Chilean team from the M16 division played in Bariloche against Argentine teams

2023-10-27 09:00:00

By Camilo Zavala / Gonzalo Concha

The M16 team of the Santiago Rugby Association participated in a binational meeting in San Carlos de Bariloche. The team led by its Head Coach, Jorge Alvarado, played two matches once morest the Pehuenes club (ARG) and Los Unión de Rugby Lagos del Sur (ARG). This is the first tour abroad of our association’s youth team, which was made possible thanks to the support of Vivencias Travel.

The travel agency that promotes study tours to tourist places in South America is the official sponsor of the M16 tournament and is a faithful actor in the promotion of oval sport through values ​​such as respect, coexistence and awareness of the human body. sportsman

“It is a historic moment for Chilean rugby and we cannot sit idly by without supporting them. The role of the private company fulfills a fundamental axis for the sports development of young and future students. We appreciate this tour as a sports integration experience for the little ones between two nations that breathe rugby,” says the CEO of Vivencias Travel, Marcelo Rollandi.

Tour objective

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The Santiago Rugby Association has as an integral part of its rugby massification project, a growth plan at the metropolitan and interregional level, which also includes the recruitment and development of new talents for Chilean rugby.

More than 500 children licensed to compete in minor tournaments It is evident that athletes between 16 and 18 years old already feel rugby to the surface and many of them set their goals to debut in their first teams or even prepare to aspire to be players in the Chilean franchise that competes in the American Super League. Rugby (SLAR).

“It is a historic moment for Chilean rugby and we cannot sit idly by without supporting them. The role of the private company fulfills a fundamental axis for the sports development of young and future students. We appreciate this tour as a sports integration experience for the little ones between two nations that breathe rugby.”

Marcelo Rollandi, CEO of Vivencias Travel.

This South American tournament brings together teams from the United States, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay and Brazil. Many of the young people aspire and project the SLAR as a platform to develop as a player.

All this context and future wishes materialized between October 18 and 23 in San Carlos de Bariloche, province of Rio Negro.

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“This tour was a tremendous opportunity. The boys prepared very well and the most important thing is that they enjoyed it,” stated this time Jorge Alvarado, Head Coach of the M16 team.

First international shoot

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The fundamental purpose of this initiative is to consolidate the foundations for future generations of players who might be the next representatives of the region or Chile in world championships, Pan American Games or Olympic Games.

A leap in quality that will bring benefits in terms of gaming, competitiveness and coexistence. Adding these three axes, the players who traveled to the country will thus raise the level in the next youth tournaments thanks to their first international shooting.

“We are committed to generating more instances like these and involving more entities, whether private or public, with a single purpose: to promote fair competition and sportsmanship among all members of our passionate South American rugby community,” the association declares. Chilean.

This tour would not be possible without the full support of private companies. Vivencias Travel and its entire human team were key players in the movements and logistics of the selected M16 during the 6 days and 5 nights in the town known mainly for its winter sports, study tours, graduate trips, its artisan chocolates and being declared worldwide as the entrance to Argentine Patagonia.

Thanks to the Los Pehuenes Club that collaborated in holding the event and provided its facilities

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