Old Georgian Club

Old Georgian Club is an Argentinesports club. Although headquartered in Buenos Aires, most of Old Georgian's facilities and venue are located on Quilmes. Founded in 1908 by alumni of St. George's College of Quilmes, the club sees itself as a pillar of Buenos Aires' British community.

The rugby union team currently competes in Primera C, the fourth division of the URBA league system, while its field hockey teams are affiliated to the Buenos Aires Hockey Association. Other sections of the club are basketball, and football.^[2]

In cricket, Old Georgian was member of the Argentine Cricket Association and played in the national league. Many old Georgians have played for the Argentina national team.

Rugby kit

On April 28, 1908, the headmaster of St. George's college Joseph Stevenson, and sixteen alumni established Old Georgian Club. The rugby team entered the River Plate Rugby Union Championship (current Argentine Rugby Union) in 1935, winning the 1937, 1938 and 1939 championships.

Rugby was incorporated as sport into the St. George's College of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, in 1921. Two years later, the first match between the St. George's students and former alumni (self-named "Old Georgian") was played.

The team was affiliated with the Argentine Rugby Union in 1935, and due to its high performances Old Georgian was invited to play in first division in 1936. The first match at the top level was played on May 11, 1936 against Pacific Club (today San Martín) winning 11-5.

The Rugby team was especially successful during the 1930s, winning three Torneo de la URBA consecutive championships between 1937 (remaining unbeaten) and 1939, which would be the club's only titles. Argentine newspaper La Prensa published about those achievements: "With this victory, Old Georgian has established as the best rugby academy of our country" ^[3]

When the World War II began, many players departed from the club to fight for Great Britain. From 1936 to 1954 many Old Georgian players were called to play for the national team.^[3]

En la década de 1970, se hizo cada vez más difícil encontrar suficientes jugadores para formar equipos competitivos, aunque el club pudo realizar una gira por Kenia en 1973, jugando contra varios equipos, incluido el Scorpions RFC . En 1978, la práctica del rugby se había abandonado y el club se desafilió de la Unión en 1979. ^{[ 4 ]}

En 1995 se hicieron esfuerzos para reanudar la competición, pero este resurgimiento fue efímero y terminó en 1997. Desde 2011, el club ha reconstruido su equipo de rugby, inicialmente con exalumnos del St George's College. En 2012, el Dragón volvió a la competición cuando un equipo de exalumnos se registró de nuevo en la URBA. El equipo sénior ascendió a segunda división tras vencer al Club San Miguel. ^{[ 4 ]}

En 2015, OG contaba con dos equipos que competían en los torneos juveniles de URBA. Para 2016, el número había aumentado a cuatro: un equipo de Primera División, un equipo de la división "Intermedia" y equipos M17 y M15.

• Colegio de San Jorge, Quilmes

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