School Pre Season Rugby Tour to Vichy

Looking for a pre-season rugby tour that's about more than just the preparation? This tour to Vichy will give you the chance to train with focus, bond as a squad and return home ready to hit the ground running.

On the journey to your training base, you'll have the opportunity to take on a local French side to give your team an early test ahead of the season.

You'll be based at the renowned CREPS de Vichy training centre in central France. This centre is famous as a hub for elite athlete development and so, as you'd expect, the facilities here are second to none.

There are outdoor all-weather and natural grass pitches for technical and tactical training, a dojo space that's ideal for safely practising take-downs and contact techniques, a fully equipped strength and conditioning gym and an outdoor athletics track where you can focus on sharpening speed and agility. There's even an Olympic-sized swimming pool for recovery and cross-training.

After your pre-season rugby tour to Vichy, there'll be no stopping your rugby squad.

Suggested Itinerary

Day 1

Morning

Depart school and head to Dover

Afternoon

Take the ferry to Calais

Evening

Travel overnight through France

Day 2

Morning

Opportunity on the way down for a preseason friendly against a local club

Afternoon

Arrive at accommodation in the afternoon

Meet Halsbury rep who will be with you throughout your time in France

Meeting to outline programme to students

Spend the rest of the day training on the pitches

Evening

Evening meal at accommodation

Post-dinner pitch training

End of day team meeting

Day 3

Morning

Breakfast at accommodation

Full day of training using the campus facilities (including pitches, pool, indoor hall, dojo, running track, weights room)

Afternoon

Lunch at accommodation

Continue training

Evening

Evening meal at accommodation

Day 4

Morning

Breakfast at accommodation

Full day's training using the campus facilities (including pitches, pool, indoor hall, dojo, running track, weights room)

Afternoon

Lunch at accommodation

Continue training

Evening

Evening meal at accommodation

Day 5

Morning

Breakfast at accommodation

Full day of training using the campus facilities (including pitches, pool, indoor hall, dojo, running track and weights room)

Afternoon

Lunch at accommodation

White water rafting experience

Evening

Evening meal at accommodation

Day 6

Morning

Breakfast at accommodation

Enjoy a final morning of training

Afternoon

Lunch at accommodation

Board coach and begin return journey

Evening

Travel through the night to Calais

Day 7

Morning

Arrive at Calais

Take the ferry to Dover

Afternoon

Continue journey to school

Arrive back at school

4 nights' full-board accommodation
Private coach and drivers throughout the tour
Ferry crossings
Motorway tolls
Free staff place ratio 1:10
Itinerary planning service
Detailed final information pack
Vamoos travel app - giving you access to all your trip documents on your phone or tablet
VAT at current rates to tour operators

Accommodation

CREPS Sports Campus

The Centre de Ressources d'Expertise et de Performance Sportives (CREPS)is a multi-purpose sports centre. The sports campus' on-site sports facilities include: hockey pitch, indoor courts, archery, gym and martial arts facilities. There are 4G football pitches adjacent to the centre which can be hired also. There are also a number of conference facilities and treatment rooms including a sauna, cold baths and physiotherapy room. The on-site accommodation has 82 rooms (which can be increased during school holidays). All rooms are twins and triples, some with TVs, towels. Both en-suite and standard options are available and single rooms can be requested for group leaders. There is also a large on-site restaurant used to catering for sports groups, which provides self-service meals. A private room for up to 40 people can be reserved on request. The village of Chatenay Malabry is a pleasant French village with all amenities, located in the South-West of Paris. You are based in a safe, peaceful, sporting suburb within easy driving distance of the bright lights and tourist attractions of central Paris.

Excursions

White Water Rafting

Team full of adrenaline junkies.

Supporting you every step of the way

Creating your perfect sports tour

Your quote will be put together by an experienced Tour Adviser who’ll be an expert in school sports tours and will know the destination really well too. They’ll work with you to create a tour to suit your group’s needs and meet your tour objectives.

Launching your tour to parents and students

The next step is to get your tour approved and then get students signed up to it. Our ‘Trip Launch Pack’ will help you with this step. Here you’ll find loads of resources (all free to download) designed to make your life easier at this crucial point in the planning process.

After you’ve booked

Once you’ve booked, your dedicated Itinerary Coordinator will start working on the finer details. They’ll make sure your itinerary makes the most of your time and they’ll take on most of the admin tasks for your tour (making the whole process a lot less stressful for you).

Support while you’re away

While you’re out on tour, we’ll be at the end of the phone 24 hours a day to provide support should you need it. We’ll also send you a final info pack before you go and you’ll be able to access all your tour documents via the free Vamoos app.

After your trip

When you return from your sports tour, we’ll ask you to complete a detailed feedback survey, which helps us continue to improve the service we offer. And we can start planning your next tour too, so you can give parents plenty of time to pay for it (and so it’s less stressful for you).