# Selkirk Sevens

Selkirk Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Selkirk RFC, in Selkirk, Scotland. This was one of a group of Sevens tournaments instated after the First World War extending the original Borders Spring Circuit. The Selkirk Sevens began in 1919.
The Selkirk Sevens is part of the Kings of the Sevens championship run by the Border League.
2024's Selkirk Sevens will be played on 11 May 2024.

## Sports Day

The Selkirk Sevens tournament began as a Sports Day in 1919.

## Cup

Following a sponsorship deal the Selkirk Sevens trophy is now known as the Edinburgh Medics of 81 Cup.
The Player of the Tournament receives the Denzil Lloyd Trophy.

## Invited Sides

Various sides have been invited to play in the Selkirk Sevens tournament throughout the years.
The Scotland 7s team won the tournament in 1996.
Wakefield, Nottingham, Northampton Saints, Rotherham Titans, Newcastle Falcons and Cardiff RFC have all won the tournament. Wakefield won in 1987; Nottingham won in 1990; Saints have won in 1991 and 1993; Titans won in 2002 and 2003; Falcons won in 2004 and Cardiff won in 2006.
Other invited teams made it to the Selkirk Sevens final. A Queens University Belfast rugby side was invited in 1970 and were Runners-Up. Other Runners-Up:- A Welsh Select side (1977); Orrell (1981); Rosslyn Park of London (1984), Harlequins (1987) and Wales 7s (1996).
Dave Scully playing with Wakefield in 1987, won the Sevens again with Rotherham Titans in 2002, fifteen years later.

## Sponsorship

The Selkirk financial firm Heard Hamilton Financial Planning sponsors the 2019 Selkirk Sevens. In the past the event was sponsored by Selkirk Taxis and CIS Insurance.

## Past winners

* 2023 Melrose
* 2022 Jed-Forest
* 2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19
* 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19
* 2019 Boroughmuir
* 2018 Selkirk
* 2017 Melrose
* 2016 Melrose
* 2015 Jed-Forest
* 2014 Melrose
* 2013 Selkirk
* 2012 Watsonians
* 2011 Selkirk
* 2010 No event
* 2009 Selkirk
* 2008 Selkirk
* 2007 Selkirk
* 2006 Cardiff
* 2005 Royal Scots
* 2004 Newcastle Falcons
* 2003 Rotherham Titans
* 2002 Rotherham Titans
* 2001 Royal Scots
* 2000 Melrose
* 1999 Jed-Forest
* 1998 Melrose
* 1997 Kelso
* 1996 Scotland 7s
* 1995 Melrose
* 1994 Selkirk
* 1993 Northampton Saints
* 1992 Gala
* 1991 Northampton Saints
* 1990 Nottingham
* 1989 Selkirk
* 1988 Selkirk
* 1987 Wakefield
* 1986 Hawick
* 1985 Melrose
* 1984 Kelso
* 1983 Kelso
* 1982 Selkirk
* 1981 Hawick
* 1980 Kelso
* 1979 Kelso
* 1978 Kelso
* 1977 Stewart's Melville
* 1976 Stewart's Melville
* 1975 Co-Optimists
* 1974 Kelso
* 1973 Kelso
* 1972 Public School Wanderers
* 1971 Gala
* 1970 Gala
* 1969 Hawick
* 1968 Gala
* 1967 Hawick
* 1966 Hawick
* 1965 Melrose
* 1964 Gala
* 1963 Gala
* 1962 Gala
* 1961 Melrose
* 1960 Selkirk
* 1959 Hawick
* 1958 Langholm
* 1957 Hawick
* 1956 Jed-Forest
* 1955 Kelso
* 1954 Hawick
* 1953 Hawick
* 1952 Gala
* 1951 Melrose
* 1950 Gala
* 1949 Langholm
* 1948 Kelso
* 1947 Co-Optimists
* 1946 Melrose
* 1945 Scottish Services
* 1940–1944 No event due to World War II
* 1939 Hawick
* 1938 Co-Optimists
* 1937 Co-Optimists
* 1936 Kelso
* 1935 Heriots
* 1934 Kelso
* 1933 Hawick
* 1932 Melrose
* 1931 Kelso
* 1930 Hawick
* 1929 Kelso
* 1928 Kelso
* 1927 Hawick
* 1926 Heriots
* 1925 Gala
* 1924 Hawick
* 1923 Selkirk
* 1922 Selkirk
* 1921 Gala
* 1920 Selkirk
* 1919 Hawick