The Dubai Tigers Rugby Club officially closed their 2018/19 UAE Rugby campaign with a huge prize giving held at Dubai College.

Over 600 players, parents and members were present at the event which saw prizes given out to all age groups of their club. It’s been the culmination of a huge season for the club which saw them lift the UAE Conference trophy for the second time in succession and earned them promotion to the UAE Premiership for next season.

Club Chairman Shane Thornton said;

“We had a fantastic prize giving this morning at Dubai college. We awarded players that have shown sportsmanship, improvement and players that are valuable to the team. We also acknowledged every Tiger’s player, girls and boys from under 4s upwards, that have given their all week in week out.”

Thornton went also paid tribute to the support that the club has had throughout the season saying;

“A big thank you to parents, coaches, managers, medics and our sponsors! We also said farewell to many players that have been with us for a few seasons that are leaving Dubai. What a year we had and we look forward to next season.”

The Dubai Tigers RFC started life in 2013 with a small mini/junior section of only 40 players to now having over 300 playing members across its mini and youth, women’s & men’s senior rugby teams.