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World Rugby Festival 2010 - Sydney, Australia
26 September - 03 October
There is no better place to stage the 18th Air New Zealand Golden Oldies World Rugby Festival than Sydney, the famous gateway city to Australia. Air New Zealand in conjunction with Tourism New South Wales and Australian Rugby Golden Oldies look forward to hosting you in 2010.
Sydney, the gateway to Australia, is one of the worlds great cities. Easily accessible, modern and sophisticated, it has world class infrastructure, facilities and services. This, combined with its beauty and cosmopolitan lifestyle, make it a most desirable and highly regarded destination to stage the 18th Air New Zealand Golden Oldies World Rugby Festival in 2010.
Sydney is Australia's Rugby heartland, and home of the Australian Rugby Union. It is also the home of the highly competitive Super 14 franchise, "The Warratahs" and also hosted the semi finals and final of the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
The rugby for the 2010 Festival will be played on Sydney's Centennial Parklands located less than 5km from the centre of Sydney. The Parklands cover more than 360 hectares, and there will be provision for over 30 rugby fields within the Parklands. A central hospitality area will be created at the venue providing food and beverage, entertainment, changing facilities, information and Festival merchandising.
An official Festival Brochure is currently being compiled with a detailed version of the weeks activities, package options and pricing, as well as the official entry form. So keep an eye on the website for these details.
So dust off your boots and tell your mates to head to Sydney in 2010 for a Fair Dinkum Aussie Golden Oldies Rugby experience.
So here's the thing.
One concept I've quietly been sitting on for the "right time" has been for TWF to form a Golden Oldies team.
Of the vast membership we enjoy, surely we could get twenty odd over 35 year olds together for a bit of fun and a beer with mates, new and old?!
And I think we may have come to that "right time".
With just over two years to the Sydney Festival it gives us plenty of time to gather our thoughts and, if we decide to do it, plenty of time to organise a team and our lives to get to Sydney.
As Paul Kelly likes to sing, from little things, big things grow.
Now with the '08 S14 Season out of the way things are bound to quieten down around here soon, so this could provide a focus for us all.
Personally, I am committed through to October, but after that I am happy to help drive the project if there is enough support.
While the players need to be 35years and above that doesn't stop any of our younger members being involved with organising the show or just being supporters in getting to Sydney or even joining the proposed team at the Festival.
So, what we need for starters is a feel for if the interest is out there and if there are a couple of crew prepared to carry a little of the load.
Give us your thoughts and we'll see what comes out.