Jed-Forest Sevens

Annual rugby sevens event

Jed-Forest Sevens

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).^[1]

The Jed-Forest Sevens are traditionally the last tournament of the Kings of the Sevens competition.^[2]

2024's Starrett's Jed-Forest Sevens will be played on 18th May.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5]

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

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".