Kelso Sevens is an annual
rugby sevens
Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ...
event held by
Kelso RFC
Kelso Rugby Football Club are a Scottish rugby union team founded in 1876. They play their home games at Poynder Park, Kelso in the Scottish Borders.
The men's team currently play in and the Border League (the oldest established rugby union ...
, in
Kelso, Scotland
Kelso is a market town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Roxburghshire, it lies where the rivers Tweed and Teviot have their confluence. The town has a population of 5,639 according to ...
. This was one of a group of Sevens tournaments instated after the First World War extending the original Borders Spring Circuit. The Kelso Sevens began in 1920.
The Kelso Sevens is part of the
Kings of the Sevens
The Borders Sevens Circuit is a series of rugby sevens tournaments held annually in the Scottish Borders. Originally the circuit consisted of 5 tournaments; Langholm Sevens being the last added in 1908. It is the oldest Sevens circuit in the world ...
championship run by the
Border League.
2019's Kelso Sevens will be played on 4 May 2019.
Sports Day
The Kelso Sevens tournament began as a Sports Day in 1920.
Invited Sides
Various sides have been invited to play in the Kelso Sevens tournament throughout the years.
Scotland 7s won the final in 1996 beating
Kenya 7s.
won the Kelso Sevens in 1991 and reached the final in 1988.
The Army side Royal Signals of Catterick won in 1954 and 1957 and reached the final in 1953. Cardiff Training College won in 1969 and reached the final in 1967, 1968 and 1972. The English invitational side
Public School Wanderers won in 1985 and reached the final in 1986.
Sponsorship
Border Toyota of
St. Boswells is sponsoring the 2019 Kelso Sevens.
Past winners
See also
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Kelso RFC
Kelso Rugby Football Club are a Scottish rugby union team founded in 1876. They play their home games at Poynder Park, Kelso in the Scottish Borders.
The men's team currently play in and the Border League (the oldest established rugby union ...
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Borders Sevens Circuit
The Borders Sevens Circuit is a series of rugby sevens tournaments held annually in the Scottish Borders. Originally the circuit consisted of 5 tournaments; Langholm Sevens being the last added in 1908. It is the oldest Sevens circuit in the world ...
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Scottish Rugby Union
The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; ) is the Sport governing body, governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Now marketed as Scottish Rugby, it is the second-oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league sys ...
References
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Rugby sevens competitions in Scotland
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