Surrey Shield
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The Surrey Shield is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Surrey Rugby Football Union. It was introduced in 1998 and the inaugural winners were Cobham. It is the third most important rugby union cup competition in Surrey, behind the Surrey Cup and Surrey Trophy but ahead of the Surrey Bowl.
| Sport | Rugby Union |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 1998 |
| Number of teams | 11 |
| Country | England |
| Holders | Old Freemen's (5th title) (2016–17) |
| Most titles | Old Freemen's (5 titles) |
| Website | Surrey RFU |
The Surrey Shield is currently open to club sides based in Surrey and parts of south London, that play in tier 9 (Surrey 1) and tier 10 (Surrey 2) of the English rugby union league system. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, quarter-final, semi-finals and final to be held at Molesey Road (Esher's home ground) in May on the same date and same venue as the other Surrey finals.[1]
Surrey Shield winners
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| Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Venue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | Cobham | Chobham | |||||
| 1999-00 | Chobham | Merton | |||||
| 2000–01 | KCS Old Boys | Kingston | |||||
| 2001–02[2] | KCS Old Boys | 21–3 | Old Whitgiftian | Croham Road, South Croydon, London | |||
| 2002–03[3] | Old Whitgiftian | 24–12 | KCS Old Boys | Arthur Road, Motspur Park, London[4] | |||
| 2003–04 | Cranleigh | Old Reigatian | |||||
| 2004–05 | Old Freemen's | Chipstead | |||||
| 2005–06 | Old Freemen's | Old Haileyburians | |||||
| 2006–07[5] | Old Whitgiftian | 13–12 | Cranleigh | Imber Court Sports Ground, East Molesey | |||
| 2007–08 | Kingston | Old Emanuel | Imber Court Sports Ground, East Molesey[6] | ||||
| 2008–09[7] | Old Walcountians | 27–24 | Old Whitgiftian | Imber Court Sports Ground, East Molesey[8] | |||
| 2009–10[9] | Chipstead | 27–12 | Cranleigh | Imber Court Sports Ground, East Molesey[10] | |||
| 2010–11[11][12] | Old Freemen's | 43–5 | Old Blues | Imber Court Sports Ground, East Molesey | |||
| 2011–12[13] | Old Wimbledonians | 31–17 | Old Whitgiftian | Imber Court Sports Ground, East Molesey | |||
| 2012–13[14] | Battersea Ironsides | 39–26 | Old Freemen's | Molesey Road, Hersham | |||
| 2013–14[15] | Old Wimbledonians | 18–17 | Old Walcountians | Molesey Road, Hersham[16] | |||
| 2014–15[17] | Battersea Ironsides | 26–20 | Camberley | Molesey Road, Hersham | |||
| 2015–16[18] | Old Whitgiftian | 53–33 | Cranleigh | Molesey Road, Hersham | |||
| 2016–17[19] | Old Freemen's | 27–10 | Old Walcountians | Molesey Road, Hersham | |||
| 2017–18[20] | Old Freemen's | 30–24 | Old Mid-Whitgiftian | Molesey Road, Hersham | |||
| 2018–19 | |||||||