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| Dan Jagessar of Enfield Ignatians wears the tour blazer |
This month Rugby World celebrates Enfield Ignatians South African tour last summer.
Enfield Ignatians from the London
Two North East league feature in Rugby World in November celebrating their
successful 10-day “Big Tour” to South Africa in July and August. They showed a strong team spirit and pride
in their club reflected in their bespoke Perry club blazers, worn here by club
member Dan Jagessar.
And team success followed in the Cape. They played and won six matches. Club
president Martin Baker called the tour: “a great bonding experience.” As well as playing in Durban and Cape Town
the 63 club members took time out to visit Table Mountain and Robben Island.
A Facebook campaign was launched in 2012 to encourage club members to
submit ideas for the Big Tour kit for South Africa. Designing the blazers was an important part
of this as they were worn to represent the club and its heritage at functions
and for travelling in the country. The tailored
woollen blazers, in blue and gold, sported the traditional club badge of
Enfield Ignatians RFC which has symbolised the club’s values since 1949. Perry manufactured the blazers to the individual
specification of each tour member even including their initials on the inside
pocket – as Dan is showing in the photo.
Martin was
delighted with the result commenting on how impressive the blazers were.
One of the benefits of Perry’s bespoke experience in design is that it
knows how to include individuality without compromising an established uniform. Enfield wanted a badge identity that was recognizably
Ignatians, but with a South African “twist” to differentiate it from its usual
club kit. This was perfectly achieved by adding the name of the tour in embroidery beneath the badge.
