Meet our Tour Operator, Julia Ingold As I start my new role at MSG Tours, I’m excited for my first dive into the world of sports travel. Despite it being a new start for me, I know that I can look upon the skills I have built throughout my life to get a good start in the industry.  Early Years  Born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, I have loved to travel from a young age whether that was on family trips abroad or summer camps across Canada. Despite not knowing it at the time, this was the foundation that would set me up for the career I am pursuing now. In high school I completed an e ..read more

Meet our New Operations Manager, Josh Short As a BSc Sports Coaching graduate from the University of Brighton working in Sports Travel wasn’t an avenue I really knew about, let alone explored as a career path. However, I find myself in the industry for a third time with a fresh and exciting business, MSG Tours.   My Sporting Start As a youngster, I played several sports competitively (rugby, tennis, football, basketball & cricket), but basketball was the one that led the way for me. From the age of 14, I was given my first exposure into coaching as I led the year 7 basketball team ..read more

MSG’s Jen Ellis Takes Berlin by Storm MSG’s own Tour Operator, Jen Ellis recently travelled to Berlin with Kazakhstan school, Haileybury Almaty for their WWII themed history trip. This was her account of the tour:   There are many things you can say about Berlin… disappointing isn’t one of them. A city that’s full of history, stories, free speech, and beauty, it captures a country that has been through an incredible journey and has come out telling its tale.  I accompanied Haileybury Almaty – an independent school from Kazakhstan – on their History Study Tour. With a curriculum focu ..read more

We are delighted to announce Coleg Sir Gar have booked their 2024 rugby tour to South Africa. Home to the Llanelli Rugby Academy, the college puts an emphasis on the academic success alongside the building of players. Lanelli Rugby Academy:  The Llanelli Rugby Academy’s main aim is to ensure that young players receive all the support they require to become players and people of quality. This is achieved by offering the best facilities, resources and support available to them. The rugby academy recognises the importance of ensuring young rugby players have a secondary career, which they ca ..read more

Summer Internship: 2022 Ambitious, energetic and thriving #travel brand seeks visionary individuals seeking summer internships to complement its travel portfolio. MSG Tours Ltd, a Derby-based business, offers unique, worldwide travel experiences for schools, clubs, and supporters of international sporting events. We’re re-building (fast) from a disrupted two years of travel to continue our summer internship programme to undergraduates and school leavers. What we’re after: Innovative individuals passionate for sports and travel, recognised for their dynamism and creativity to help take our thri ..read more

Back on tour! St David’s Rugby tour to Gibraltar   Flying into Gibraltar, just south of Spain, St David’s College settled in for their 5-day rugby tour. After much deliberation, tour leader Mr Lycett settled on Gibraltar: “We like to tour places slightly off the beaten track with previous trips encompassing Georgia and the Basque region in Spain. (This) trip to Gibraltar we hope is the start of many trips to this hidden gem.” As well as absorbing Gibraltarian culture, it was important that the team had a distinct rugby experience. In their first fixture, St David’s lined up against ..read more

Army Medical Services Football tour to the Deep South A very warm welcome to the Army Medical Services who travel with MSG on their two-state military football tour to Nashville and Atlanta in September. This trip was set to depart in 2020 and postponed due to covid restrictions. Now travel is back, and they’re set to travel in September 2022. Last week, I caught up with the Tour Leader, Sgt. Jordan Page from the Queen Alexander Royal Army Nursing Corps on his career and the work he’s put in to get this tour off the ground. “I’m a bit different because of my Cap Badge, my trade within the army ..read more

Ireland v Wales Booking Announcements In honour of the Ireland v Wales showdown tomorrow in Dublin, we’re spotlighting local clubs set to travel with us. After a brilliant win in the All-Ireland Junior Cup, Clogher Valley RFC in Northern Ireland, are travelling to British Columbia in 2023 to compete in Vancouver and Victoria.  Putting the disappointment of a cancelled Lions tour to South Africa behind them, Clogher will head west to explore the best of this stunning region. The visit will include time in the ski resort of Whistler for summer white water rafting.   80 members of ..read more

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