OLD BOYS PRAHAAbout
Est. 1988
As the club’s honorary president and founder Slávek Petras once put it in one of his editorials: “…when Oldies from different countries get together, we remember the wonderful times we spent playing sport back when, at the peak of our powers, we were fighting for victories and championship titles. Above all, the point of it all is to keep up the friendships we have built over so many years, and to stay fit and in good shape for as long as we can.”
Milestones
- 1988In October, Old Boys Praha, a club of Czech rugby veterans, was born. It was founded by Slávek Petras. The club played its first match that autumn in the south of England, against Crewkerne RFC (8:10).
- 1989First win: 18:10 over the Brtostav team, in Petrovice on 17 August.
- 1993The club got its logo – a turtle with a pint, dreamt up by Rýša Bešta.
- 1994The first international Old Golden Prague tournament, with eight teams.
- 1997First overseas tour – to Canada, for the Golden Oldies world festival in Vancouver. The club played its 100th match in Hanover.
- 1999Tour to Australia and New Zealand, and the world festival in Adelaide.
- 2001Tour to South Africa.
- 2002The 200th match, in Vyškov, and the club’s first European Golden Oldies festival, in Split.
- 2003Victory in the first Pohár Jiřího Holka, in Konstanz.
- 2005Tour to the USA and the Bahamas, and the world festival in San Diego, where the club played its 250th match.
- 2006Tour to Argentina and Brazil.
- 2008The club turns twenty: the 4th Old Golden Prague tournament with a record 17 teams, and the 300th match.
- 2009The first Old Prague Ham tournament. Slávek Petras steps down as president and becomes honorary president for life.
- 2011Second tour to New Zealand, with matches in Hong Kong and the Cook Islands. The Platinum Turtles, a team of players over 50, took the field for the first time.
- 2012The 400th match, at the European Golden Oldies festival in Trieste.
- 2023Karel Zeiner became club president.