Walkerburn Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Walkerburn RFC, in

Walkerburn Walkerburn ( gd, Allt an Fhùcadair) is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about from Peebles and from Galashiels. It was founded in 1854 to house the workers for the tweed mills owned by the Ballantyne famil ...

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. The Walkerburn Sevens was the sixth of the Border Sevens tournaments to be instated, in 1911, after the bigger events of the Border Sevens spring circuit. The Walkerburn Sevens is traditionally the last tournament of the Sevens season. Although other Sevens events were to join the Borders Sevens Circuit later, the Walkerburn Sevens has kept its view as a finale from the other tournaments. The other 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; the Walkerburn tournament is called the ''Prince of the Sevens''. 2019's Walkerburn Sevens will be played on 25 May.

Sports Day

Walkerburn RFC introduced a Sports Day in 1911 featuring rugby sevens.

Ballantyne Centenary Trophy

The winner of the Walkerburn Sevens receives the Jeremy Ballantyne Centenary Trophy. The player of the tournament receives the Davie Campbell Cup. Davie Campbell was a former Walkerburn RFC convener and club stalwart.

Invited Sides

Various sides have been invited to play in the Walkerburn Sevens tournament throughout the years. A touring team from Carlisle RFC was invited in 2010, along with the invitational charity side Pigbarians RFC The Army

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side was invited in 2005 and won the tournament.

Sponsorship

The Sevens tournament is usually sponsored by Glendinning Groundworks as a main sponsor. The club however receives many sponsors; it boasted of a club record of 200 sponsors in 2015.

Past winners

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

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