Mexico have been awarded the 2009 NAWIRA men's & women's sevens championships.
The tournament is all set to take place in Mexico City on November 14th & 15th 2009. Both the men's and women's tournaments will take place simultaneously throughout the weekend.
The men's tournament will also be the regional qulifier for the 2010 Central America and Caribbean Games, whuich are scheduled to be held in Mexico in 2July 2010. The top 5 teams from the men's tournament will qualify.
For many years, Guyana, a country that has consistently produced the crop of the West Indies Sevens team, has dominated the men's tournament.
However, the gap has recently narrowed and the likes of Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica will be looking to overthrow their old foes.
In the women's event, Mexico are expected to field an international women's rugby team for the first time, following in the footsteps of Cayman and Bermuda who both participated for the first time in 2008.
The tournament will be the first of it's kind to be played in Mexico City and is just reward for the tireless work by the Mexican rugby federation, in it's continued development of rugby in Mexico.
With Mexico hosting the 2011 PANAM Games, an event that will feature rugby sevens for the first time, the 2009 NAWIRA Sevens will provide the organizers with a good "trial run" and a tournament to wet the appetite of a public more used to playing and watching the round ball.
For the participating teams, playing at altitude will be a challenge and the fierce rivalry that exists between the countries of the Caribbean, should not fail to deliver a compelling tournament .
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