Kelso Sevens – 2/5/26

On a beautiful afternoon Melrose mopped up Pool “D” by defeating Selkirk 15-12 and Durham University 35-12 before beating Edinburgh Accies 32-24 in the Semi-final and Gala 35-19 in the Final.

Just after the kick-off in the Final Melrose stripped the ball from Gala with Finn Douglas arcing round the Gala defence for the opening try converted by Scott Clark. Spreading play left, right and then left again the ball reached Bruce Colvine who raced into the left corner for a converted try. From that try the kick-off fell just short of the 10m line and from the resulting free kick Robbie Irvine broke through for a converted try. Then, from a lineout, Gala broke out with Jack Niven’s unconverted try leaving Melrose with a two-point lead at the break. Gala started the second half with a converted try (during a power cut) to give them a five-point lead, but Hamish Weir then managed a converted try to alter the score-line again. From a Melrose penalty Clark fed Corey Goldsbrough who broke the Gala defence to score a converted try at the posts. With no-side imminent a cross kick to Finn Douglas allowed him to progress up-field before passing to Gav Welsh, an injury replacement player, who ended the match with a converted try.

Pool “D” – Selkirk 14 Durham University 21; MELROSE 15 Selkirk 12; MELROSE 35 Durham University 12.

Semi-finals – Heriots 17 Gala 22 (A.E.T.); Edinburgh Accies 24 MELROSE 33.

Final – Gala 19 MELROSE 35.

Melrose Squad – Hamish Weir, Harry Makowski, Connor Spence Bruce Colvine, Finn Douglas, Sam Derrick, Ru Campbell, Donald Crawford, Scott Clark, Corey Goldsbrough, Declan Mulcahy, Paddy Anderson©, Gav Welsh (injury replacement).

Earlston Sevens – 3/5/26

In completely different weather conditions Melrose won their second competition in 24 hours. In this 16-team, straight knock-out, competition they defeated Earlston 40-5, Heriots 26-19, Stirling County 22-21, courtesy of a very late try, and Durham University 12-7 in the Final. Although beating Durham University fairly comfortably the day before at Kelso, this was an altogether stiffer test with Melrose having a 12-point lead at half time with the students claiming seven points late in the tie.

First Round – Hawick 24 Watsonians 14; Edinburgh Accies 19 Selkirk 5; Durham University 34 Langholm 7; Kelso 24 GAC 7s 17; Heriots 17 Edinburgh University 12; MELROSE 40 Earlston 5; Gala 17 Jed-Forest 12; Stirling County 45 Peebles 0.

Quarter Finals – Hawick 17 Edinburgh Accies 25; Durham University 17 Kelso 12; Heriots 19 MELROSE 26; Gala 19 Stirling County 43.

Semi-finals – Edinburgh Accies 7 Durham University 26; MELROSE 22 Stirling County 21.

Final – Durham University 7 MELROSE 12.

Melrose Squad – Paddy Anderson©, Sam Derrick, Hamish Weir, Jaxson Douglas, Scott Clark, Bruce Colvine, Corey Goldsbrough, Finn Douglas Donald Crawford, Harry Makowski.

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Kings of the Sevens (after 7 Rounds):

MELROSE 62 points,
Edinburgh Accies 41,
Kelso 33,
Gala 19,
Selkirk 15,
Jed-Forest,
Watsonians & Heriots 14,
Hawick 11,
Durham University 10,
Boroughmuir 9,
Edinburgh University 7,
Peebles 5,
Currie 3 points

Kings of the Sevens Rounds 6 & 7 - Kelso & Earlston

Kings of the Sevens, Rounds 3 & 4 - Hawick & Berwick