RUGBY enthusiasts on Merseyside ‘itching’ for some rugby action which begins in earnest on Saturday, September 6, have been presented with an early bonus at both Hoylake and Waterloo, who will be staging the finals of the World Firefighters’ Games ‘sevens’ competition over the weekend of August 29/31.
The World Firefighters Games was initiated by an American entrepreneur and a committee of international firefighters, whose coming together led to the 1st World Firefighters Games in Aukland New Zealand in 1990.
This inaugural event was hailed as a great success placing the WFG firmly on the international map, attracting thousands of athletes and their families from all over the world.
The second WFG were held in Las Vegas in 1992 and thus the stage was set to host this event on a biennial basis. 1994 saw the ownership of the event passing to a committee of firefighters in Perth, Western Australia who hosted yet another fantastic WFG in this same year.
The 10th World Firefighters Game will run fromAugust 24 to September 2 and will be hosted by the Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service.
Over 70 different sports will be represented with rugby union taking place at Blundellsands and Hoylake.
The finals kick off at Blundellsands at 10am Sunday, August 31, entry is free and there will be a hog roast and barbecue.
