Bishops win Villager Sevens
Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:42
The victorious Bishops boys
For the first time in three years, Brookside enjoyed some warmer, clearer weather which later became cooler as cloud swept over the mountain - but most importantly there was no rain!
Opening matches were slightly delayed because three schools arrived late and unfortunately two ‘no shows’. But those issues were quickly overcome and the tournament was well underway. One of the no-shows phoned up five minutes before the start and said they were not coming - this despite lots of timeous information about the tournament.
Strong starts from Drakenstein, Langa, Lagunya, Bishops B, SACS A, Wynberg B, Rondebosch B and Jan Van Riebeeck ensured that they continued in the Trophy Tournament, whilst closer matches involving Wynberg A, Reddam and Table View made their journey a bit tougher but they triumphed and proceeded in the Trophy Tournament as well. They were joined by SACS B, Rondebosch A, Fish Hoek, Bergvliet and Bishops A, who were awarded walkovers into the Trophy because of late arrivals and no-shows.
The 1st 16 sides that lost in the opening Round proceeded to the Plate Tournament.
The Trophy Tournament quarter-finals saw Drakenstein beating SACS B 38-0, Rondebosch A beating Bishops B 15-7 in one of the more exciting games of the tournament and SACS A beating Wynberg B 26-21 in Sudden Death which was another good contest. And finally, Bishops A powered through 28-0 against Rondebosch B.
The Trophy semi-finals saw the 2008 strong contenders Drakenstein fall 26-12 against Rondebosch A. Bishops A continued their powerful performance by beating SACS A (the 2007 winners) 17-0.
The Trophy final was all Bishops who simply outclassed Rondebosch A, allowing them only 14 points to their 45.
Bishops A won the 2009 Trophy Tournament. It was Bishops A's 19th Trophy win in 41 years - 20 wins for the school if you count Bishops B's 1982 Trophy win!
In the Plate competition semi-finals DF Malan played Excelsior which went to Sudden Death and Excelsior won 17-12 in what many say was the match of the tournament. Groote Schuur beat the Jag Academy ‘Barbarians’ side 31-0.
The final was won by Excelsior who beat Groote Schuur 36-0 to claim the Plate Prize. It was Excelsior's first win in the tournament, and they take the Plate from 2008's winners, Zwaanswyk, whom they beat 19-17 in this year's quarterfinal.
Each player in the 8 sides who made the Quarter Finals in the Trophy Tournament was presented with PUMA PERFORMANCE T-SHIRTS, which were branded with the Villager Logo, the 2009 Tournament date and a message from the founder of the Tournament, Dave Stewart. We were lucky enough to have Dave Stewart attend yesterday's tournament.
The Plate Winners were presented with PUMA PERFORMANCE GOLF SHIRTS and Bronze Commemorative Medals.
The Runners-Up in the Trophy were presented with Silver Commemorative Medals and Butlers Pizza Hampers.
The Winners, Bishops A, received PUMA KING WALK-OUT JACKETS, Gold Commemorative Medals, Butlers Pizza Hampers and a special prize from PUMA which was a half day training session with Paul Treu and the Springbok Sevens Squad at the Springbok Sevens Training Base in Stellenbosch.
The names of Nick Simpson from the Rondebosch A side, Kerwan Kirby from the Jag Barbarians and R Steyn from the Wynberg B team were drawn out of a hat [of all the players who took part in the tournament]. They all won Rugby Boot Vouchers from PUMA and will be receiving notification from the tournament organisers to collect their vouchers and then collect the boots from the PUMA Store at Access Park.
All in all a wonderful event, with very good weather. Congratulations to Bishops A for regaining the trophy after last having it in 2006.
By Nicholas Bryant
Winners Down the Years
Villager Sevens Trophy
1969 Wynberg
1970 Rondebosch
1971 Plumstead
1972 Rondebosch
1973 SACS
1974 Wynberg
1975 Rondebosch
1976 Bishops
1977 Rondebosch
1978 Bishops
1979 Bishops
1980 Plumstead
1981 Bishops
1982 Bishops B
1983 Bishops
1984 Rondebosch
1985 Bishops
1986 Bishops
1987 Bishops
1988 Bishops
1989 Bishops
1990 Wynberg
1991 Rondebosch
1992 Bishops
1993 Bishops
1994 Wynberg
1995 Kings College, New Zealand
1996 Bishops
1997 Northerns RFC
1998 SACS
1999 Bishops
2000 Rondebosch
2001 Rondebosch
2002 Bishops
2003 Bishops
2004 Tygerberg RFC
2005 Bishops
2006: Bishops
2007 SACS
2008 Wynberg
Plate Trophy
1973 Wynberg B
1974 Fish Hoek
1975 Westerford A
1976 Lansdowne
1977 Fish Hoek
1978
Pinelands
1979 Westerford A
1980 Bergvliet
1981 Rondebosch B
1982 Camps Bay
1983 Voortrekker
1984 Northerns RFC B
1985 St George's
1986 Voortrekker
1987 Rondebosch B
1988 Plumstead A
1989 St George's
1990 SACS B
1991 Lagunya RFC
1992 Windsor
1993 Fish Hoek A
1994 Primrose RFC
1995 Primrose RFC
1996 Lagunya RFC
1997 Bishops B
1998 Voortrekker
1999 Fish Hoek A
2000 Groote Schuur
2001 Lagunya RFC
2002 Jan van Riebeeck
2003 SACS B
2004 Fish Hoek A
2005 Reddam
2006 Tygerberg B
2007 No competition
2008 Zwaanswyk
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