SPORTS TOURSplaying tours
If you are organising a sports tour for your club, company or college team we have the specialist knowledge required to make sure that all your needs are not only met but exceeded. We can negotiate with the airlines for extra baggage allowances if required as well as making sure that all accommodation and transport on the ground runs smoothly. In some countries our operators may be able to organise fixtures for you if you don't already have these planned.
Experience tells us that the playing squad members are often not finalised until quite near to departure due to selection and injury so we'll make sure that you have as much flexibility as possible with names from the outset.
GROUP PROFILE: Ealing Rugby Club
Total Group: 300
Number of adults: 140
Number of children: 160
Number of rooms: 100
This was one of the largest playing rugby tours to travel from the UK to the southern hemisphere with some 300 players and spectators making the trip. With children as young as 7 years old travelling and playing, this trip required more meticulous planning than the usual senior sports tours. Matches were played at schools and clubs around both Cape Town and Durban and the tour proved to be a resounding success. The group are pictured in front of their clubhouse, about to depart for Heathrow Airport, having just been checked in for their flights by British Airways and South African Airways staff.
EALING RUGBY CLUB - SOUTH AFRICA TOURtour itinerary
Day One
- Afternoon:
- Meet at Ealing Rugby Club for check-in and pre tour BBQ.
- Tour party photographs.
- Staggered departures from club to Heathrow.
- Evening:
- Departures from Heathrow to Cape Town.
Day Two
- Morning:
- Meet & greet at Cape Town International Airport.
- Transfer to Hotel.
- Lunch:
- At hotel.
- Afternoon:
- Departure for Hamilton Rugby Club (Players & Coaches).
- Hamilton Rugby Club: warm-up session for players.
- Departures for Hamilton Rugby Club (Rest of Party).
- Dinner:
- Braai at Hamilton Rugby Club.
- Depart Hamilton to return to hotel.
- Overnight:
- Cape Suites Hotel - Bed & Breakfast.
Day Three
- Breakfast:
- In hotel.
- Morning:
- Coaches depart for Rondebosch.
- Rondebosch Schools Tournament for U8s to U14s.
- Depart Rondebosch to return to Cape Suites.
- Lunch:
- Own arrangements.
- Afternoon:
- Leisure time/optional activities.
- Dinner:
- Own arrangements.
- Overnight:
- Cape Suites Hotel - Bed & Breakfast.
Day Four
- Breakfast:
- In hotel.
- Morning:
- Leisure time/optional activities.
- Depart for morning Church service at Kayelitsha Township (at 10:00hrs) conducted by Father Sjadu Nkomonde.
- Depart Kayelitsha to return to Cape Suites - or continue to Ratanga Junction Theme Park.
- Lunch:
- Own arrangements.
- Afternoon:
- Leisure time/optional activities.
- Dinner:
- Own arrangements.
- Overnight:
- Cape Suites Hotel - Bed & Breakfast.
Day Five
- Breakfast:
- In hotel.
- Morning:
- Leisure time/optional activities.
- Option One: Optional full day Winelands tour - Includes wine tastings, tour of wine estates and lunch.
- Option Two: Optional full day Cape Peninsula tour - The tour includes visits to Newlands Rugby Grounds, the penguin sanctuary near Simons Town, Cape Point (the most south-westerly point on the African continent), and the beach resorts of Hout Bay and Camps Bay. Lunch will be at Cape Point.
- Dinner:
- Own arrangements.
- Overnight:
- Cape Suites Hotel - Bed & Breakfast.
Day Six
- Breakfast:
- In hotel.
- Morning:
- Leisure time/optional activities.
- Lunch:
- Own arrangements.
- Afternoon:
- Depart Cape Suites for Diocesan College.
- Diocesan College and Wynberg Schools Rugby Tournament in Cape Town for U8s to U14s.
- Depart Wynberg to return to Cape Suites.
- Dinner:
- Own arrangements.
- Overnight:
- Cape Suites Hotel - Bed & Breakfast.
Day Seven
- Morning:
- Check-out.
- Staggered departures for Durban.
- Early check-in in Durban has been requested for the early arrivals.
- Lunch:
- Own arrangements/or on aircraft.
- Afternoon:
- Leisure time/optional activities.
- Dinner:
- Own arrangements.
- Overnight:
- Holiday Inn Marine Parade - Bed & Breakfast.
Day Eight
- Breakfast:
- In hotel.
- Morning:
- Leisure time/optional activities.
- Dolphin cruise.
- Lunch:
- Own arrangements.
- Afternoon:
- Leisure time/optional activities.
- Dolphin cruise.
- Dinner:
- Own arrangements.
- Overnight:
- Holiday Inn Marine Parade, Durban - Bed & Breakfast.
Day Nine
- Breakfast:
- In hotel.
- Morning:
- Leisure time/optional activities.
- Lunch:
- Own arrangements.
- Afternoon:
- Depart for Kearsney College.
- Kearsney College Schools Tournament for U9s to U14s.
- Depart Kearsney to return to hotel.
- Dinner:
- Own arrangements.
- Overnight:
- Holiday Inn Marine Parade, Durban - Bed & Breakfast.
Day Ten
- Breakfast:
- In hotel.
- Morning:
- Depart for Berea Rovers Rugby Club.
- Lunch:
- Berea Rovers (arrangements made by ERC).
- Afternoon:
- Durban Clubs & Development Sides Rugby Tournament at Berea Rovers Rugby Club for U8s to U14s.
- Dinner:
- End of tour Braai at Berea Rovers.
- Overnight:
- Holiday Inn Marine Parade, Durban - Bed & Breakfast.
Day Eleven
- Breakfast:
- In hotel.
- Morning:
- Self-drive tour extensions commence.
- Bush Pigs Safari tour departs.
- Check-out.
- Arrangements have been made with the hotel for luggage to be left with the concierge.
- Lunch:
- Own arrangements.
- Afternoon:
- Departures for Durban airport or own arrangements.
Day Twelve
- Morning:
- Arrive in London.
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