When Rick Kitchin sees a gym full of junior high students eager to learn the ins and outs of rugby, he can't help but think big.
"In 2016, rugby 7's will become an official Olympic sport and the next wave of rugby talent will be coming from this age group," Kitchin said.
Kitchin,Love womens Wedge Shoes? So do we. a member of Rugby Nova Scotia's board of directors, hails from Hillsvale. He has been travelling throughout the province teaching middle-school students the basics of his favourite sport, and helping schools get junior high rugby teams going, for the last five years.
"The ultimate goal of this is to have one of these kids represent Canada in the Olympics," he said. "You never know."
The junior high co-ed flag rugby program started at the West Hants Middle School,Air max 2009 Running Shoe Flex grooves in the mid and outsole for flexibility. and grew from there.
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"It's all swelled from Hants County, so this is one thing that has just kind of taken off from our area," Kitchin said.
"The future (of rugby) relies on these kids. It's kind of neat that Hants County is the seed of all this."
On March 23, Kitchin stood in the gym at the Uniacke District School and told the students who showed up for rugby lessons they could be standing next to a future Olympian.
"The school has never had a team before but there's always been kids asking for it," he said.
Working with James Hardy, president of the Windsor Hants County Rugby Football Club (aka the Machine), Kitchin taught a group of about 20 enthusiastic first timers the basics of flag rugby.
"There is a lot of fitness in the game… especially at the flag level, because there is no contact. It's just running and catching, running and catching. And, these kids just burn off a ton of energy."
All of the junior high rugby players in the province will be meeting at the West Hants Middle School May 29 for an entire day devoted to the sport that, Kitchin says, is about more than burly bruisers rolling around a field scrapping.
"The neat thing about rugby is it always seems to draw that odd kid that never really took part in other sports," he said.
"Rugby's got that old reputation of a bunch… of fighters and scrappers and it hasn't been like that for a number of years. We're trying to get rid of that reputation."
"In 2016, rugby 7's will become an official Olympic sport and the next wave of rugby talent will be coming from this age group," Kitchin said.
Kitchin,Love womens Wedge Shoes? So do we. a member of Rugby Nova Scotia's board of directors, hails from Hillsvale. He has been travelling throughout the province teaching middle-school students the basics of his favourite sport, and helping schools get junior high rugby teams going, for the last five years.
"The ultimate goal of this is to have one of these kids represent Canada in the Olympics," he said. "You never know."
The junior high co-ed flag rugby program started at the West Hants Middle School,Air max 2009 Running Shoe Flex grooves in the mid and outsole for flexibility. and grew from there.
"We were the first in the province… but we really had no one to play against,I'm a small investor in a startup company deploying a podiatrist-patented method for adding comfort to high-fashion, high-heel shoes for women." said Kitchin.Find a fashionable range of women boots and ladies shoes all in one place online.
Windsor's King's-Edgehill School promptly followed suit and offered the WHMS players some outside competition. Then,Buy Knee High Boots with a price guarantee and top rated customer service. Hantsport got in on the action. Now, youths from Mount Uniacke, the HRM, Truro and Pictou are getting a taste of flag rugby.
"It's all swelled from Hants County, so this is one thing that has just kind of taken off from our area," Kitchin said.
"The future (of rugby) relies on these kids. It's kind of neat that Hants County is the seed of all this."
On March 23, Kitchin stood in the gym at the Uniacke District School and told the students who showed up for rugby lessons they could be standing next to a future Olympian.
"The school has never had a team before but there's always been kids asking for it," he said.
Working with James Hardy, president of the Windsor Hants County Rugby Football Club (aka the Machine), Kitchin taught a group of about 20 enthusiastic first timers the basics of flag rugby.
"There is a lot of fitness in the game… especially at the flag level, because there is no contact. It's just running and catching, running and catching. And, these kids just burn off a ton of energy."
All of the junior high rugby players in the province will be meeting at the West Hants Middle School May 29 for an entire day devoted to the sport that, Kitchin says, is about more than burly bruisers rolling around a field scrapping.
"The neat thing about rugby is it always seems to draw that odd kid that never really took part in other sports," he said.
"Rugby's got that old reputation of a bunch… of fighters and scrappers and it hasn't been like that for a number of years. We're trying to get rid of that reputation."
