In order to develop rugby in Bukhara region, as well as its popularization among students and schoolchildren, the Uzbekistan Rugby Federation organized a visit to Bukhara with the participation of a representative of Asia Rugby. As we reported earlier, the representative of Asia Rugby (a consultant for the development of rugby in Asia) Benjamin van Royen arrived in Tashkent on November 13, 2020 in order to strengthen bilateral cooperation, get acquainted with the work done by the URF and discuss further development prospects.
The URF delegation visited Bukhara from November 17 to 19, 2020 to conduct tag-rugby training for physical education teachers from 20 schools, in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 29, 2019. №PD-4500 “On measures for the development of rugby in the Republic of Uzbekistan”. The delegation included E. Lebed, D. Kulikov, A. Gulyamov, A. Shirov, B. van Rooyen – representative of Asia Rugby, A. Khamova – foreign coach of the Uzbekistan women’s rugby team.