Rugby Club Luxembourg closed its 46th season with a fundraising BBQ on Saturday evening.
Enzo, Bill, Eugene and Tom are seen attending Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Nikki, Gale and Chris are seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Nick and Liz seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019The Rugby Club Luxembourg end-of-season event was held at the Rooftop Bar and Grill Dommeldange, 13 July 2019Nick, Liz, Gale, Nikki, Mark and ChrisCarole, Clemmie, Josianne and SofiaFred & GraziellaRemy, Guillaume and LPAmanda, Martyn, Paul and DominiqueFred GabrielAttendees are seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Neil, Jana and Ken seen are seen attending Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Hanck and ZuleimaRemy and Guillaume seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Attendees are seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Attendees are seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Emma, Kai, Ian and SheenaLynn (on left) is seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019More than 100 Rugby Club Luxembourg members and guests attended the season-closing charity barbeque, 13 July 2019Attendees are seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Michel Bulach is seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019More than 100 Rugby Club Luxembourg members and guests attended the season-closing charity barbeque, 13 July 2019Fred Gabriel, Michel Bulach and Frédérique Lefevre are seen attending Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Alessandro La Rosa and Martina MichlikovaAttendees are seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Attendees are seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Jimi, Anne and AymiRuppert & Valerie Parry-JonesSian, Lana and LauraRugby Club Luxembourg board member Carole Miltgen is seen speaking during RCL’s summer party, 13 July 2019Carole Miltgen, Rugby Club Luxembourg board member, and Paolo Tarakdjian, RCL president, are seen speaking during RCL’s summer party, 13 July 2019Paolo Tarakdjian, Rugby Club Luxembourg president, is seen speaking during RCL’s summer party, 13 July 2019Attendees are seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019Guillaume (centre), LP (on right) are seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019A RCL rep said the club aims “to promote the culture of rugby in Luxembourg and the Greater RegionThe dress code was whiteAttendees are seen during Rugby Club Luxembourg’s summer party, 13 July 2019RCL stated: “Our goal is to promote what we truly believe to be the greatest of team sports and its core values of honesty, integrity, hard work and respect, both for your teammates and opponents”More than 100 Rugby Club Luxembourg members and guests attended the season-closing charity barbeque, 13 July 2019The Rugby Club Luxembourg end-of-season event was held at the Rooftop Bar and Grill Dommeldange, 13 July 2019
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The “summer party” was a chance to celebrate successes, and reflect on challenges for next season, for both the senior squads and junior teams.
Recapping the 2018-19 season, the club’s Paolo Tarakdjian reported to Delano that:
“Our first senior team managed to maintain their position in the Bundesliga 1, a great achievement for RCL considering that most of the teams in Germany are semi-professional. The second senior team reached the playoff in the Regionalliga thanks to a number of new players, who brought energy and enthusiasm to support the first team.
“A few young players from RCL, managed to earn a place in the national team, contributing massively to a successful season for Luxembourg.”
On the juniors side, Tarakdjian, who is president of the Rugby Club Luxembourg, wrote:
“In the junior section the start of the year was tough, and the U18 team was relegated to division 2, finishing second place in their pool. Same story for the U16 which battled until the end to gain a promotion, and also finished second in their division. The U14 were the stars of the season, winning their pool and being promoted to the first division. All junior teams play in the Belgian championship.”
The RCL head said the club continues to recruit new players and develop the sport in the country. He stated:
“Just this week, a rugby camp started with 85 young players from all the Luxembourg rugby clubs, this is a great success for a sport that keeps growing in the country.
“As always we welcome new players every year, of all ages and abilities, that want to be part [of] the family of RCL.”
Saturday’s charity tombola raised more than €1,000 for the RCL Social Club.
Updated, 15 July at 3pm: A previous version of this article misidentified the club’s representative
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