Photograph Gallery of the day can be found here : https://penicuikrugby.org/gallery/penicuik-7s-2024

Thanks to Bob Keith for covering the days event

Highlights of the days events including all the tries from the final can be found here : 2024 mckenzie skip hire Penicuik sevens

Gav McQuillan

PRFC President

It’s my great pleasure to welcome all our visiting teams supporters and referees to our annual sevens tournament sponsored by our good friends at McKenzie Skip Hire.

After a long period of wet weather, even by Penicuik standards, I hope that even if the sun doesn’t make an appearance we have a dry warmish day to enjoy an afternoon of competitive free flowing sevens rugby.

In particular it’s great to have Walkerburn taking part in the competition given that this may be one of their last outings as a club. I’m sure you will all agree that this is an extremely sad situation and one that highlights the challenges we all face in running grass roots rugby. It’s vital that as clubs we all continue to support each other and secure the long term future for our clubs and the sport in general.

In our centenary year we are running various different events to mark this important milestone in our history. I’m delighted that this year, for the first time, we are running a ladies sevens tournament with four teams competing for the new centenary cup. This is something that we are keen to develop over the coming years and I hope next year we have a home team competing in the tournament.

I’m delighted that we will be joined today by Margaret Murray to present this years trophies Margaret(nee Buchan), born 4 August 1926, is the daughter of one of our founder members Andrew Buchan. Margaret served in the WRNS during WWII, early trailblazer as one of the first women to work in the medical physics department of Edinburgh University. Was Penicuik Hunters Lass in 1950, alongside Hunter – Nicky Gibson (former player of Penicuik RFC).

As we come to the end of another successful season I be would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed to the club during the year. On the playing side we have seen an improved league finish for the First XV and a league campaign for the Second XV that has been fuelled by determination and positivity that has won them plaudits from all the clubs they have faced during the year and have been a huge credit to our club.

The mini section continues to go from strength to strength and while our numbers at midi level have been down this year we are encouraged by the great start to our Friday night youth touch rugby tournament.

Off the field we have an exciting schedule of events planned for the remainder of the year with the focal point being our centenary dinner on the 8th of June.

Thanks to Brian Doyle and Rich Mann and their band of helpers who are working hard behind the scenes to make all of this happen.

I hope all our sponsors, who have contributed so much to the growth of the club enjoy their day out in the Nicol Gas hospitality zone.

Enjoy the rugby and we hope you can join us in the clubhouse after the final whistles to continue your day out

Enjoy your day

Cheers Gav

Off The Field Fun

Join us off the pitch for Bouncy Castles, Throw the welly, dunk the committee member, tombola and food.

Inside the clubhouse we will be streaming Silver Saturday from Murrayfield and looking to show the Ireland v Scotland  Women’s Six Nations game (2:30pm)

Its throwback 90’s throughout the afternoon in the bar and from 7pm its get naughty in the noughties

Tournament Rules

12 Players per Team

2 halves of 7 minutes

In the event of 2 teams on equal points in the group stages, the team who have scored the most points will take precedence

In the event of a draw in the knock-out stages the teams will contents a sudden death extra time

If you are new to 7’s and for the rest of the rules of rugby 7’s please click here https://www.world.rugby/sevens/how-to-play

Todays Referee’s,

Thank you for your assistance and can all players, coaches and supporters respect the referee’s

Colin Thores, Malcolm Reid, Matt Poole, Jim McQueen, Alistair Cockburn & Jake Garrod

Pitch Layout

Supporter Facilities Information

Toilet and baby change facilities are located in the main clubhouse

The Main Bar within the clubhouse will be open from 11:30, drinks are permitted outside (plastic glasses only), but only into the designated area round the corner of Pitch 1

Sponsors and hospitality guests with wristbands only will be permitted into the Nicol Gas Hospitality zone.  Food and Drink will be provided in hospitality for the duration of the rugby series from 12pm to the trophy presentations at 5:40pm

