Berwick Sevens is an annual
rugby sevens event held by
Berwick RFC, in
Berwick upon Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recor ...
,
England
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. The Berwick Sevens was the last of the Border Sevens tournaments to be instated, in 1983; but the first in
England
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.
The main Borders Sevens tournaments combine in a
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 ...
league; and the Berwick Sevens are now part of this league.
2019's Berwick Sevens was played on 21 April 2019.
Watsonians
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, and changed its policy in the 1980s to be a fully open club, ...
won the final, beating
Boroughmuir 24–17.
Invited Sides
Various sides have been invited to play in the Berwick Sevens tournament throughout the years. Stoke RFC made it to the final of the tournament in 1984, only to be beaten by Kelso.
Sponsorship
2019's Sevens tournament was sponsored by Kelso & Lothian Harvesters. 2018's tournament was sponsored by Sanderson McCreath and Edney; Berwick Solicitors.
Past winners
See also
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Berwick RFC
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Borders Sevens Circuit
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Scottish Rugby Union
The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; gd, Aonadh Rugbaidh na h-Alba) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Styled as Scottish Rugby, it is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league s ...
References
{{Rugby in the Borders
Rugby sevens competitions in Scotland
Rugby union in the Scottish Borders