Marhaba fi Marrakesh
Marhaba fi Marrakesh - To celebrate its 30th year of existence, Rugby Africa wished to do things in a big way ! For the occasion, many sports personalities joined the ceremony, Lahcen Sekkouri Minister of Youth and Sports ; Nawal El Moutawakel, vice-president of the International Olympic Committee ; Kamal Lahlou vice-president of the Moroccan National Olympic Committee ; Bernard Lapasset, president of World Rugby ; Oregan Hoskins, president of the South African Rugby Union ; Daniel Bilalian, Director of Sports for France Télévisions and Tahar Boujouala, president of the Moroccan Royal Federation of Rugby.
The birthday party was attended by some of the founding fathers of Rugby Africa. For this big event, Aref Belkiria, Reggaya Bourraoui, Larbi Bergem, Abderahim Bougjaand Guédel N'Diaye were gathered once again 30 years after the creation of the Confederation ofAfrican Rugby. Ivory Coast - another founding country - was represented by Elvis Tano, the current chairman of the union.
All were able to participate in many workshops set up by the Confederation. During group meetings the future of African rugby was discussed in depth. Everyone had a say in this to map to road for the oval ball on the continent for the next thirty years.
After four days of intensive work, the seminar of Marrakesh ended on Sunday the 10th of April. Guests flew back home, the most fortunate made it in 2 hours while some others spent more than 20 hours in the air.
While some were already familiar with the city of Marrakesh, others discovered the red City for the very first time. Marrakesh is a perfect symbol of what Morocco is about : a country with roots in Africa and foliage in Europe, an «hyphen country», a crossroads of various civilizations. An ideal location to meet and discuss the future of our noble sport : rugby !
Rugby Africa · Minister of Youth and Sports · International Olympic Committee · Moroccan National Olympic Committee · World Rugby · South African Rugby Union · France Télévisions · Moroccan Royal Federation of Rugby
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Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com) is the governing body of rugby in Africa and one of the regional associations under World Rugby. It unites all African countries that play rugby union, rugby sevens, and women’s rugby. Rugby Africa organizes various competitions, including the qualifying tournaments for the Rugby World Cup and the Africa Sevens, a qualifying competition for the Olympic Games. With 39 member unions, Rugby Africa is dedicated to promoting and developing rugby across the continent. World Rugby highlighted Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia as three of the six emerging nations experiencing strong growth in rugby.
