Stratford RFC: Prima Tiger Cup 2008/09 Champions

The Prima Tiger Cup sponsored by Prima Solutions of Loughborough is a free contact based tournament open to all under 10's clubs. The tournament is based in 5 regions:

- Warwickshire & the West Midlands
- Nottingham
- Lincolnshire & Derbyshire
- Staffordshire, Leicestershire, and Norfolk
- Suffolk & Cambridgeshire

In each area there is a festival to then establish who will be visiting Welford Road to play the quarter finals and the hopefully visit us again to play the semi-final and final.

Clubs are invited to participate in a local regional festival, usually held in October or November. The festival winners are invited to represent their region in the knockout stages held at Welford Road as a curtain raiser to a Tigers 1st XV game. Attracting on average over entries each season the Prima Tiger Cup is one of the largest and most prestigious single age group competitions in the rugby calendar.

Season 2009/10

This year's top tournament for any under 10's player is no doubt the Prima Tiger Cup - now in its 15^th year. Teams from at least 10 counties take part in local festivals to find qualifiers for the quarter final stages to be played at Welford Road before a Tigers home game.

For the Stoke RFC Prima Tiger Cup festival results please click here.

For the Lutterworth RFC Prima Tiger Cup festival results please click here.

For the Swaffham RFC Prima Tiger Cup festival results please click here.

For the Mellish RFC Prima Tiger Cup festival results please click here.

Latest News

West Bridgford RFC have been celebrating after becoming the first winners of the Prima Tiger Bowl at the home of Leicester Tigers on Saturday.

And in a day of double celebration for Nottinghamshire teams, Nottingham booked their place in the semi-finals of the Prima Tiger Cup with a 2-1 victory over Norfolk side Wymondham at Welford Road.

The games took place before Tigers' beat Italian side Viadana 47-8 to move top of Heineken Cup Pool 3.

Scott Clarke, Tigers community manager, said: "It really was a good day for teams from Nottingham who played some excellent rugby in the right manner.

"West Bridgford were worthy winners of the first Prima Tiger Bowl and we look forward to seeing Nottingham back at Welford Road in the cup competition later in the season."

The Prima Tiger Bowl was launched this season due to the growth of the Prima Tiger Cup - the national competition for under-10s teams hosted by Leicester Tigers and supported by Loughborough-based Prima Solutions.

It saw four teams who narrowly missed out on reaching the knockout stages enjoy their chance to run out at Welford Road.

West Bridgford beat Bury St Edmunds 3-1 in their opening game to set up a final showdown with Burton-on-Trent, who beat South Leicester 3-0.

The Nottingham side then produced an excellent performance in front of a large Welford Road crowd to win 4-1 and land the bowl in its first season.

David Howard, West Bridgford Under-10s manager, said: "It's been absolutely fantastic. We have not been able to train since December 14 because of the weather but they were ready for it and they are thrilled. They realise what an oppor

tunity they have had to play at Welford Road."

Nottingham RFC, meanwhile, booked their passage into the last four of the Prima Tiger Cup with a 2-1 win over Wymondham.

Lee Marvin, Nottingham Under-10s head coach, said: "They played brilliantly. I am really proud of them for getting this far and to get to the next round is brilliant."

Market Harborough are also into the semi-final after beating Diss 1-0 in the day's other quarter-final. They join Silhillians and Wolverhampton, who have already qualified for the last four. The semi-finals will be played at Welford Road before Tigers take on Gloucester in the Guinness Premiership on Saturday, February 20.

Season 2008/09

With the Prima Tiger Cup now progressing to the semi-finals taking place at the Worcester Warriors game on Saturday, February 21 and the finals taking place at the Gloucester game on Saturday, March 7, 2009, it is coming to an exciting end to the 2008/09 season.

There were four teams left in contension to lift the Prima Tiger Cup these include Wymondham RFC, Stratford RFC, Lutterworth RFC and Burton RFC. All these teams played extremely well and congratulations to Stratford RFC who won the Prima Tiger Cup title down at Welford Road.

Season 2007/08

Season 2007/2008 saw Oakham, Silhillians, Coalville, Market Harborough, Nottingham, Southwold, Stoke on Trent and Stamford qualify for the quarter-final knockout stages. From these eight clubs, Oakham, Silhillians, Nottingham and Stoke battled through to the semi-finals and on Saturday 19th of April before the Guinness Premiership game between the Tigers and Bristol, Nottingham played Oakham in the final of the Prima Tiger Cup.

The final was a keenly contested game and as throughout the competition the standard of play was of the highest order. Both teams were a credit to their clubs. Nottingham were this seasons worthy winners by four tries to two.

Role of Honour

2009	Stratford
2008	Nottingham
2007	Stoke
2006	Lutterworth
2005	Diss
2004	North Walsham
2003	Hinckley
2002	Lutterworth
2001	Lutterworth
2000	Hinckley
1999	Hinckley
1998	Syston / Market Bosworth (Joint Winners)
1997	Market Bosworth
1996	Belgrave
1995	Hinckley