Selkirk Sevens
Sport | Rugby sevens |
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Instituted | 1919 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Country | ![]() |
Holders | ![]() |
Related competition | Kings of the Sevens |
Selkirk Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Selkirk RFC, in Selkirk, Scotland. This was one of a group of Sevens tournaments instated after the First World War extending the original Borders Spring Circuit. The Selkirk Sevens began in 1919.[1][2]
The Selkirk Sevens is part of the Kings of the Sevens championship run by the Border League.[3][4]
2020's Selkirk Sevens will be played on 9 May 2020.[5]
Sports Day[]
The Selkirk Sevens tournament began as a Sports Day in 1919.[6]
Cup[]
Following a sponsorship deal the Selkirk Sevens trophy is now known as the Edinburgh Medics of 81 Cup.[7][8]
The Player of the Tournament receives the Denzil Lloyd Trophy.[9]
Invited Sides[]
Various sides have been invited to play in the Selkirk Sevens tournament throughout the years.
The Scotland 7s team won the tournament in 1996.[10]
Wakefield, Nottingham, Northampton Saints, Rotherham Titans, Newcastle Falcons and Cardiff RFC have all won the tournament. Wakefield won in 1987; Nottingham won in 1990; Saints have won in 1991 and 1993; Titans won in 2002 and 2003; Falcons won in 2004 and Cardiff won in 2006.[10]
Other invited teams made it to the Selkirk Sevens final. A Queens University Belfast rugby side was invited in 1970 and were Runners-Up. Other Runners-Up:- A Welsh Select side (1977); Orrell (1981); Rosslyn Park of London (1984), Harlequins (1987) and Wales 7s (1996).[10]
Dave Scully playing with Wakefield in 1987, won the Sevens again with Rotherham Titans in 2002, fifteen years later.[11]
Sponsorship[]
The Selkirk financial firm Heard Hamilton Financial Planning sponsors the 2019 Selkirk Sevens.[12] In the past the event was sponsored by Selkirk Taxis[13] and CIS Insurance.[14]
Past winners[]
- 2019
Boroughmuir[15]
- 2018
Selkirk
- 2017
Melrose
- 2016
Melrose
- 2015
Jed-Forest
- 2014
Melrose
- 2013
Selkirk
- 2012
Watsonians
- 2011
Selkirk
- 2010 No event
- 2009
Selkirk
- 2008
Selkirk
- 2007
Selkirk
- 2006
Cardiff
- 2005
Royal Scots
- 2004
Newcastle Falcons
- 2003
Rotherham Titans
- 2002
Rotherham Titans
- 2001
Royal Scots
- 2000
Melrose
- 1999
Jed-Forest
- 1998
Melrose
- 1997
Kelso
- 1996
Scotland 7s
- 1995
Melrose
- 1994
Selkirk
- 1993
Northampton Saints
- 1992
Gala
- 1991
Northampton Saints
- 1990
Nottingham
- 1989
Selkirk
- 1988
Selkirk
- 1987
Wakefield
- 1986
Hawick
- 1985
Melrose
- 1984
Kelso
- 1983
Kelso
- 1982
Selkirk
- 1981
Hawick
- 1980
Kelso
- 1979
Kelso
- 1978
Kelso
- 1977
Stewart's Melville
- 1976
Stewart's Melville
- 1975
Co-Optimists
- 1974
Kelso
- 1973
Kelso
- 1972
Public School Wanderers
- 1971
Gala
- 1970
Gala
- 1969
Hawick
- 1968
Gala
- 1967
Hawick
- 1966
Hawick
- 1965
Melrose
- 1964
Gala
- 1963
Gala
- 1962
Gala
- 1961
Melrose
- 1960
Selkirk
- 1959
Hawick
- 1958
Langholm
- 1957
Hawick
- 1956
Jed-Forest
- 1955
Kelso
- 1954
Hawick
- 1953
Hawick
- 1952
Gala
- 1951
Melrose
- 1950
Gala
- 1949
Langholm
- 1948
Kelso
- 1947
Co-Optimists
- 1946
Melrose
- 1945
Scottish Services
- 1940–1944 Second World War
- 1939
Hawick
- 1938
Co-Optimists
- 1937
Co-Optimists
- 1936
Kelso
- 1935
Heriots
- 1934
Kelso
- 1933
Hawick
- 1932
Melrose
- 1931
Kelso
- 1930
Hawick
- 1929
Kelso
- 1928
Kelso
- 1927
Hawick
- 1926
Heriots
- 1925
Gala
- 1924
Hawick
- 1923
Selkirk
- 1922
Selkirk
- 1921
Gala
- 1920
Selkirk
- 1919
Hawick
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "BBC – A Sporting Nation – The first Melrose Sevens match 1883". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Griffiths, John. "Queens House RFC, Brian Lima, the Heineken Cup Final and Sevens". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Kings of the 7s series goes to the wire after surprise win for Selkirk at their own tournament". 13 May 2018.
- ^ "Selkirk 7s. King of the 7s, tournament No. 8. Preview!".
- ^ "Selkirk 7s – Kings of the 7s".
- ^ "What Is 7s Rugby? – Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
- ^ "Hosts seal win to ensure Kings tournament goes to the wire". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk.
- ^ "The Selkirk Taxis Selkirk Sevens 2018".
- ^ "Melrose deny hosts in thrilling Selkirk Sevens final". Border Telegraph.
- ^ a b c "Selkirk – Kings of the 7s".
- ^ http://www.selkirkrfc.com/matchreports/selkirk%20sevens.htm
- ^ "Financial firm supports Selkirk Sevens". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk.
- ^ "Melrose hoist Sevens trophy against hosts Selkirk". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk.
- ^ http://www.rugbyrelics.com/images/aaaaa/lb/11.jpg
- ^ @KingsOf7s (11 May 2019). "Selkirk 7s Result:Final:Boroughmuir 19-7 Jedforest" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Rugby sevens competitions in Scotland
- Rugby union in the Scottish Borders
- Recurring sporting events established in 1919