Special Thanks today to

Rich Mann for arranging all the teams and the draw

Peter Middleton for the outside speaker system

Nicol Gas for the use of their Lorry

Stone Lighting for the use of the tents

McKenzie Skip Hire for our Waste Management

John and the Midlothian Council Parks team for maintaining our pitches for today

Frank at FM Embroidery for our Ball Squad T-Shirts

Gavin Holmes for organizing the hospitality

Susan Allen for running the tombola

Andy Mitchell and Iain Mason for the BBQ

Gavin Stephens for the children’s entertainment

Full Draw Schedule

Group 1

Group Match

Pitch 1

12:00pm

Thebans 22 v 45 Edin Uni Medics

Group Match

Pitch 2

1:00pm

Thebans 7 v  55 Edin Uni Engineers

Group Match

Pitch 1

2:00pm

Edin Uni Engineers 31  v  14 Edin Uni Medics

Presidents Cup – Edinburgh Uni Engineers

Ladies Shield – Edinburgh Uni Medics

Penicuik Bowl – Thebans

Group 2

Group Match

Pitch 2

12:00pm

Livingston 12 v 31 Gala YM

Group Match

Pitch 1

1:00pm

Gala YM 15 v  43 All Blackies

Group Match

Pitch 2

2:00pm

Livingston 22 v 26 All Blackies

Presidents Cup – All Blackies

Ladies Shield – Gala YM

Penicuik Bowl – Livingston

Group 3

Group Match

Pitch 1

12:40pm

Penicuik 66  v 0 Walkerburn

Group Match

Pitch 2

1:40pm

Walkerburn 7 v 32 Drua Juniors

Group Match

Pitch 1

2:40pm

Drua Juniors 19  v  39 Penicuik

Presidents Cup – Penicuik

Ladies Shield – Dura Jnrs

Penicuik Bowl – Walkerburn

Group 4

Group Match

Pitch 2

12:40pm

Murrayfield Wanderers 66 v  0 Lismore

Group Match

Pitch 1

1:40pm

Murrayfield Wanderers 19 v 14 Earlstion

Group Match

Pitch 2

2:40pm

Earlston 48 v 0 Lismore

Presidents Cup – Murrayfield Wanderers

Ladies Shield – Earlston

Penicuik Bowl – Lismore

Presidents Cup

2024 Winners : Murrayfield Wanderers

Presidents Cup Semi 1

Pitch 1

4:00pm

Edinburgh Uni Engineers 7 v 36 Penicuik

Presidents Cup Semi 2

Pitch 2

4:00pm

All Blackies 14  v  24 Murrayfield Wanderers

Penicuik Presidents Cup Final

Pitch 1

5:20pm

Penicuik 14  v Murrayfield Wanderers 21

Ladies Shield

2024 Winners : Dura Jnrs

Shield Semi 1

Pitch 1

3:40pm

Edin Uni Medics 36 v 40 Dura Jnrs

Ladies Shield Semi 2

Pitch 2

3:40pm

Gala YM 14  v 47 Earlston

Penicuik Ladies Shield Final

Pitch 1

4:40pm

Dura Jnrs 24 v 14 Earlston

Penicuik Bowl

2024 Winners : Livingston

Bowl Semi 1

Pitch 1

3:20pm

Thebans 50 v 7 Walkerburn

Bowl Semi 1

Pitch 2

3:20pm

Livingston 54 v 0 Lismore

Penicuik Bowl Final

Pitch 1

4:20pm

Livingston 28   v  26 Thebans

Centenary Trophy

2024 Winners : Lismore

Pitch 1

12:20

Dalkeith 7 v 31 Lismore

Pitch 2

12:20

Peebles 22 v 5 Thebans Hyrda

Pitch 1

1:20pm

Peebles 0 v 52 Lismore

Pitch 2

1:20pm

Dalkeith 10 v 20 TheBans Hydra

Pitch 1

2:20pm

Thebans Hydra 0 v 29 Lismore

Pitch 2

2:20pm

Peebles 40 v 12 Dalkeith

Centenary Trophy 3rd/4th

Pitch 1

3:00pm

Dalkeith 17 v 20 Thebans

Centenary Trophy Final

Pitch 1

5:00pm

Lismore 45 v 10 Peebles