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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 |
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).
The Jed-Forest Sevens are traditionally the last tournament of the Kings of the Sevens competition.
2024's Starrett's Jed-Forest Sevens will be played on 18th May.
Sports day
Jed-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.
Sponsorship
The Sevens tournament is now sponsored by Starrett UK. It was sponsored by RJT, Mainetti and Tennents before that.
Past winners
- 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
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".
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