10 Year Anniversary of the Pumas Rugby Club
North Cyprus
By Ralph Kratzer
Mustafa Raiz, one of the students, then persuaded the group to take on Rugby (he had played in the UK) and this was given the “go ahead” by the management.
Training started with the help of Derek Dowey, a lecturer at the University. Derek met Peter Heydon watching TV Rugby and established that Peter was a coach… and the rest is history. Soon the University agreed that an official GAU Rugby Club could be formed.
Yesterday, 26th October 2013, most of the Committee members from these past days came together again at the same place to celebrate the memorable anniversary.
I, as one of the first-ten-years sponsors, was invited together with Chris Elliott, the founder of the website “cyprusscene.com – LIFE AND TIMES IN CYPRUS”, to join the little event.
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10th Birthday re-union by founding Puma RFC members:
Front row left to right: Richard Bradley, Derek Dowey, Gilly Woolner,Michael O´Sullivan, Mustafa Sukrettin
Back row left to right: Peter Heydon, Eddie Smith, Les Griffiths, Keith Lloyd