Luxembourg Tiger Fans need your help

[sweetyp]

As a father or two fanatical Tiger fans here in Luxembourg, who are planning to make the trip to Clermont, I beg you to support and spread the word of our campaign to improve Rugby facilities in our country. At the moment 700 players share 1 pitch. YES 700

I play and coach Rugby in Luxembourg, it is the richest country in Europe, supposedly, but has shocking facilities for Rugby. Our only pitch is built on a rubbish dump and when it rains it stinks of all sorts of pollutants. I have to coach kids from 4 years and above in these conditions while Soccer clubs have more money than they know what to spend it on.

Last week the Luxembourg government announced a 100 million euro 5 year plan for sport in Luxembourg which includes 0 euros for Rugby, despite it being one of the country's top performing sports.

We started an on-line petition yesterday and already have 1,000 signatures from all over the world. Lux city has a population of 100,000 and the country 500,000 so that is already pretty cool.


Please support our campaign. http://chn.ge/1fmYj7E

news coverage from today

http://www.wort.lu/en/view/700-players- ... 3c1fcf02bd

[Bill W (2)]

Have signed your petition!

Good luck!

[sweetyp]

many thanks, everyone who signs the petition and meets me at the Clermont game gets a beer.

assuming I can get hold of tickets....and enough straws :)

[Willie]

Signed with pleasure. Good thing here you can only go up

[trendylfj]

signed and wish you well with your efforts. Let me know where you are going to be in Clermont and when and I will buy you a beer for your efforts

[1979]

Signed, good luck with your quest.

[voice of the crumbie]

Signed, good luck with your quest.

+1

[fleabane]

I too have signed.

Good luck!

[sweetyp]

many thanks for the support, the coaches have read the messages from Leicester and it has been a big boost for us, if people can put it on other Rugby forums that would be wonderful.

Here is another example of a project the club has set up and organised for the benefit of the country. I went to these training sessions between 8 and 10 times and played in the match and can assure you the prisoners were not pre-trial but long term prisoners who greatly appreciated and benefited form the coaching. The prison pitch is, sad to say the best in the country.

http://www.wort.lu/en/view/a-touch-of-s ... b32b4dd141

We have 3 or 4 guys from Luxembourg hoping to come down to Clermont and maybe even Toulon as well.

We are not season ticket holders obviously so any help finding tickets is appreciated.

[byrontiger]

Signed. Best of luck.

You're trying to do the work of Sysyphus!

[MJB]

I've signed it too. All the best.

[tigerbruiser]

Me too... plus I've passed on round my club, Redingensians. Good luck

[Rizzo]

sweetyp, please check your PM's (private messages) - if you're not sure how, click on where it says "new messages" at the top of this forum page, next to where it says "User Control Panel" - you should see a message from me there, click to open and I hope it helps.

[piebaps]

Damn sweetyp I was in Lux last Friday for a few beers. Wish I'd seen this sooner.

Hopefully see you in Clermont.

[Rizzo]

Bumping this up for the OP.