Roman’s Barney Army on Tour
British shower manufacturer and designer, Roman, are the main sponsors of a famous school’s sporting tour of South Africa. The manufacturer is sponsoring the Senior Girls Hockey team and the Senior Boys Rugby team, of Barnard Castle School, throughout their four match tours.
The tour will see 50 students travelling across the region. The teams start in Pretoria, and they then travel across to Cape Town and cover; Kasselsvlei, Westerford, York, Outeniqua and Nico Malan, to play their various matches.
Barnard Castle is a sporting school which has a reputation for turning out successful athletes and sportsmen and women. Famous names include Rugby stars; Rob Andrew, Rory and Tony Underwood, Mathew and Alex Tait, and Lee and Karl Dickson; to name but a few.
The tour is designed to offer development for all players prior to the 2013/14 season and has many cultural and social activities included, when the young people are away from the sports field.