History of the Caldy Sevens
The Caldy Sevens is one of the oldest and most well established sevens tournaments in the country – and celebrates its 65th year in 2009.
As a club, we have always encouraged teams to come and not only enjoy the competition, but a friendly and relaxed end of season party in beautiful surroundings.
A team from the 1959 Caldy Sevens
Caldy was one of few clubs that continued to play during the Second World War, with the first Sevens tournament played in April 1944.
It featured local teams, the Army, RAF and a works team called Rootes, which was a factory that made bombers in Liverpool. The Rootes team won the first tournament and they won the very important prize of a handful of eggs and a chum of ale!
Since then, the competition has gone from strength to strength.
Caldy has hosted many premier sides in the past and a number of international ones as well, including the full Fiji and Western Samoan sides, together with Russia, Latvia, Malaysia, and sides from South Africa, France and Canada. This international Sevens Tournament ran from 1991 to 1998 as a second day.
The Fijians celebrate victory in 1992
Today, the Caldy Sevens is a one-day tournament run with 24 teams, and the club is looking to encourage teams to enter from other parts of the country and wider afield to compete with the local sides and to enjoy the rugby and hospitality that we are justifiably proud of.
So come on down to Caldy on May 3rd – we’d love to see you.
