Seiring dengan berkembang nya olahraga Rugby di Indonesia, kini beberapa SMA lokal di Jakarta menjadikan Rugby sebagai salah satu kompetisi bergengsi dan disukai para remaja. Di Jakarta sendiri para sekolah tingkat SMA sering kali mengadakan kegiatan seni dan olahraga yang berkompetisi dengan sekolah lain. Salah satu nya adalah SMA Pangudi Luhur yang mengadakan kompetisi olahraga bernama BARTOV (cabang yang dipertandingkan adalah Rugby 7s dan Martial Art). SMA Pangudi Luhur adalah sekolah yang siswa nya hanya laki laki dan dikenal dengan para siswanya yang berambut panjang juga terkenal sangat disiplin.
Given that Rugby is a growing sport in Indonesia, some local high schools in Jakarta have now added Rugby to their competitions as it is liked by several teenagers. In Jakarta, high schools typically organise art and sports activities and events that allow competition between various schools. One of these schools is Pangudi Luhur High School which has a sports competition called BARTOV (the sports contested are Rugby 7’s and Martial Arts). Pangudi Luhur is a boys only school, which is recognised as being a disciplined school and its students are earmarked by their long hair.
Sebelum nya mereka sering mengikuti pertandingan Rugby 7s yang diadakan sekolah lain (tanpa sepengetahuan dan izin sekolah) dan lebih luar biasanya lagi pada saat itu mereka menjadi juara! (Sky Battle Cup 2011 – yang diadakan SMA Lab School Jakarta). Hal ini pun menjadi perhatian Pengurus Besar Persatuan Rugby Union Indonesia yang mengirimkan wakil nya Akmal Nasser untuk meyakinkan pihak sekolah bahwa olahraga Rugby 7s bisa dimainkan siswa Pangudi Luhur dan pantas dipertandingkan di setiap acara seni dan olaraga tahunan yang diadakan SMA Pangudi luhur.
Previously Pangudi Luhur High School students had participated in several Schools Rugby tournaments without the permission of the school’s governing body, given that the Game of Rugby was not understood by the school administrators. Pangudi Luhur managed to win the Sky Battle Cup 2011, hosted by Lab School, Jakarta. This came to the attention of the Persatuan Rugby Union Indonesia (PRUI) Executive Committee (ExCo) who then lobbied the Pangudi Luhur administrators through Akmal Nasser to allow their students to participate in Schools Rugby tournaments. This led to Pangudi Luhur High School hosting the inaugural BARTOV Rugby 7’s on Wednesday, January 23 at Lampungan B, Senayan Sports Complex.
Sekolah yang berpartisipasi di BARTOV Rugby 7s adalah. Schools participating in BARTOV Rugby 7s:
1. Pangudi Luhur A (Winner)
2. Al Chasannah (Runner Up)
3. Pangudi Luhur B
4. Pangudi luhur C
5. Darunnajah
6. Banteng Boulders (Banteng Muda and Bogor Rugby Combination – U20)
7. Tirta Marta
8. Lab School
Kompetisi BARTOV Rugby 7s ini menjadi lahan bagi PRUI untuk mencari pemain pemain muda berbakat untuk membela negara nya di Tim Nasional Indonesia Rhinos ataupun Harimau. PRUI sangat gembira dan menyambut kepercayaan pihak sekolah Pangudi Luhur yang mengizinkan Rugby dimainkan oleh para siswa Pangudi Luhur. Semoga PRUI dan sekolah sekolah lain yang sudah menjadikan Rugby sebagai pilihan mereka menjadi semakin solid dan berfondasi kuat.
Competitions like the BARTOV Rugby 7’s will assist PRUI in identifying talented young players who may one day represent either the Indonesian National Team, the Rhinos or the National Men’s 7’s Team, the Harimau. PRUI is very excited by this competition and also welcome the confident performances shown by the Pangudi Luhur and other students. PRUI hopes that many other schools decide on making Rugby their sport of choice in order to lay a solid foundation for future Indonesian Rugby players.
Ucapan Terima kasih diucapkan kepada pada sponsors. Many thanks to the sponsors:
1. SMA Pangudi Luhur
2. PRUI
3. Danone
Ucapan Terima kasih diucapkan kepada pada Wasit. Many thanks to the Referees:
1. Fikri Al Azhar
2. Yudha Ari (Yucil)
3. Akmal Nasser
Sampai bertemu di tahun depan dan SkyBattle tahun ini!
See you all next year and also at this year’s Lab School SkyBattle!
Untuk informasi lebih lanjut tentang 2013 Lab School SkyBattle silahkan klik. For more information on the 2013 Lab School SkyBattle please click on: http://indonesiarugbyunion.pitchero.com/events/2013-skybattle—rugby-1339/