The Hertfordshire presidents' Trophy is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Hertfordshire Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 1999–00 season, with the inaugural winners being Datchworth. It is the third most important rugby union cup competition in Hertfordshire, behind the Hertfordshire presidents' Cup and Hertfordshire presidents' Tankard.
The presidents' Trophy is currently open to the first teams of club sides based in Hertfordshire that play in tier 9 (Herts/Middlesex 1) and tier 10 (Herts/Middlesex 2) of the English rugby union league system. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, semi-finals and a final to be held at Allianz Park (Saracen's home ground) in April–May, on the same date and same venue as the Cup and Tankard finals.
Hertfordshire presidents' Trophy winners Hertfordshire presidents' Tankard Finals Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue 1999–2000 Datchworth 2000–01 Stevenage Town 2001–02 Tring 2002–03 Tring 2003–04 Tring Old Ashmolean 2004–05 Hitchin 2005–06 Old Ashmolean Hemel Hempstead 2006–07 Hemel Hempstead Barnet Elizabethans War Memorial Sports Ground, Northwood, London 2007–08 Hemel Hempstead 21–6 Hitchin Woollam Playing Fields, St Albans, Hertfordshire 2008–09 Old Ashmolean 16–13 Datchworth War Memorial Sports Ground, Northwood, London 2009–10 Verulamians Royston 2010–11 Verulamians 67–5 Chess Valley Redbourn Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire 2011–12 Watford 5–3 Verulamians 2012–13 Royston 38–10 Borehamwood Radlett Road, Watford, Hertfordshire 2013–14 Verulamians 18–8 Royston Hobbs Way, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire 2014–15 Royston 14–7 Cheshunt Allianz Park, Hendon, London 2015–16 Verulamians 46–10 Watford Allianz Park, Hendon, London 2016–17 Verulamians 53–10 Barnet Elizabethans Allianz Park, Hendon, London 2017–18 Royston 28–12 Barnet Elizabethans Allianz Park, Hendon, London 2018–19
Number of wins Verulamians (5) Royston (3) Tring (3) Hemel Hempstead (2) Old Ashmolean (2) Datchworth (1) Hitchin (1) Stevenage Town (1) Watford (1)
See also Hertfordshire RFU Hertfordshire presidents' Cup Hertfordshire presidents' Tankard English rugby union system Rugby union in England
References
External links Hertfordshire RFU