SWEDISH APPROACH TO VETERAN RUGBY
Regular Festival Awarding Ceremony took place in big Festival marque on Sunday, where the usual Festival organisers and EVRA awards had been given to all participating teams.
Following teams / individual players had beem awarded:
"The More the Merrier Award" went to Galicia Old Boys (La Corunha, Spain)
"I would Walk 500 Miles" Award went to Old Boys Hungary
The Oldest Festival Player, this time two gentlemen had deserved this prize
José Redondo and John Wilson (each born in 1943), both playing for
Lousa RC Veteranos (Lousa, Portugal)
"The first Festival Try" Award went to Andrew Mortimore, the Prop of Escargots Over 50 ´s team and . . .
The Jeff Buttefield Trophy went to Skäne Old Boys (Sweden) and had been presented to Team Manager Boris Polimac by EVRA Secretary Marko Protega and Federico Riccardi Sirtori, Team Manager of Old Cernusco Rugby team - Il Coyotes - the Trophy "winner" in 2013 in Esztergom (Hungary).
Special thanks went to the numerous volunteers of Franham RUFC without whose engagement and williness to help in any situation, this great Festival would not be possible . . . Thank you Farnham RUFC in the name of European veterans.
EVRA Festival plagues were presented additionally to the members of Local Organising Committee - Paul Brooker, Geoff Robins, Andrew Mortimore and to tireless "all round player" Sebastian Fox.
Let the Festival Photo Gallery, EVRA got by the courtesy of Insight60.com Multimedia & Graphic Designer - Mike Dewey, give you the feeling about this unique Festival in the "Home of Rugby" at the start of Rugby World Cup 2015.
Marko Protega
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