Sport United States Project #26774

Advancing education and opportunity through Rugby

by The ATLAS Foundation

Project Report | May 7, 2019
May Update

By Sally Pettipher | CEO

Jason Leonard, Ian Robertson and Gavin Hastings

The Atlas Foundation Chairman, Jason Leonard was pleased to be able to meet up with the coach and some of the graduates from the Memphis programme when they played in the Las Vegas Sevens invitational tournament at the start of March.

Jason was joined by BBC rugby commentator Ian Robertson, and a fellow former British Lion, indeed former Captain of the British and Irish Lions, Gavin Hastings. These three rugby legends joined a party of guests at the Las Vegas Country Club on the first day of the Sevens for a charity golf match, raising funds for our work in the US and South America.

Thanks to the generosity of a number of sponsors and donors, we raised $30,000 from the event.

Kierra Tuggle speaks to the Atlas guests

Gavin Hastings, Kierra Tuggle, Coach Young, Ian R

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photo album of our time in Vegas

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