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CLAN to CLAN and back again 500 mile cycle

Bruce Ruthven and Marty Flett are cycling 500 miles from CLAN Kirkwall to CLAN Aberdeen and back again. They leave CLAN (Cancer Link Aberdeen & North) Kirkwall at 9.00am on Friday 18th May heading for the Hamnavoe in Stromness. Northlink have kindly given them and their support vehicle & driver free return passage on the ship.

The guys will cycle down on Friday and Saturday arriving at CLAN Aberdeen at lunchtime on Sunday. They will spend the night at CLAN, leavng early on Monday morning and catching the 7pm ferry back to Orkney on Tuesday evening, arrivint at 8.30pm. We expect them to be back at CLAN Kirkwall around 9.30-10pm on Tuesday night.

To support the guys, there will be a group in Aberdeen cycling on static bikes 250 miles and Alex from Cycle Orkney will be organising the same here in Kirkwall - if you want to cycle a few miles on the static bikes on sunday 20th May, please contact Alex at Cycle Orkney.

A huge task! and we wish them well.

If you would like to support them raise fund for CLAN Children and Family Services, please donate on their just giving pages. The addresses are:

www.justgiving.com/Bruce-Ruthven0 and www.justgiving.com/Marty-Flett0

Thank you for your support

Karen Scott
CLAN's Islands Coordinator

Rugby Club Magazine Article

ORFC in this month's Rugby Club Magazine

There's an article about the club in the latest edition of Rugby Club Magazine.

You can see the online edition here.

Tag Festival Report 4-5-12

Orkney Primary Schools Tag Rugby Festival a Hit

Photos: Orkney Photographic

Last Friday saw the fourth Community tag rugby festival take place at the Pickaquoy. Four Hundred and Seventy children participated in the festival which had fifty teams on display playing on ten pitches. Despite the cold conditions all teams got stuck into their games playing different schools and enjoying the whole experience. Each team played four games in their pool which lasted six minutes per half.

Festival coordinator Bruce Ruthven explained; “the children have had a great time today and played hard and fast rugby showing that they are more than capable tag rugby players. The commitment from the schools to travel into the festival has been superb and the attitude from everyone has been very positive. The pace at which a lot of the matches have been played has been tremendous to watch and a real feather in the cap for the schools. A big thank you to the forty volunteers that have turned out today and also Cash back for Communities who have supported the event with contributions towards the schools travel costs. Well done to all of the children involved”.

Neil McIntosh from St. Andrews primary School explained; “It was great to see so many pupils and schools represented today and the look of enthusiasm and motivation on their peedie faces was brilliant especially in such cold conditions. All our 51 pupils thought the day was excellent and came home tired but from having such a great time and mixing with pupils from other schools. Great job done by all the lads and lasses from the rugby club who support the youth development so well. I can't count the amount of staff and parents today that commented on how well run the event is.

Congratulations to Sanday J.H.S. who were awarded the Community Rugby Project Contribution award. Sanday received this in recognition of their commitment to the community rugby project and their continued enthusiasm and support with their rugby development.