Durante la presentación oficial del primer equipo del Vigo Rugby Club -que esta temporada militará en la División de Honor B española- el presidente del club, Ramón Babé, anunció que la botella con el mensaje de los niños para el ex jugador neozelandés de los All Blacks, Jonah Lomu, está próxima a llegar a su destinatario.
Durante los últimos cuatro meses, la botella ha permanecido en Nueva Zelanda. El azar quiso que la botella se cruzase en el aire con Lomu, que en mayo voló a Europa para fichar por el Vitrolles de Marsella (Francia). “Resultó bastante cómico llevar la botella en mi equipaje de mano para evitar que se rompiera, y después de recorrer cielo y tierra por medio mundo encontrarme con que me había cruzado con quien iba a recibirla yendo en sentido contrario”, explica Paddy O’Brien, árbitro internacional y Director del Consejo de Árbitros de la International Rugby Board (IRB) y, por el momento, último portador de la botella.
Mensaje en la botella
La iniciativa “Mensaje en la botella a Jonah Lomu” parte de las categorías infantiles y cadetes del Vigo Rugby Club para contarle al ex jugador de los All Blacks las dificultades con las que se encuentran para poder practicar este deporte.
Babé Announces during the Presentation of the VRC that the Bottle is near reaching its addressee
During the official presentation of the first team of the Vigo Rugby Club - which this season will play in the Spanish Honor Divission B- the President of the Club, Ramón Babé, announced that the bottle with the message from the children to the New Zealander ex-All Blacks player, Jonah Lomu, is near to its addressee.
During the last four months, the bottle has remained in New Zealand. The chance would that the bottle crossed in the air with Lomu, which travelled to Europe in May to sign with the Marseille Vitrolles (France). "It was quite humorous carrying the bottle in my hand luggage so it would not get broken, and after getting it half way round the world finding that the recipient virtually passed me in mid air going back the other way", explained Paddy O'Brien, international referee and the International Rugby Board (IRB) Referee Manager and, up to the moment, the last carrier of the bottle.
Message in a Bottle
The initiative "Message in a bottle to Jonah Lomu" comes from the infantile and cadet categories of the Vigo Rugby Club in order to explain to the ex-All Blacks player the difficulties they are facing to play this Sport.
The team kids gave the bottle to Joe Scully, ex-Vigo Rugby Club player, at the end of March. The objective is that it can reach New Zealand, where Jonah Lomu lives, through six contacts at the most. For the moment, three of them have been materialized: Joe Scully gave it to Ray Keane, ex-player of the Irish Malahide RFC. Ray Keane did the same to Bruce Cook, Development Manager of the IRB and Bruce Cook gave it to Paddy O'Brien.
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