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The Webb Ellis Cup, the Rugby World Cup trophy, will be zipped around Derbyshire by helicopter when it comes to the county next month as part of a nationwide tour which includes hundreds of events across the country. Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire are the largest geographical county in the Rugby Football Union and they have chartered a helicopter to fly the trophy around during the three-day visit between March 4 and 5. The trophy will spend March 4 in Lincolnshire and will move to Derbyshire on March 5 for an action-packed day which will take in clubs across the county. The RFU hope that the Sweet Chariot tour will help to raise the profile of the sport both in traditional rugby-playing areas and in regions currently under-represented in the sport. The euphoria that followed the events in Sydney have been underpinned at grassroots level by the RFU's Rugby - Making An Impact strategy aimed at increasing participation and retention in playing, coaching, officiating and administration. IMPACT, which stands for Inclusion, Modernisation, Partnerships, Appropriate facilities, Club/school links and Training and coaching, is a three-stage blueprint for community rugby in England. The trophy will start its Derbyshire leg of the tour at Glossop RFC at 7.20am and will then travel extensively before the day ends with a reception for volunteers for clubs across the county at the University of Derby. The provional itinerary for Derbyshire is (in order): Glossop RFC, Bakewell RFC, Matlock RFC, Chesterfield RFC, Ilkeston RFC, Amber Valley RFC, Melbourne RFC, Derby RFC, University of Derby. |
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