2008 Villager Schools Sevens

THE BIG 40TH VILLAGER SCHOOL’S SEVEN’S RUGBY TOURNAMENT
SPONSORED BY SPORTSMANS WAREHOUSE

2008 Villager School’s Sevens Draw:

ABOUT THE  VILLAGER SEVENS

 The Villager Sevens Rugby Tournament this big  40th year will follow the format of the World Sevens, famous for events in Hong Kong, Dubai , London, and many other countries, including South Africa. This two tier system has proved extremely popular on the basis of two simultaneous competitions, one to win the Trophy, and one to win the Plate award. 

At the end of August,  our 32  Cape  Schools will take part in South Africa’s founding Schools Sevens Rugby Tournament, in Claremont, which  is the oldest in this country, played every year  at the Villager Rugby Fields.

The Sevens event has always taken place  immediately following the last round of Schools rugby matches. This ensures that every school’s team can enjoy a great “send off”  from schools rugby,  by enjoying the year’s final rugby event. This tournament is one of the most  popular events on the Schools Sport and social Calendar. Teams visiting the Villager Rugby fields, as well as the supporters and spectators will enjoy a superb rugby experience.  

All 32 teams will compete in the same set of games , which is the “Opening Round” draw. At the end of the opening round, schools will split in to two competitions, played over three fields.  These are the “Trophy” and the “Plate”. The winning teams at the end of the two final games, will have their School names engraved on the trophy they have won!

SOME MORE DETAILS

A great deal of work and planning has been put into trying to ensure that this is the finest Schools Sevens Tournament in the Country.  The event is sponsored once again by Sportsman’s Warehouse, as it has been from inception.
The  printed program at the gate will be informative, including articles about the venue, matches to be played, schools taking part, names of the players, and history of the Tournament,
The winning teams will be congratulated and acknowledged by receiving  special Villager Sevens Medals, as life memory of this event.

SCHOOLS  THAT HAVE BEEN INVITED

This year we invited 32 different schools and at this time all have accepted. They are predominantly southern suburb schools, and of course all the teams which played last year are included for 2008. Each school will enter it’s top side.  Teams will, as always, have to play their hearts out from their first match in order to make it to the Trophy Final.

The 32 Schools invited to date are :

VIOLETS RUGBY CLUB
PRIMROSE RUGBY CLUB
JAN VAN RIEBEECK HOERSKOOL
WYNBERG BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
BISHOPS (DIOCESAN COLLEGE)
SACS (SOUTH AFRICAN COLLEGE SCHOOL)
RONDEBOSCH BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
TABLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
LAGUNYA RUGBY CLUB
FISH HOEK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PLUMSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL
BERGVLIET HIGH SCHOOL
NORTHERNS RUGBY CLUB
GROOTE SCHUUR HOERSKOOL
WESTERFORD HIGH SCHOOL
ZWAANSWYK HIGH SCHOOL
PINELANDS
VOORTREKKER HOERSKOOL
REDDAM HOUSE COLLEGE
MUIZENBERG HIGH SCHOOL
TEMPERANCE RUGBY CLUB
LANGA
DURBANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
WINDSOR HIGH SCHOOL
MILNERTON HIGH SCHOOL
DRAKENSTEIN YOUTH CLUB
SPINE ROAD HIGH SCHOOL
RHODES HIGH SCHOOL
NORMAN HENSHILWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
LIVINGSTONE HIGH SCHOOL
EXCELSIOR HIGH SCHOOL
DF MALAN HOERSKOOL

SPONSORS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TOURNAMENT

Sportsman’s Warehouse is once again the Principle Sponsor and we again welcome their superb involvement. Thanks to our outstanding Tournament manager Nick Bryant, as well as Field managers Rodney Bryant and Rob Satchel.  Appreciation goes to Ben Theron and his group of referees, from WPRFU. Villager Club manager, Charles Sanderhoff.  To the  boys from Rondebosch Jnr., Standard Bank, and the team from Coke and Powerade.

Lastly, it remains only to welcome you all to Brookside, home of  the Villager Schools Sevens – and I wish you all a great tournament.