Sports lovers and readers, lend me your eyes for the very popular Castle Cape Town Tens rugby event, brainchild of Bob Skinstad and Rob Fleck, is just around the corner! It takes place on Friday and Saturday, 3 and 4 February, and will be hosted at the Hamilton Rugby Club for the fourth consecutive year. This year’s Tens promises to be a highlight of the year with an exciting music line-up, appearances from local and international rugby legends, competitions and giveaways, and a new addition, an exciting rugby expo.

2012 boasts an incredible line-up of live entertainment including the popular group Goodluck, The Graeme Watkins Project, The Lightyears and Me and Mr Brown. With three rugby fields, beer and food tents, kiddies play areas, as well as a host of rugby legends and SA personalities, there is plenty to experience both on and off the rugby field for the whole family. Enjoy a drink with mates in the beer tent while watching the rugby action and the kids will be entertained at the same time in the play area.

Promising to be bigger and better than before, this year the number of teams has been increased from 56 to 72, with four divisions – a heavy and light Beer League, The Vets League and the more competitive Premier League. Rugby legends this year include international stars Leon Lloyd, Malcolm O’Kelly, Justin Marshall and David Rees, and local stars Jake Boer, Breyton Paulse, John Allen and Pieter Muller.

An amazing prize on offer this year is a brand-new Golf GTI to the value of R365 000, sponsored by Stor-Age. Contestants will test their rugby skills kicking for the post to determine the lucky winner.

This year’s Castle Cape Town Tens is proudly brought to you by Castle, Canterbury, Powerade and the City of Cape Town.

Tickets are on sale at R70 per person via Computicket on www.computicket.com. Kids under 12 are free.

However if you have R10.000 to spend consider:

The Odd Shaped Ball – Dinner with a Difference

Kicking off Castle Cape Town Tens this year on the 2nd February is the The Odd Shaped Ball, a charity evening like no other! Rub shoulders with rugby Legends such as Leon Lloyd, Justin Marshall, Dan Lugar, Bob Skinstad and Rob Fleck whilst you enjoy dinner, drinks, live entertainment, as well as a Q&A session with the rugby legends themselves at the beautiful Grand Cafe & Beach.

Not only is this a fun-filled event, but one that stands for a wonderful cause. All proceeds from the dinner will go towards the Jag foundation, one of the country’s leading charity organisations and the Christina Noble Charity Foundation (CNCF), both of which are organisations focused on uplifting, mentoring and educating underprivileged kids.

Tables of ten can be booked for R10 000.

For bookings or more information contact Kirsti Lyall on kirsti@klprsa.com or Andrea Smit andrea@klprsa.com Tel - 021 671 4127.

Now that's a good idea, but if you are heading out to the games this weekend, Please do say hi to Scent and Nathi who will be manic with their tweets at the event. :-)

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