Play Rugby USA partners with HSBC and Hope For The Warriors® on NYC Rugby Cup- Presented by HSBC
New York, NY- June 9, 2012- Play Rugby USA, the largest rugby based youth development organization in the nation, will be hosting the NYC Rugby Cup- Presented by HSBC on June 9th, 2012. This event is the culminating tournament for the season and will feature 72 teams and 900 players participating in a one day tournament. The theme of the event is Premiership Rugby, the world’s foremost domestic rugby competition based in England. As a cross-cultural component, each school must create and bring a banner that includes details about its adopted city and club’s culture and history.
2012 Event Ambassadors in attendance include John Layfield, former world champion wrestler and current financial analyst for Fox News and Danny Lopez, the British Consul-General of New York.
Hope For The Warriors® will also be partnering on the event, providing a service component for the children. The teams will be able to visit a Hope For The Warriors® booth, interact with veterans, and write letters to troops serving overseas. Adding to the military presence at the event, West Point Rugby is partnering with Play Rugby USA to offer afternoon activities to schools eliminated from the competition, run by cadets.
Ashley Parker, Executive Vice President and New York City Regional President, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., said, "HSBC is very pleased to sponsor the 2012 NYC Rugby Cup. Rugby is a game that develops leadership, courage, determination and friendship. In business, just as in sport, these are all values that successful teams exhibit and we are therefore particularly proud to be associated with this event, as we are with the HSBC Sevens World Series and other Rugby competitions around the world.
Who: Play Rugby USA, HSBC, and Hope For The Warriors®
What: 5th Annual NYC Rugby Cup
When: Saturday June 9th, 2012. 9AM-4:30PM
Where: Randall’s Island Fields 70-75
Why: Culminating event for NYC based youth development charity that focuses on using rugby to provide wellness and prevention programming to under-served youth.
Contact:
Bryan Vale, Bryan.Vale@PlayRugbyUSA.com, Cell: 732-859-1136
520 8th Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10018
Who we are
Play Rugby USA is the premier Rugby Based Youth Development program in the US. Founded in 2003, the organization has grown to coaching over 4,000 children per year in structured weekly programs between New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco and over 12,000 students in aggregate since inception. The program most recently received the Rugby Expo Community Programme of the Year award in 2011.
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, with total assets of $206.8 billion as of 31 March 2012 (US GAAP), serves 3.8 million customers through its personal financial services, commercial banking, private banking, asset management, and global banking and markets segments. It operates more than 465 bank branches throughout the United States. There are over 370 in New York state as well as branches in Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, California, Delaware, Illinois, Oregon and Washington State. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. is the principal subsidiary of HSBC USA Inc., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings Inc., one of the nation's largest bank holding companies by assets. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. is a member of the FDIC.
The mission of Hope For The Warriors® is to enhance quality of life for U.S. service members and their families nationwide who have been adversely affected by injuries or death in the line of duty. Hope For The Warriors® actively seeks to ensure that the sacrifices of wounded and fallen warriors and their families are never forgotten nor their needs unmet.
Pla  y Rugby USA® is an extraordinary wellness and prevention resource: Tackling the challenges facing America's Youth. Our mission is to "develop youth through rugby". Play Rugby, Inc is a registered 501(c)3 non profit organization based in NY, NY, USA.
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