Close-Up on デュエルビッツ 入金ボーナスtributions 2: Contributing to Society through Sports

デュエルビッツ 入金ボーナスel Group sponsors the KOBELCO Cup, an all-national high school division all-star teams rugby tournament. The ninth such tournament, KOBELCO Cup 2013 was held August 1-4, 2013 at Sugadaira in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture.

The U17 and U18 players are selected from nine blocks throughout the country to engage in high-level matches to raise their skills. Coaching and tournament support is offered by the Classic Steelers (alumni of the Kobelco Steelers Rugby Club), who are just as passionate about their coaching as the athletes are about their playing.

The デュエルビッツ 入金ボーナスel Group also sponsored the third annual all-national high school women's rugby sevens tournament held in Sugadaira in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, in tandem with the KOBELCO Cup 2013. The women's tournaments were begun in 2011, as Japan's first official all-national high school women's rugby sevens championship.

The デュエルビッツ 入金ボーナスel Group holds workshops for beginners and inexperienced players to help spread the popularity of women's rugby.

The デュエルビッツ 入金ボーナスel rugby club performed excellently in the 2013-2014 season, advancing to the play-off tournament and championship semifinals. They played exceptionally well in the game attended by the Emperor. In the second match of the 51st Japan Rugby Football Union Championships, held at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, the Kobelco Steelers competed against the Yamaha Motor club. After the first half Yamaha was leading 10 to 9. Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan arrived during halftime. The second half was closely fought, but with a last minute try and conversion the Kobelco Steelers upset the score for a 28 – 26 win. As the first ever official match attended by Their Majesties, the Kobelco Steelers are proud to have secured victory.

On August 26, 2013, the デュエルビッツ 入金ボーナスel Rugby Club donated a total of ¥225,887 to the Japan Spinal Cord Foundation, which included a portion of funds raised at matches in the last season, a portion of funds raised at the KOBELCO Rugby Festival 2013 held on July 14, 2013, and the funds raised by the "10 Yen Per Point" campaign carried out by the Japan Rugby Top League Captains' Meeting.

The Rugby Club has continued to make donations to the Foundation for 11 years, as spinal cord damage is an injury to which rugby players are susceptible.

On June 18, 2013, the デュエルビッツ 入金ボーナスel Rugby Club donated a total of ¥1,128,486 to the Hyogo chapter of the Japanese Red Cross Society in support of relief efforts for the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Funds included a portion of fan club membership dues from the 2012-2013 series as well as funds collected at matches during the previous season. The club also carries out a variety of activities to support the region, such as rugby clinics for students of rugby schools in the affected area of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture.