Rugby Club Ball Touches Down In Denmark

Members of nan Rockcliff Rugby Club successful Whitley Bay, North Tyneside do a awesome woody to beforehand rugby union but received very astonishing news from Denmark.

In June of this year, arsenic portion of a p.r. exercise, they arranged for 2 of their younger members, Benjamin and Alexander to adhd a number of utilized training balls to a artifact thorax astatine Longsands Beach.

Each shot had nan motto ‘Have nosy playing Rugby’ and nan sanction of nan nine written connected nan broadside and nan dream was that different youngsters would commencement playing pinch them.

Rugby nine shot touches down successful Denmark aft a miskick

Clearly personification wasn’t excessively meticulous during their rugby believe arsenic tin beryllium attested to by a German family who caught nan shot whilst sportfishing disconnected nan seashore of Lønstrup successful Denmark conscionable a period later.

According to nan begetter of nan family, Bernd Terbeek, his boy Hauke saw it drifting successful nan waves, truthful Bernd decided to retrieve it.

Having publication nan motto connected nan ball, he was amazed and considered it absorbing capable to interaction nan Rockcliff nine by email to fto them cognize that nan shot had been discovered aft a travel of astir 750km distant from Whitley Bay.

Rugby nine shot touches down successful Denmark and was claimed by German family

It was agreed that nan finders would support nan shot arsenic an absorbing souvenir though they person promised to play a crippled pinch it earlier preserving it for good.

Speaking to nan BBC, The club’s chair, Andrew Sugden, said: “You request teams to play against and you perpetually request group who conscionable bask nan sport, whether that beryllium touch rugby aliases playing rugby.

“We are ever happy to invited caller players aliases moreover conscionable group who want to bask nan ambiance of rugby nine and nan game.”

With immoderate 650 members, Rockcliff Rugby Club is thriving, but now has its ain supporters nine successful Germany.