The Ka Zakhali Primary girls in actionWednesday saw the SKRUM Development Coaches complete three two hour coaching sessions at three Primary schools within the City of Manzini in one day.  The first coaching session was held at Ka Zakhali Primary.  Thirty boys and thirty girls joined in the coaching session and all seemed to enjoy their first taste of the game of Rugby.

Mangwaneni PrimaryThe whole school came to a halt on Tuesday as Mangwaneni Primary held a SKRUM Coaching Day.  Mangwaneni Primary is situated on the outskirts of Mbabane.  Head teacher Mr. Jabulani Nkonyane invited the SKRUM coaches to his school after watching a Rugby coaching session at a nearby school.

Naomi du Pont at the Rugby stand.The Development Coaches joined other sports at the Swaziland Sports Council "Shukuma" sports day held in Matsapha.  The aim of the Skukuma Project is to raise awareness of the different sports within Swaziland.

Players at the Kudu's Rugby Club Inter High Schools Tournament with their SOSIRBkitaid kit.Following the Kudu's Rugby Club Inter High Schools Tournament held on Wednesday in Mhlume, the three participating teams received SOSIRBKitaid branded with the SKRUM logo.  Kudu's Rugby Club President and SRU Vice President, Sibusiso Nkambule was there to hand out the donated kit.

Some of the pupils at Lobamba Lomdzala with their SOSIRBKitaidFollowing the Coaching Day held at their school on Wednesday, pupils who participated in the session were given kit donated by the SOSIRBKitaid.

Lobamba Lomdzala High SchoolThe Development Coaches made the short drive to Lobamba Lamdzala High situated in Mahlanya to hold their first Coaching Day at the school.  Lobamba Lamdzala head teacher Mr. Magongo had seen the Swaziland Rugby Union's Elite U/19's Squad in action and called the SKRUM office straight away.

Paul with deputy head teacher Mrs. Dlamini at St John Bosco PrimaryPaul with head teacher Mr. Zwane at Zombodze HighThe painting of Sipho the SKRUM Programme logo moves on at a pace with two more Sipho's being painted at St John Bosco Primary and Zombodze High.  The two Sipho's were painted by visiting SKRUM director Paul Collinson.

SKRUM Programme director, Paul Collinson with pupils from Ngwenyameni PrimaryPaul Collinson a SKRUM director visiting Swaziland from the UK, joined the SKRUM Development Coaches at Ngwenyameni Primary school.  Ngwenyameni Primary headteacher, Mr. Vilakati welcomed the development coaches and thanked Paul for coming all the way from the UK to visit his school.

People at the Newport Gwent Dragons v Cardiff Blues game on Friday were very generous indeed.  It took 4 of us a long time to count the contents of the 12 rather heavy collection buckets, the total being an amazing £903.11! Many many thanks to all of our volunteers: Graham, David, Emily, Richard, Christie, Iain, Mark, Meka, Pad, Angharad, Fflur and Primo - you're all superstars.

Newport Gwent Dragons have announced that SKRUM will be their International Charity for the 2010/11 season.  They are kicking off their support by hosting a SKRUM bucket collection at the last game of this season against the Cardiff Blues on Friday April 23rd (kick off at 7.05pm).  The Welsh press reports today that a sellout is expected, with 10,000 rugby fans attending the match.  SKRUM will be collecting at each gate, and we hope that the fans will show SKRUM the same level of support and commitment as the Newport