If it's raining in your part of the Cape Peninsula then you know it is time for the 43rd Villager Sevens, which has seldom been blessed by good weather but always by lots of enthusiasm and fun. It is one of the best rugby days of the year.

It starts at 14.00 on 2 September 2011 and will end at about 20.40. As last year there will be 32 teams from the 23 schools taking part and last year's excellent winners, Tygerberg, will be back to defend their title.

To start with 16 matches will be played deciding who takes part in the Trophy Tournament (16 Winning Teams in Round 1) and who moves onto the Plate Section (16 Losing Teams in Round 1).
 
Teams consist of seven players and three reserves. Matches are played seven minutes each way, with a minute's break in-between. The Final is 10 minutes each way. All matches which result in draw, will move onto Sudden Death. Spells will last 5 minutes each way until a team scores, resulting in the winner.
 
The 32 teams are: American Int., Bergvliet, Bishops A, Bishops B, Drakenstein, Fish Hoek A, Fish Hoek B, Groote Schuur, JAG ExcelsiorJAG/Reddam, JAG Malibu, Lagunya, Langa, Milnerton, Muizenberg, lumstead, Reddam Atlantic, Rondebosch A, Rondebosch B, SACS A, SACS B, SACS C, Tableiew, Temperance, Tygerberg Hoërskool, Tygerberg RFC  A, Tygerberg RFC  B, Voortrekker, Westerford, Wynberg A, Wynberg B, Zwaanswyk
 
The tournament was founded in 1968 by Dave Stewart and John Gainsford, who were backed by Logans Sportsmans Warehouse since its inception. The first match was played in 1969.
 
The matches are played across all three (A, B and C) of the Villager Football Club fields. Fields close progressively through the day, finally to a point where all of the finals are played on the A Field.

Previous Winners

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
2009: Bishops
2010: Tygerberg Hoërskool

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
2009: Excelsior
2010: Temperance RFC