SWEDISH APPROACH TO VETERAN RUGBY
Rugby World Cup England 2015 started with sunny EVRA Festival
The openning game on Friday has been played by Over 50 ´s of the hosting club - Escargots (The Snails) and EUROPE 20XV EVRA Select Team, with players from 10 European countries.
The games to follow for the veterans from 12 nations had been played on three excellent grassed pitches of Farnham Sports & Leisure Park, openned by Lord Sebastian Coe in 2012 before the London Olympic Games.
The matches had been played all three days because of the fact that many teams visited RWC matches, with the highlight game New Zealand vs. Argentina at Wembley Stadium, played in front of 89.713 spectators, what is the "world record" in visiting one rugby match.
The Festival Gala Dinner on Saturday was also part of 40th anniversary celebrations of Farnham RUFC, one of the "youngest" English clubs.
During the Gala Dinner the Organisers of 2017 EVRA European Festival had been officially announced - the next EU Veteran Rugby "Meeting" will be in Poland (September 14 - 18th) in Siedlce, town with great rugby tradition . . .
Festival will be organised by WFS Siedlce, Polish Veterans and Polish Rugby Union (PZR).
Special EVRA 2015 awards were presented the same evening to the Club Chairman, Geoff Robins, as well as to Geoff Bond for the Rugby Football Union, that supported this great veteran rugby event, to be held for the first time in England after 1985, when the 4th Air New Zealand World Golden Oldies Rugby Festival had been organised in London.
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