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The Webb Ellis Cup, the Rugby World Cup trophy, will be zipped around Nottinghamshire 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, the following day in Derbyshire and will end its tour of NL&D on March 6 in Nottinghamshire with an action-packed programme of rugby activities at 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 Nottinghamshire leg of the tour at Worksop College at 7.15 am and will then travel extensively before the day ends with a reception for volunteers for clubs across the county at the University of Nottingham. The provisional itinerary for Nottinghamshire is: Worksop College, Ollerton RFC, Mansfield RFC, Paviors RFC, West Bridgford RFC, Nottingham Council House, Nottingham RFC, Newark RFC, Bingham RFC, University of Nottingham. |
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