GIRLS RUGBY TOURNAMENT IN PP

Kampuchea Balopp had the pleasure of organising a girl’s rugby tournament with teams participating from Singapore and Cambodia. The 210 girls ranged in age between 8 and 14, and from the Cambodian teams, 9 came from the KB program, 2 from the Lycée Français René-Descartes de Phnom Penh – Cambodge, and 3 from the Valkyries who travelled all the way from Singapore to participate in the event! The Valkyries took advantage of this trip to Cambodia to support KB by bringing equipment donations and offering a souvenir polo shirt of the tournament to each participating player.  We thank our three generous referees who came directly from Thailand for the occasion, Naga Medical Clinic, and the volunteers from the Phnom Penh Social Rugby Club.

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The KB Day MARCH 5th

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FIRST KB DAY OF THE YEAR

Our KB Day brought together 400 children for a fantastic day of sport and rugby and was made possible by the generous support of the Amaris Foundation . Also, a big thank you to the UWC South East Asia children, parents and teachers from Singapore who helped out with the activities and made a donation of sports equipment and kit for the children. Their enthusiasm and expertise was greatly appreciated and we look forward to their next visit later in the year!
Crédit photo: JM Brun
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RHINO GRASS ROOTS RUGBY AWARD 2016

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Kampuchea Balopp is very proud to announce that it won the Rhino Grassroots Rugby Award for 2016!

The winner was announced in London on Monday the 14th of November at World Rugby’s Conference and Exhibition 2016 (ConfEx) and the trophy was presented to KB representative Frederic Hervouet by Rhino CEO Reg Clarke and former WASPS and England Captain Lawrence Dallaglio .  The full list of shortlisted candidates were:

1. The Batumi International Beach Rugby Festival (Georgia)
2. The Cronk-Cunis National Under 21 Festival (England)
3. Kampuchea Balopp (Cambodia).
4. The Los Vegas Invitational Tournament (USA)
5. The Piotrowice Nyskie International Rugby Festival (Poland)

We very much appreciate the work of Rhino in supporting grassoots rugby!

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KAMPUCHEA BALOPP GRASSROOTS DAY MAY

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On the Sunday 22nd of May 2016, at the ISPP – International School of Phnom Penh, Kampuchea Balopp has organised the last Grassroots rugby day of the school year. 11 of our NGOs and School partners has answered to our invitation, and it’s more than 400 rugby players, from 8 to 17 years old, who has attended to this great morning.

The Main objective of Kampuchea Balopp program is to promote education and social inclusion through Sport. That’s why, before the games, we organized some activities with blind and low vision children which were mixed with other children to play together.Some mentally disabled children from Action Cambodge Handicap also joined us to played with other children and share a warm moment of fun together.

Then, differents rugby games were organized between the 34 teams regrouped in 4 differents age group categories: Under 11, U13, U15 and U18. A big thanks to our sponsor, Cambodia Airports without whom this great moment would not have been possible.

We would like to thanks as well all the volunteers from the Lycée Français René-Descartes who helped us to set up the field and animate the activities. Finally, we would like to thanks the players from Phnom Penh Social Rugby Club and Peou Sophoan who did a very nice job to referee all the games.

with Krousar Thmey Foundation, Mith Samlanh, Pour un Sourire d’Enfant – Cambodia, Taramana, Toutes à l’école, Transform Cambodia, Cambodian Children’s Fund, ISF Cambodia, Sok Sabay Association.

 

 

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Dimanche 22 Mai 2016, sur le terrain de l’ISPP, Kampuchea Balopp a organisé le dernier KB day de l’année scolaire. 11 de nos ONG et Ecoles partenaires ont repondu a notre invitation et au total, ce sont plus de 400 amoureux (et amoureuses) du ballon oval qui ont participé à cette grande fete du rugby.

L’objectif principal de Kampuchea Balopp est d’utiliser le sport comme un levier d’education et d’insertion sociale. C’est pourquoi, nous organisons, de nombreuses activités avant la tenue des matchs, en mélangeant les enfants sans se préoccuper de leur capacité physique ou de leur niveau social d’ origine. Ce fut un moment très chaleureux, avec une forte démonstration de tolérance et de solidarité.

Ensuite, les matchs ont pu se lancer avec pas moins de 34 équipes regroupées dans 4 groupes d’age différents. Les matchs se sont déroulés dans un superbe état d’esprit, et filles et garcons ont pris un plaisir certain à jouer les un avec et contre les autres. Nous voudrions remercier Cambodia Airport, sans qui cette journée n’aurait pu etre organisée, ainsi que tous les volontaires du Lycée Francais René Descartes qui nous ont aidé a la mise en place et la tenue des activités. Enfin, nous aimerions remercier les quelques joueurs du Phnom Penh Social Rugby Club qui nous ont preté main forte pour l’arbitrage des matchs.

Avec: Krousar Thmey, Mith Samlanh, Pour un Sourire d’Enfant, Taramana, Toutes à l’école, Transform Cambodia, Cambodian Children’s Fund, ISF Cambodia, Sok Sabay Association.

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Saint Valentine’s Rugby Tournament !

On the 14th of February 2016, Kampuchea Balopp was excited to invite 8 teams (6 women + 2 boys) for a nice and fun rugby tournament.
For this special occasion, we had the great pleasure to welcome 5 British Referees who came with a luggage full of new rugby balls !
Those referees, who come every year to help during the Cambodia Tens, were very surprised with the good level of rugby, shown by all the players, who were all aged between 14 and 17 years old.
Thanks Again to all the volunteers, NGOs/School, referees, doctors, partners who made this morning of rugby possible.


En ce jour de Saint-Valentin, l’équipe de Kampuchea Balopp a décidé d’organiser un petit tournoi tout en mettant en valeur le rugby féminin ! Ainsi, 6 équipes féminines, issues de nos ONG et ecoles partenaires PSE, Soksabay, Toutes a l’Ecole et Le Lycée francais René Descartes, se sont rencontrées dans un superbe état d’esprit de convivialité, de combat et de partage. A noter que les équipes masculines de PSE et de l’ecole francaise se sont egalement confrontées a deux reprises.
Pour cette occasion, nous avions la chance de bénéficier de la présence de nos amis arbitres présent lors du dernier Cambodia Tens. Ces arbitres, en provenance d’Angleterre, ont permis aux éducateurs de Kampuchea Balopp de progresser dans le domaine de l’arbitrage, et ont remis une donation de Ballons neufs aux capitaines des équipes presentes.
Merci encore a tou(te)s les volontaires présents, les enfants, les medecins et toutes les personnes qui ont permis de fetér la Saint Valentin, a notre maniere.. !


The launch of the CDIDF program with Krousar Thmey !

This week, Krousar Thmey Foundation and Kampuchea Balopp have started a huge and passionate project: Sport sessions for ALL the deaf and blind student of Phnom Penh Thmey School!
25 hours of Physical Education session every week in order to give access to sport to more than 150 disabled children ! So proud to be part of this great human adventure!
A big thanks to our partner Krousar Thmey for this fantastic collaboration and for those great pictures!


Cette semaine, Krousar Thmey et Kampuchea Balopp on démarré un bien beau projet: séances d’Education Physique et Sportive pour TOUS les étudiants sourds et aveugles de l’école de Phnom Penh Thmey.
25 heures de séances prodiguées chaque semaine auprès de plus de 150 enfants handicapés ! Quelle fierté d´être impliqué directement dans une telle aventure humaine!
Un grand merci à notre partenaire Krousar Thmey pour la confiance accordée et pour ces chouettes photos!!