 The TCIRFU run a youth academy for aspiring rugby players in the islands.The Turks and Caicos national team, the Flamingos, plays representative matches against the Bahamas as well as competing against touring club sides from the United States and passing British Warships.The TCIRFU has also sent teams to compete in the Trinidad Sevens, Bahamas Sevens, Cayman Sevens, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the Canada-American Rugby Tournament at Saranac Lake, New York.