Kinsale Sevens
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| Sport | Rugby Sevens |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Country(ies) | Ireland |
| Official website | http://www.kinsalesevens.com |
| Founder | Kinsale Rugby Football Club |
The Kinsale Sevens (aka Heineken Kinsale Sevens, Kinsale Sevens By The Sea) is Ireland and Europe's premier seven-a-side club rugby event. The event takes place across the May Bank Holiday Weekend (Friday to Sunday) at the Kinsale Rugby Football Club[1], Kinsale, Ireland and sees teams from around the world compete against each other in ladies, mens (junior and senior) and veteran competitions.
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[edit] Format
Participants find themselves battling it out over a two day period (saturday and sunday - traditionally, the friday is dedicated to a fun 10-a-side competition) with the finals of the feature events taking place on the sunday.
| Day | Mens Senior | Mens Junior | Ladies | Veterans |
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| Saturday | Senior Cup | Junior Competition Qualifiers | Ladies Competition Day 1 | Mens 10's |
| Sunday | Senior Competition | Junior Competition Finals | Ladies Competition Day 2 |
The event is open to everyone and applications to participate can be submitted to the official website.
[edit] Notable Past Winners
- South Sea Drifters (Fiji)
- Kooga Wailers (Eng)[2]
- Wekas (NZ)
- Marauders (Eng)
- DLSP (Irl)
- Clontarf (Irl)
- Cork Constitution (Irl)
- Garryowen Football Club (Irl)
- Shannon RFC (Irl)
- Gloucester (Eng)
- Waterpark (Irl)
- Dungannon (Irl)
- Fiji Babaas (Fiji)
- Susie Saloons (Netherlands)
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