Jed-Forest 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]
Sport | Rugby sevens |
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Instituted | 1894 |
Number of teams | 16 |
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Related competition | Kings of the Sevens |
The Jed-Forest Sevens are traditionally the last tournament of the Kings of the Sevens competition.[2]
2019's Jed-Forest Sevens will be played on 18 May.[3]
Sports Day
Jed-Forest RFC introduced 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 RJT Excavations as a main sponsor.[6] Previously it was sponsored by Mainetti[7] and Tennents before that.[8]
Past winners
- 2019
Watsonians
- 2018
Melrose
- 2017
Watsonians
- 2016
Jed-Forest
- 2015
Jed-Forest
- 2014
Melrose
- 2013
Jed-Forest
- 2012
Heriots
- 2011
Melrose
- 2010
Melrose
- 2009
Hawick
- 2008
Watsonians
- 2007
Jed-Forest
- 2006
Heriots
- 2005
Melrose
- 2004
Watsonians
- 2003
Melrose
- 2002
Watsonians
- 2001
Jed-Forest
- 2000
Kelso
- 1999
Melrose
- 1998
Kelso
- 1997
Kelso
- 1996
Kelso
- 1995
Kelso
- 1994
Gala
- 1993
Gala
- 1992
Jed-Forest
- 1991
Hawick
- 1990
Kelso
- 1989
Selkirk
- 1988
Hawick
- 1987
Heriots
- 1986
Kelso
- 1985
Gala
- 1984
Kelso
- 1983
Kelso
- 1982
Kelso
- 1981
Hawick
- 1980
Stewart's Melville
- 1979
Kelso
- 1978
Kelso
- 1977
Hawick
- 1976
Hawick
- 1975
Jed-Forest
- 1974
Hawick
- 1973
Gala
- 1972
Hawick
- 1971
Gala
- 1970
Gala
- 1969
Gala
- 1968
Hawick
- 1967
Gala
- 1966
Hawick
- 1965
Gala
- 1964
Melrose
- 1963
Watsonians
- 1962
Hawick
- 1961
Hawick
- 1960
Stewart's College FP
- 1959
Stewart's College FP
- 1958
Heriots
- 1957
Hawick
- 1956
Watsonians
- 1955
Heriots
- 1954
Hawick
- 1953
Hawick
- 1952
Gala
- 1951
Gala
- 1950
Gala
- 1949
Hawick
- 1948
Stewart's College FP
- 1947
Royal HSFP
- 1946
Stewart's College FP
- 1942-1945 Second World War
- 1941
Edinburgh City Police
- 1940
Co-Optimists
- 1939
Heriots
- 1938
Heriots
- 1937
Hillhead HSFP
- 1936
Selkirk
- 1935
Selkirk
- 1934
Stewart's College FP
- 1933
Heriots
- 1932
Gala
- 1931
Hawick
- 1930
Gala
- 1929
Hawick
- 1928
Hawick
- 1927
Hawick
- 1926
Kelso
- 1925
Heriots
- 1924
Hawick
- 1923
Hawick
- 1922
Jed-Forest
- 1921
Gala
- 1920
Selkirk
- 1919
Hawick
- 1915-1918 First World War
- 1914
Kelso
- 1913
Kelso
- 1912
Hawick
- 1911
Edinburgh University
- 1910
Melrose
- 1909
Melrose
- 1908
Melrose
- 1907
Royal HSFP
- 1906
Watsonians
- 1905
Watsonians
- 1904
Jed-Forest 'A'
- 1903
Jed-Forest 'A'
- 1902
Jed-Forest 'A'
- 1901
Gala
- 1900
Jed-Forest 'A'
- 1899
Jed-Forest 'A'
- 1898
Hawick
- 1897
Hawick
- 1896
Hawick
- 1895
Hawick
- 1894
Hawick 'A'
'A' sides are shown where a club had entered two sides in the tournament
References
- "BBC - A Sporting Nation - The first Melrose Sevens match 1883". www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Jedforest 7s - Kings of the 7s".
- "Jed-forest Rugby Club - Mainetti Jed-forest 7s". www.jedforestrfc.com.
- 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.
- Iainthepoet (28 April 2012). "On this day in Scotland: The world's first rugby sevens tournament".
- "Jed-forest Rugby Club - Mainetti Jed-forest 7s". jedforestrfc.com.
- "Jed-forest Rugby Club - Jed win Mainetti Jed-Forest 7s". jedforestrfc.com.
- http://www.rugbyrelics.com/images/aaaaa/hx/07.jpg