Butlin’s Bognor Regis
Tournament Info

Age Groups & Squad sizes

4 – 7 April 2025
U7 Mixed: 4-a-side
U8 Mixed: 6-a-side
U9 Mixed: 7-a-side
U10 Mixed: 8-a-side
U11 Mixed: 9-a-side
U12 Boys: 12-a-side
U12 Girls: 9-a-side
U14 Girls: 9-a-side

Recommended Touring Squad Sizes
U7 Mixed = 6
U8 Mixed = 8
U9 Mixed = 10
U10 Mixed = 12
U11 Mixed = 15
U12 Boys = 20
U12 Girls = 12+
U14 Girls = 12+

Tour Itinerary

DAY 1, FRIDAY – ARRIVAL DAY:
No rugby is played on the day of arrival. Accommodation units should be available from 4pm – Butlin’s will confirm your check in time prior to your break. Guests can arrive on resort from 1pm and use the facilities at Butlin’s. There will be a full evening entertainment programme on the Friday. Our welcome meeting for coaches will take place on Friday evening at around 8pm.

DAYS 2 & 3, SATURDAY & SUNDAY:
All teams will participate in festivals that take place on both the Saturday & Sunday. Each Age Grade will be organised in accordance with the RFU guidelines. The event format may vary depending on the number of teams registered in each Age Grade.

The celebrity presentation ceremony will take place on the Sunday evening. Teams are welcome to travel home on the Sunday evening after the presentation, or Monday morning.

DAY 4, MONDAY – DEPARTURE DAY:
Check out of accommodation is 10.00am but you do not have to leave the resort until Midday.

Age Qualification Dates

Consideration will be given to official dispensation where held under RFU Regulation 15. However this is at the discretion of the Organisers and subject to specific Tigers Challenge Rules. Please contact ESF Events for further details if required.

We would advise International teams from Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland and other countries to read RFU Regulation 15 carefully, so that you are aware of the Age Grade regulations of the RFU. As the Tigers Challenge is an RFU approved festival, the festival is played in accordance with the RFU regulations and subject to Tigers Challenge Rules.

PLEASE NOTE: As per RFU guidelines, mixed teams of boys and girls are not permitted in the U12 age sections. Therefore, girls cannot compete in the U12 boys age sections, and boys cannot compete in the U12 Girls and U14 Girls age sections at the 2026 Tigers Challenge in Bognor Regis.

If you have any queries regarding the eligibility of players, please contact ESF Events via email at info@tigerschallenge.co.uk

TIGERS CHALLENGE WRISTBANDS

Each guest who has booked accommodation through ESF Events will receive a Tigers Challenge wristband when they check in at Butlin’s. The Tigers Challenge wristband is required to attend the playing venues as a player, club official or spectator, attend the presentation ceremony at Butlin’s, and enter evening entertainment venues at Butlin’s.

Tigers Challenge wristbands are not available to purchase separately. If you are not booked through ESF Events at Butlin’s, you are not part of the event and do not have permission to attend the playing venues as a player, official or spectator, or to attend the presentation ceremonies at Butlin’s.

IMPORTANT: Accommodation for your whole party, including players, families, managers and supporters, must be booked through ESF Events. If members of your party do not book accommodation through ESF Events, the team will not be permitted to participate in the Tigers Challenge. The only exception to this is ‘local’ teams who are invited to participate in the festival to ensure the best possible format in each age group.

Team Registration Fees

There are no Team Entry Fees to enter the Tigers Challenge. All costs involved with staging the festival are included in the accommodation charges. As such, it is a condition of entry to the festival that all members of your touring party (players, coaches, officials, family members etc.), book accommodation through ESF Events.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have any queries or any other information regarding any of the tournament information detailed above, please call 01664 566360 or click here to email ESF Events.