GRL Cheltenham Rugby Festival is a rugby league nines event held in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
01 · What it is
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02 · Where & name
United Kingdom
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03 · How it is doing
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Chapter Takeaways
All Golds CupThe All Golds Cup is the festival’s main event.
William "Massa" Johnston AwardThis is awarded to the player of the tournament and is named in honour of the New Zealand forward who scored the winning try for the All Golds in the last minutes of the game to secure an 8 - 5 victory.
1908 CupThis is a rugby league nines event for eight local schools at year 8.
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GRL Cheltenham Rugby Festival is a rugby league nines event held in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
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GRL Cheltenham Rugby Festival is a rugby league nines event held in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It is organised by the Gloucestershire County Rugby League in partnership with Cheltenham Borough Council and the Tourist Board.
It will take place on Friday 2 May at the Prince of Wales stadium in Cheltenham. The event is intended to dovetail with the Rugby Football League’s Millennium Magic event in Cardiff on the weekend of 3–4 May.
It comprises two main elements: the All Golds Cup and the 1908 Cup. 1
All Golds Cup
The All Golds Cup is the festival’s main event. This is a rugby league nines event for eight senior teams.
The Cup is named in honour of the famous New Zealand team that defeated England at Cheltenham’s Athletic Ground on 15 February 1908 to win the first international rugby league series. 1
2008 The British Army
2009 The Royal Air Force
2010 Warrington Wolves 1
Shield
2010 Featherstone Rovers 1
Plate
2010 British Army 1
William "Massa" Johnston Award
This is awarded to the player of the tournament and is named in honour of the New Zealand forward who scored the winning try for the All Golds in the last minutes of the game to secure an 8 - 5 victory. 1
2008 Rob Smart (British Army)
2010 Rhys Evans (Warrington) 1
1908 Cup
This is a rugby league nines event for eight local schools at year 8.
The 1908 Cup commemorates the year of the All Golds match. 1
2008 Archway School, Stroud 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cheltenham Rugby Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Cheltenham Rugby Festival is festival in the UK, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2