Jed-Forest Sevens

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Jed-Forest Sevens
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Sport Rugby sevens
Instituted1894
Number of teams16
Country Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Holders Flag of Scotland.svg Melrose (2023)
Most titles Flag of Scotland.svg Hawick (28 titles)
Related competition Kings of the Sevens

Jed-Forest Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Jed-Forest RFC, in Jedburgh, Scotland. The Jed-Forest Sevens was the fourth of the Border Sevens tournaments to be instated, in 1894, after the Melrose Sevens (1883), Gala Sevens (1884) and the Hawick Sevens (1885). [1]

Contents

The Jed-Forest Sevens are traditionally the last tournament of the Kings of the Sevens competition. [2]

2024's Starrett's Jed-Forest Sevens will be played on 18th May. [3]

Sports day

Jed-Forest RFC] introduce a sports day in 1894 featuring rugby sevens as a way to supplement the club's income at the end of the season. [4] [5]

Sponsorship

The Sevens tournament is now sponsored by Starrett UK. It was sponsored by RJT, Mainetti and Tennents before that.

Past winners

'A' sides are shown where a club had entered two sides in the tournament

See also

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References

  1. "BBC - A Sporting Nation - The first Melrose Sevens match 1883". www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. "Jedforest 7s - Kings of the 7s".
  3. "Jed-forest Rugby Club - Mainetti Jed-forest 7s". www.jedforestrfc.com.
  4. Roodt, Gerhard (7 August 2015). The Dna of Rugby Football: A Short History of the Origin of Rugby Football. Partridge Africa. ISBN   9781482808292 via Google Books.
  5. Iainthepoet (28 April 2012). "On this day in Scotland: The world's first rugby sevens tournament".