Borneo Sevens 2017- Where Else Would You Wanna Be?

Believe it or not, B7s is 16 years old this year! It could be a sweet sixteen or perhaps, a rebellious teenage kid on the block, but the actual fact, she is extremely hot this year! Literally, seriously. It was a hot weekend, Mother Nature was cranky as she just could not decide between maintaining her periodic outburst of rain or sunny laughters. There were buckets of sweat but all in the honor of the fantastic line up of games ahead of us.

And as usual, this will not be made possible, had it not been with the commitment of all hard working committee members, our teams who are TRULY STARS of the two days event, our major sponsors, our media friends and not forgetting, our fans out there, wherever YOU are!

This year, the Home of the Borneo Eagles, welcome back the Borneo Women 7s event, and our grounds saw some fierce women ruggers from countries like South Korea, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Singapore and not forgetting our own Malaysia and State team. They brought a refreshing variety to the much men dominated B7s, and was indeed an attraction not lesser than the Men Category. This year, we said “anyong haseho” to our Korean Women Rugby Team, who made their way from the Land of the Morning Calm to the Land Below the Wind and first time warming up the fields at the Home of the Borneo Eagles. And we said Suvadika when we gladly welcome back our Thai Women Team who was the Champion of the 1^st Borneo Women 7s. We also welcome back the women team from Sri Lanka, Singapore and we said Mabuhay to the Eagles Rugby Women of the Philippines! These ladies were not only fierce but they meant business when they put on their rugby gears! Congrats to the Champion, Sri Lanka for being the best of the bunch, and our hats off to the rest of the contenders too.

Women Cup Champ-Sri Lanka

                                                    

Women Cup Runners Up- Thailand

Women Plate Champ - South Korea

Women Plate Runners Up-Malaysia

Women Bowl Champ-Singapore

Women Bowl Runners Up-Philippines

And what did our usual main course have in store for us this year? The “sweet 16” attracted teams from Hong Kong, Australia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Philippines and our very own, Malaysia. There were altogether 10 Men Teams competed for the crown of the Borneo Sevens this year, and ERC featured its first collaboration team, with the New Zealand Rugby, known as the NZ Borneo Eagles, headed by non-other than the All Blacks Legend  himself, Ed Cocker.

 

And although, this sweet sixteen started off with more than 26 potential contenders, we had to face the blow of one cancellation after another. Just as how the women event had to deal with cancellation from half of the group; nevertheless, the teams who made it to the event, were indeed in the class of its own. Note from the Editor, yours truly, must say, that Tribe 7s, a new face to the Borneo Sevens, was indeed an impressive contender. Packed with experienced ruggers, they gave out a strong competition to the NZ Borneo Eagles at the Finals. Our congrats to the NZ Borneo Eagles for winning the crown, but none the less, Tribe 7s for the great effort shown. We look forward to seeing more of the Tribe’s in the coming edition of the Borneo 7s. Special thanks to Don & Felicity for bringing the team over and making all this possible.

 

Men Cup Champ NZ Borneo Eagles

Men Cup Runners Up Tribe 7s, Australia

Similarly, we would like to thank the rest of the teams, and their officials for being a part of the Borneo Sevens, your presence made all the difference and in no particular order, our thanks and appreciation to David Johnston & Ada Milby of the Eagles Rugby Club, Philippines, Jane & Martin of Hong Kong Rugby Union, Richard Jang, Sung Jin & Coach Sung Lyong of Korea Rugby Union, Rohan of Sri Lanka Rugby Union, Yazid & Bob Liu of Singapore Rugby Union, Nattapol of Thai Rugby Union, our own Malaysia’s Team & Club officials.

As we close the 16^th edition of the Borneo 7s with sweet memories, here’s my toast to a much eventful and successful year of rugby, to all our friends and fans, thank you for all your support, and we shall meet again in 2018, hopefully, with something Bigger & Better, cause at the Home of the Borneo Eagles, it has always been and will always be MORE than just Rugby!

This is Kim, signing off.

Credits to New Sabah Times : 4th Crown from the Super Cup Edition.





Borneo 7s 2016- From Greenest to the Hottest!

It was a crazy weekend to begin with, a month prior, there were teams cancellations as the ground crew were battling with the hot weather, literally we were like giving daily CPR to our poor grounds! That was what it was like, when we welcomed this year’s Borneo 7s 2016.

I had this thought, wow.. It would be quite a weekend, with the weather forecast and the media talking about the possibility of hitting 40 plus under the sun. It was really super hot, it was dry and the sky was clear. My only concern was how our friends from the fairer weathered countries would cope.

But you know what they say, the show has to GO ON. And in the end, the boys really gave it all. Rain or shine, from the first kick off till the last try, everything went well…   and thank God, with little casualties J

We ended this year's Borneo 7s 2016 with continued and stronger friendships between and among our rugby friends, and we would like to thank all the teams who stood with us, even though it was quite a challenge to get to where we are, flights wise, especially during school break! Our friends who supported us, year in and year out, all the working crew, sponsors who believed in us, and the rugby fans!

Kudos to all the players who were STARS in their own class, this was your SHOW, and regardless who took the final crown, you guys were GREAT!

It really has been the Hottest on the grounds of the Greenest, we look forward to welcome you guys again in the 2017 edition of the Borneo 7s.

Cheers 

Greenest Sevens in the World, 2015

Borneo 7s 2015, what a weekend it’s been! The weather was hot, and what made it much hotter were the ruggers who, some making a comeback to the grounds of the Eagles, and most, was their first-warming the grounds!

The 14^th edition of Borneo Sevens, dubbed “The Greenest Sevens in the World”, attracted the best sides of Asia & Pacific Regions. Top notch games of rugby were displayed over the weekend, with the presence of 32 teams, a combination of national teams, international and local clubs. For fans, they had a choice of watching the games live or even via live stream on the Borneo Eagles website. Three categories featured were the Asia Pacific Cross Regional Sevens (Men & Women), Club International Men & Women and U16 boys.

Congratulations to all Winners! Thank you to all participating teams, sponsors, members of the press, fans & friends of rugby who made this possible. To the whole crew of the organising committee, congrats for the job well done, and to the Borneo Eagles, we are PROUD to have you GUYS home and ROCK the GROUNDS!

 

 

 

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