URENI RYGBY CLUB FOUNDED IN ASHTARAK

Noyan Tapan
Nov 16, 2009

ASHTARAK, NOVEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The presentation of the Ureni
rygby club took place on November 15 in the town sports ground of
Ashtarak. More than 120 young people from the town of Ashtarak and
neighboring villages have already joined the Ureni club. Six teams, in
which young people of different ages are involved, held demonstrative
competitions on the presentation day, and different sport fans were
present at the competitions.

Robert Melkumian, one of rygby founders in Armenia, informed Noyan
Tapan correspondent that it occurred to him to found the club this
January when with his former pupil, currently businessman Gegham
Haroutiunian he watched the World Cup Tournament in Dubai, and
Armenia’s national team was not among the participants.