With over 450 Netball and Rugby League teams participating every year, the Rhinos Challenge is the biggest festival of its kind in the UK – there’s nowhere better to take your team for an unforgettable touring experience.
Our goal is simple; to provide a safe, exciting, memorable sporting experience that will be remembered by teammates, club officials, and friends and family for years to come.
We’re proud to say that since the first Rhinos Challenge festival in 2013, over 2,500 teams have joined us on tour!
The Rhinos Challenge is staged exclusively at Butlin’s award winning resorts in Minehead (Somerset) and Skegness (Lincolnshire).
Butlin’s resorts are safe and secure, whilst offering a great range of accommodation, sports and leisure facilities, and evening entertainment. Whatever the results at the festival itself, your group are sure to have a fantastic weekend away on tour together.
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Our spectacular Rhinos Challenge presentation ceremonies are a tour highlight and are the perfect way to close the festival in style.
Following an incredible laser light show in a huge indoor venue, each team is invited onto the big stage to meet our VIP special guest and receive their custom Rhinos Challenge medals. High quality team trophies are presented to every team, plus there are superb awards for the winners and runners up in all competitive age sections.
The Rhinos Challenge is staged by ESF Events and Leeds Rhinos and are organised in accordance with England Netball and RFL regulations.
Professional First Aid cover is provided at all festival venues. Butlin’s resorts are fully licenced venues that meet the Health & Safety standards required by law. All staff employed by ESF Events Ltd, Leeds Rhinos and Butlin’s are DBS checked.
ESF Events Ltd are members of The Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust Limited (ABTOT), to provide financial protection under The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018. Click here for further details.
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