big support.
Robbie’s Rugby Festival originally set out as an old boy’s reunion match by a group of school friends. Over the years, it has become the largest 10s rugby tournament in the Midlands, attracting 30 teams and thousands of spectators.
This year, two Leicester Tigers and England rugby legends Ben and Tom Youngs are the event ambassadors - back in May, a Therapy Room for the children’s oncology ward and Teenage Cancer Trust Unit at The Leicester Royal Infirmary was opened by Tom Youngs and a number of his fellow Leicester Tigers players, funding for which was facilitated enormously by money raised from Robbie’s Rugby Festival.
The new Therapy Room will be a haven where young people undergoing treatment for cancer and often enduring long stays in hospital will be able to relax, unwind, have fun and feel very special.
Founder of ADDO Events and Robbie’s Rugby Festival, Georgie Fowle said: “We have received such tremendous support from teams and fans of the tournament over the past 10 years, and we feel incredibly grateful for their continued generosity.
“To see the funds raised by Robbie’s Rugby Festival used for the Therapy Room is testament to the legacy Robbie’s Rugby Festival has – we are all immensely proud. It is fantastic to have the support of Ben and Tom Youngs this year and we very much look forward to working with them to raise the profile of the Festival.”
Organisers are hoping that this year will smash last year’s figures to enable the charities to continue their vital work and are looking forward to welcoming both new visitors and familiar faces in what promises to be a fantastic tournament.
Visitors can expect not only a day of exciting rugby action, but a whole host of fun activities to make it a day out for all the family, including The Rugby Village sponsored by The Loughburians. This promises to be the hub of the rugby action, housing not only an outside bar, but physio tent, hot tub, face painting, ice cream van and water tent.
This year, the festival’s 11th year will be celebrated with the return of The Party on the Pitch – a full evening of entertainment, live music, photo booths and charitable fun activities.
Robbie’s Rugby Festival 2019 will take place on Saturday, July 27, at Loughborough Grammar School playing fields from 10am. For more details and to book tickets visit: www.robbiesrugbyfestival.com