Winter Sports in Jyväskylä: The Annual, International Snow Rugby Tournament
By Frederic
Many people have probably
followed the recent Winter-Olympics 2018 in South Korea, and while the
Paralympics are about to begin Jyväskylä has an own unique winter sport
event: The annual Snow Rugby tournament, organized by the Jyväskylä Rugby
Club. So why is it so unique you might ask? -Well, while in most countries the
Rugby sport is vastly on hold during the cold and snowy winter month we here in
Finland make the most out of it in a sportive and funny way. No need to say
that we have enough snow here each year to make something out of it!
The tournament, which was
played with 7s Rugby rules happened like last year in Laajavuori next to skiing
area of Jyväskylä. All in in all it was a fun event, especially thanks to
the ladies’ teams’ disguises they individually come up with each year! This time, 19 teams participated in the tournament: They came from all over Finland as
well as from Romania and White Russia to experience the cool fun.
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