Central Java successfully held their first Rugby Festival on Sunday 23rd February. There were 12 teams of participants from junior high, high school and university and the Rugby Club. The festival was held at Lapangan Kota Barat, Solo. Even though this is the first Rugby festival, Rugby in Central Java is clearly showing their huge potential with 6 Cities/Regencies participating in this festival: Boyolali, Karanganyar, Sukoharjo, Sragen, Salatiga and Surakarta City.
The recently elected chairman of PRUI Central Java, Anang Waskito expressed his enthusiasm to lead Rugby in this province that has a population of 32 million. “We have a great potential with the enormous population and our youth that have been in love with Rugby. They can run all activities from Get Into Rugby programs and to run Rugby Festivals. We believe we will soon competing in the highest level in Indonesia. Just wait.” Waskito explained.
The other good thing about this Festival is there were 8 (eight) University students and 1 (one) Professor from Ryutsu Keizai University (Japan) attending the event. This visiting program was a collaboration program between PB PRUI and JICA (Japanese International Cooperation Agency) and RKU in promoting Rugby in Indonesia.
Let us wait for the rise of Rugby in Central Java!
Festival Rugby Jawa Tengah 2020 Winners.
Junior High School
1st Winner : SMP Musuk,Boyolali
2nd Winner : SMP daarul Quran A, karanganyar
3rd Winner : SMP daarul Quran B, Karanganyar
Senior High School BOYS
1st Winner : SMK N 1 musuk, Boyolali
2nd Winner : SMK sakti sragen
3rd Winner : SMA muhammadiyah Surakarta
Senior High School GIRLS
1st Winner : SMK N 1 musuk, Boyolali
2nd Winner : SMK N 1 Mojosongo,Boyolali
3rd Winner : SMA N 2 plupuh Sragen
Universities
1st Winner : UNS surakarta
2nd Winner : UTP surakarta
3rd Winner : UKSW Salatiga
Club
1st Winner : Ganeshans Rugby club
2nd Winner : Gonilans Rugby club
3rd Winner : Barbarian Boyolali Rugby club