Published on:
29
April 2013
One of the top trophies in Scottish sport was in Clackmannanshire this week, and a group of Alva Primary School pupils were among the lucky ones to get their hands on it.
The solid silver Century Quaich, worth £50,000, is played for annually during the Six Nations Rugby tournament, when Scotland and Ireland meet. It was first played for between the two countries in 1989, to mark the 100th game between the two great rivals.
The Quaich was presented to the two nations by the Royal Bank of Scotland, with Scotland the current Quaich holders, after their 12-8 victory at Murrayfield in February.
This week the trophy was brought to Clackmannanshire and sat proudly in the Council Chambers at Greenfield, during the Education, Sport and Leisure Committee and was then taken around several schools, including Alva Primary School, by the Council's Rugby Development Officer, Steve Swindall.
Education convener, Councillor Ellen Forson said: "It was a great honour to have such an iconic trophy not just brought to the Chambers, but also around our schools. It can only inspire our young rugby stars of the future that one day they might get the chance to play for the trophy for real."