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]
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| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 1894 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Country |  Scotland |
| Holders | Melrose (2023) |
| Most titles | Hawick (28 titles) |
| Related competition | Kings of the Sevens |
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
editJed-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
editThe Sevens tournament is now sponsored by Starrett UK. It was sponsored by RJT, Mainetti and Tennents before that.
Past winners
edit- 2023
Melrose - 2022 Jed-Forest
- 2021 no tournament - coronavirus pandemic
- 2020 no tournament - coronavirus pandemic
- 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
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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".