THE BATTERED RELIC TROPHY

The most precious European Festival award

The trophy is awarded by the EGOR Committee to the team that "shows at best Golden Oldies Spirit during the Festival – on and off the field....
This unique copper trophy was donated in 1992 on the occassion of the 1st European Golden Oldies Rugby Festival in Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) by the organisers the Dutch Exiles RFC and their president David Haynes.
In David's words: "When I was looking for a prize for the Festival I first went to look for the normal shields, plates and cups, but I did not think this was the spirit of the Festival, so I decided to look for something old and may be chipped and damaged. I spent about 4 hours walking arounf the city looking at second - hand and antique shops when I came across the can! It was just like old rugby players: it was bright, just like most of us; it had seen better days, who has'nt; it was dented, just like man old players feel after a good hard game. Somebody tried to solder the can in placea and many of the players have been patched up over the years....
It was in my opinion the perfect symbol for an Oldies Rugby Festival."

The Battered Relic Trophy has been awarded:

1992 in Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) SWANSEA VETERANS RFC (Wales)

1994 in Heidelberg (Germany) OLD HIRELINGS R.A. (France)

1996 in Verona (Italy) SWISS GNOMES ZURICH (Switzerland)

1998 in Aberdeen (Scotland) CATERHAM OLD CATS (England)

2000 in Moscow (Russia) - not awarded

2002 in Split (Croatia) GELEZINAS VILKAS (Lithuania)

2004 in Benidorm (Spain) PORTO OLD GREENS (Portugal)

2006 in Zurich (Switzerland) Y GOGS (Wales)

2008 in Madeira (Portugal) KING´S PEBROTS (Spain, Catalania)

2010 in Caernarfon (Wales) RHINELAND METHUSALEMS (Cologne, Germany)

EGOR Statistics, July 2010

Jeff Butterfield Trophy

The Oldest Festival Player

Jeff Butterfield was one of the great centres of his time playing for Northampton, England and the British Lions and was the first president of EGOR.
He passed away shortly before the 7th EGOR Festival in 2004 and his widow Barbara presented this Trophy to EGOR to honour his memory.

Trophy was awarded for the first time in Benidorm (Spain) in 2004 to Gerd Scharn (69 years old) from Alten Preussen Berlin (Germany).

In 2006 in Zurich (Switzerland) at 8th EGOR Festival the Trophy went to John Gysin (71 years old) from Swiss Gnomes.

In Funchal (Madeira, Portugal) John Gysin (now 73 years old), from Swiss Gnomes (Zurich), was again the Oldest Festival Player.
Silver plate was presented to John at the Festival Final Dinner, in Funchal harbour, by Barbara Butterfield.

In 2010 in Caernarfon (Wales) at the 10th EGOR Festival the Trophy went to Michel Prudent (76 years old) from Rascasse.