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Record camp at British School in the Netherlands

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The British School in the Netherlands hosts its biggest Tigers Rugby Camp yet as another packed half-term programme gets underway.

The school near The Hague welcomes Tigers for a fourth successive year and the camp, which includes a tag camp for under-sevens, is sold out with more than 130 players taking part.

Brett Deacon will be part of the coaching team at the British School in the Netherlands, passing on some of his experiences in coming through the Tigers ranks to make more than 135 first-team appearances for his home-town club.

The Tigers community team are also running a camp at Oakham School where All Black Scott Hamilton and England Saxon Ed Slater are due to visit for a Q&A during the week. Oakham School also hosts a three-day tag rugby camp (October 21-23).

Leicester Forest RFC will also host a Tigers Rugby Camp next week when experienced hooker Rob Hawkins and Jamie Gibson, who was part of the England tour to South Africa in 2012, will pay a visit for a Q&A.

Norfolk's Wymondham RFC, meanwhile, will host a Tigers Rugby Camp for the first time from Monday, October 28 to Friday, November 1. Places are still available to book now by clicking here

Tom Croft, the Tigers, England and British & Irish Lions back-rower is due to pop in for a Q&A and to pass on some of his tips to the young players.

Tigers Rugby Camps are supported by energy efficiency experts Mark Group. They give under-nines to under-16s players in contact rugby the chance to experience top-quality rugby coaching in a professional environment. The tag rugby camps are for under-sevens and under-eights players.

Coaching is provided by the Tigers community coaching team alongside some of Tigers' top senior academy coaches and players past and present, including former captain and coach Ian 'Dosser' Smith, ex hooker Troy Thacker and two-time Heineken Cup winner Glenn Gelderbloom.

The camps run closely to the Tigers Academy and youth rugby programme. Each player will also receive a match ticket to an allocated home game, a hot lunch, a Tigers Rugby Camp T-shirt, rugby ball and drinks bottle and free membership to the Junior Tigers Club.

Click here to book a place, phone the Tigers ticket office on 0844 856 1880 (option 2) or visit the ticket office at Welford Road. The office is open 8.30am-5pm every weekday, until 8pm Wednesdays and 9am-5pm Saturdays.