If you’re looking to make this season one to remember, look no further. With over 350 teams and 12,000 people joining us on tour each year, the Tigers Challenge is the is the biggest Mini & Junior rugby festival of its kind in the UK – there’s nowhere better to take your team for an unforgettable end of season tour.
The Tigers Challenge is a professionally organised rugby festival that brings U7 – U12 teams and U12 & U14 girls teams together for a fantastic weekend of rugby and fun. Every aspect of the game, its safety and ethos will be upheld to the highest standards and the tournament is organised in accordance with the regulations of the RFU.
Going on tour provides a rare and exciting opportunity for your players, coaches and supporters to build team spirit and morale. Our goal at the Tigers Challenge is simple – to provide a positive, exciting Rugby touring experience for everyone involved, one that the children will remember with their families and friends for years to come.
The experience of being away together on tour is as important as the actual rugby festival itself for many clubs – there’s no better way to boost morale.
The Tigers Challenge is staged exclusively at Butlin’s award winning resorts in Minehead (Somerset) and Bognor Regis (West Sussex). Butlin’s resorts are safe and secure, offer superb sports and leisure facilities, fantastic evening entertainment, a great range of accommodation and places to eat and drink.
Whatever the result on the pitch, your club are sure to have a fantastic time away together on tour.
With dramatic sound and lighting effects, our spectacular presentation ceremonies are a tour highlight for many. Every team gets their moment of glory, when they are invited onto the main stage to meet our special guest. From current superstars, to legends of the game, every player gets to meet a celebrity guest at the presentation.
Every child taking part will receive a high quality Tigers Challenge medal as a memento of the event. In addition, there are superb custom made team awards for the Winners and Runners-Up, along with Fair Play and Magic Moment awards.
Martin Johnson, Lewis Moody, Will Greenwood, Geordan Murphy, Neil Back, Mathew Tait, Tom Croft, George Ford, George Chuter, Freddie Tuilagi and more have all join us at the Tigers Challenge!
The Tigers Challenge is staged by ESF Events and Leicester Tigers and organised in accordance with RFU regulations.
Professional First Aid cover is provided at all Tigers Challenge festival venues. Butlin’s resorts are fully licenced venues that meet the Health & Safety standards required by law.
ESF Events Ltd are members of The Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust Limited (ABTOT), to provide financial protection under The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018. Click here for further details.
All staff employed by ESF Events Ltd, Leicester Tigers and Butlin’s are DBS checked.
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