Hertfordshire Presidents' Trophy

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{{Infobox rugby league football competition

| name = Hertfordshire presidents' Trophy

| logo =

| sport = Rugby Union

| founded ={{Start date and age|df=y|1999}}

| country = England

| teams = 7

| champion = Royston (3rd title)

| season = 2017–18

| most_champs = Verulamians

| count = 6

| website = [http://www.hertsrugby.co.uk Hertfordshire RFU]

}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.hertsrugby.co.uk/page/herts-comps/hertfordshire-presidents-trophy-competition/hertfordshire-presidents-trophy-competition-8267/|title=Hertfordshire Presidents' Trophy Competition|publisher=Hertfordshire RFU|accessdate=18 June 2017 }}

Hertfordshire presidents' Trophy winners

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| style="border:0;"|Hertfordshire presidents' Tankard Finals

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| 1999–2000 || Datchworth ||

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| 2000–01 || Stevenage Town ||

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| 2001–02 || Tring ||

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| 2002–03 || Tring ||

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| 2003–04{{cite web|url=http://www.ashmoleacademy.org/_files/OldAsh/4E9E381D5F92B3181A1ED32575C13E43.pdf|title=Our History|publisher=Old Ashmolean RFC|accessdate=18 June 2017 }} || Tring || || Old Ashmolean ||

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| 2004–05 || Hitchin ||

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| 2005–06 || Old Ashmolean || || Hemel Hempstead ||

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| 2006–07{{cite web|url=http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/sport/hemel-start-slow-but-finish-in-control-to-keep-no-loss-record-1-1191401|title=Hemel start slow but finish in control to keep no loss record|publisher=Hemel Today|date=2 April 2008 }} || Hemel Hempstead || || Barnet Elizabethans || War Memorial Sports Ground, Northwood, London

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| 2007–08{{cite web|url=http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/sport/celebration-time-for-classy-camelot-1-1198808|title=Celebration time for classy Camelot|publisher=Hemel Today|date=9 April 2008 }} || Hemel Hempstead || 21–6 || Hitchin || Woollam Playing Fields, St Albans, Hertfordshire

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| 2008–09{{cite web|url=http://www.barnet-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=10097&headline=Trophy%20triumph%20caps%20Ashmoleans%E2%80%99%20fine%20campaign§ionIs=news%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchyear=2009|title=Trophy triumph caps Ashmoleans' fine campaign|publisher=Barnet & Whetstone Press|date=14 May 2009 }} || Old Ashmolean || 16–13 || Datchworth || War Memorial Sports Ground, Northwood, London{{cite web|url=http://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/rugby/datchworth-to-meet-old-ashmoleans-in-trophy-final-1-16036|title=Datchworth to meet Old Ashmoleans in Trophy final|work=Welwyn Hatfield Times|date=30 March 2009 }}

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| 2009–10{{cite web|url=http://digitalsportsmedia.zenfolio.com/p745044614/h64A3D9E8#h64a3d9e8|title=Presidents Trophy Final. Royston v Verulamians. 2–5–10|publisher=Digital Sports Media|accessdate=18 June 2017 }} || Verulamians || || Royston ||

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| 2010–11{{cite web|url=http://www.clubmgr.co.uk/images/club/2/docs/HertsRFU2011.pdf|title=THE HERTFORDSHIRE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION 75th Anniversary Season 2010–11 Newsletter|publisher=Hertfordshire RFU|accessdate=18 June 2017 }} || Verulamians || 67–5 || Chess Valley || Redbourn Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

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| 2011–12{{cite web|url=http://www.clubmgr.co.uk/images/club/2/docs/HertsRFU2012.pdf|title=Hertfordshire Rugby Football Union Handbook 2012–13|publisher=Hertfordshire RFU|accessdate=18 June 2017 }} || Watford || 5–3 || Verulamians ||

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| 2012–13{{cite web|url=http://www.tandbcontractors.com/news/trophies-for-tb-sponsored-royston-rfc|title=Trophies for Royston RFC on Finals Day|publisher=T&B Contractors Ltd|date=30 April 2013 }} || Royston || 38–10 || Borehamwood || Radlett Road, Watford, Hertfordshire

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| 2013–14{{cite web|url=http://www.hertsad.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/verulamians-lift-herts-president-trophy-1-3556273|title=Verulamians lift Herts President Trophy|work=Herts Advertiser|date=14 April 2014 }} || Verulamians || 18–8 || Royston || Hobbs Way, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire

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| 2014–15{{cite web|url=http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/stubborn-royston-defence-scuppers-cheshunt-rfc-s/story-26400828-detail/story.html|title=Stubborn Royston defence scuppers Cheshunt RFC's hopes of silverware|publisher=Hertfordshire Mercury|date=28 April 2015 }} || Royston || 14–7 || Cheshunt || Allianz Park, Hendon, London

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| 2015–16{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldverulamians/news/victorious-vees-allianz-park-1608357.html|title=VICTORIOUS Vee's @ Allianz Park|publisher=Verulamians RFC (Pitchero)|date=18 May 2016 }} || Verulamians || 46–10 || Watford || Allianz Park, Hendon, London

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| 2016–17{{cite web|url=http://www.hertsad.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/league-and-cup-double-is-just-the-start-for-ambitious-verulamians-1-5002721|title=League and cup double is just the start for ambitious Verulamians|work=Herts Advertiser|date=4 May 2017 |last1=Metcalfe |first1=Neil }} || Verulamians || 53–10 || Barnet Elizabethans || Allianz Park, Hendon, London

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| 2017–18{{cite web|url=http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/sport/royston-end-wonderful-year-with-county-cup-success-over-barnet-elizabethans-1-5497287|title=Royston end wonderful year with county cup success over Barnet Elizabethans|work=Royston Crow |date=29 April 2018 |last1=Metcalfe |first1=Neil }} || Royston || 28–12 || Barnet Elizabethans || Allianz Park, Hendon, London

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| 2018–19 ||

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{{cite web|url=http://files.pitchero.com/counties/72/1474889470.pdf|title=Hertfordshire Rugby Football Union Handbook 2016–17|publisher=Hertfordshire RFU|accessdate=18 June 2017 }}

Number of wins

See also

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