| ERC have worked with the Cardiff '06 partners - the Millennium Stadium, WRU, Wales Tourist Board, Wales Assembly Government and Cardiff City Council - to create a European Festival of Rugby for the Heineken Cup final weekend. Cardiff will be buzzing for the weekend with highlights including a Continental Market and Water Ski Championship in Cardiff Bay and a European Street Festival in the City Centre.
Fans can watch Neil Jenkins and Robin McBryde put regional academy players through their paces at the Welsh Institute of Sport from 10.00 am on Saturday followed by the ERC / WRU Eurotag finals, featuring five teams of U8 from around Wales, demonstrating their skills from 12.15 pm. More details of the Cardiff 06 Heineken Cup final weekend are available on www.ercrugby.com and fans can also download a "Front Row" guide to some of Cardiff’s best hotspots to sample the European atmosphere. ERC and Cardiff City Council commissioned independent research from visiting rugby fans to Cardiff to compile the guide.
Cardiff 06 Heineken Cup Final Weekend - European Festival of Rugby, Saturday 20 May 2006
BRITISH WATER SKI RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cardiff Bay
10am - 5pm on both Saturday and Sunday
CONTINENTAL MARKET
Roald Dahl Plass
10.00 am - 5.00 pm on both Saturday and Sunday
ERC/WRU RUGBY CLINICS
Welsh Institute of Sport, Sophia Gardens
Welsh Regional academy players will get put through their paces by expert coaches Neil Jenkins and Robin McBryde - 10.00am - 12.30pm - admission is free
EUROTAG FINALS
Welsh Institute of Sport, Sophia Gardens
Five teams of under 8s from around Wales will take part in a demonstration of rugby tag skills as part of the ERC / WRU Eurotag initiative - 12.15pm - admission is free
CARDIFF 06 STREET FESTIVAL
Cardiff City Centre
Face painters, musicians entertainers and more - 12.30pm
Cardiff 06 Heineken Cup final - Millennium Stadium
1.00pm - Gates open
2.15pm - Euro Cult Pre-Match entertainment
Featuring performers from all six participating Heineken Cup nations including:
• Scottish pipers and drummers performing "Scotland the Brave"
• Marilena Della Vottoria will sing "Volare"
• Jon Christos will sing "Jerusalem"
• Treorchy Male Voice Choir will sing "Bread of Heaven"
• Can Can dancers from Paris will perform
• Irish singer / song writer Paddy Casey will sing "Saints and Sinners"
3.00pm - Heineken Cup final: Biarritz Olympique v Munster
Half-time - Cara O'Sullivan will sing "Stand Up and Fight" and Michel Etcheverry will sing "AUPA BO"
Sunday 21 May
BRITISH WATER SKI RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cardiff Bay 10.00am - 5.00pm
CONTINENTAL MARKET
Roald Dahl Plass - 10.00am - 5.00pm
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