Sunnybank (Australia)

Sunnybank is one of Australia’s Premier Rugby Clubs. With over 1000 players the club provides teams from U6 to Golden Oldies as well as a women’s program for 15s & 7s.

Sunnybank are the only Australian club to compete regularly in 7s competitions enjoying success over professional teams such as Australia and the Waratahs.

The club has most recently won the 2011 Central Coast 7s and were finalists at Byron Bay. Other successes include the 2010 Plate Final at Singapore Cricket Club 7s.

The club previously competed in Borneo in 2010 and were defeated in the Cup semi final by Borneo Eagles

To Gaven and members of the touring group- Welcome to the Home of the Borneo Eagles!

Greenest 7s-Team Profiles

DAVETALEVU (FIJI)

We would like to welcome back, our good friends, the Davetalevu Rugby Club to the Borneo 7s. They have been supporting the Borneo 7s since our early days, and I must say, a strong contender too, winning several prestige tournaments, including the Sing 7s, Darwin, Jonah Jones, Hong Kong Tens, Warringah 7s, Bangkok 7s, and was the Cup Champion twice in Borneo.
To Jon, and all members of the Daveta, welcome back to Borneo!

Borneo 7s, Welcome Home!

WE are ALMOST there! Yes, October 27th & 28th, where else would you wanna be?

We are PROUD to bring Home, the Borneo 7s –The Greenest Sevens in the World, to the Home of the Eagles. So, welcome Home my boy!

A little bit of information about this year’s Borneo Club International Sevens, we will be featuring 5 international teams from Australia, Fiji & New Zealand and to rise up to the challenge, 5 teams representing the local clubs. Game will kick off on Saturday morning, and ends on Sunday. We will also feature the under 16 category, with participation from 6 selected teams involve in our SRU/SRC Development program, during the weekend.

Teams are expected to arrive Sandakan, as early as Wednesday, and most will be arriving on Friday. We will be organizing a welcoming dinner to all our guests on Friday night, follow by a team manager’s meeting. And we’ll close the event with a special closing dinner on Sunday night.

The two days event will be graced by important guests of the Club, and admission will be free to the members of the public.

Here are the participating teams this year,

1. Davetalevu (Fiji)

2. Masseys (NZ)

3. Sunnybank (Aus)

4. Nedlands (Aus)

5. Palmyra Pirates (Aus)

6. Borneo Eagles (SRC)

7. Sabah Eagles (SRU)

8. COBRA (Selangor)

9. Bandaraya Dragons (KL)

10. Sabah Renegades (Sabah)

To all teams especially our overseas guests, WELCOME to the Greenest 7s, to all working crew, be prepared for a busy week, and to all rugby enthusiasts out there, get ready for an AWESOME weekend!

See YOU THERE !


Short Update

For those who were with us last weekend, what can we say, it was a “blast”! Thank you for showing your endless support to the games of Rugby, right here in Borneo.

We have concluded the HSBC ARFU Borneo Sevens & Women Asia Pacific Sevens with a BANG! And with a sigh of relief, we are now turning all our energy to prepare for the second edition of our Borneo 7s, yes… the Borneo Sevens Club International Event, right here, in the Home of the Eagles, the Heart of Rugby in Borneo. Yes, we are bringing the club edition home this year! So, welcome home babe!

We will be posting more information on this event soon, so stay tune with us here, or follow us on twitter, or add us on Facebook, and of course, pay us a visit on our new website http://borneoeagles.com/

Cheers!

 

Credits to New Sabah Times : Thanks for the coverage folks!

THIS IS IT! Get ready for the HSBC ARFU Borneo 7s this WEEKEND.

Event kicks off on Friday, 1500-2000 hrs. Saturday from 1000-1900, and Sunday from 0900-1800. Most importantly, admission is FREE! We'll see you guys at Likas Stadium Kota Kinabalu!

Credits to New Sabah Times

This year, the Borneo Sevens will feature HSBC Asian Seven Series, the Borneo Sevens, Women Asia Pacific Sevens and the Inaugural Borneo Sevens Junior Championship (Under 16)-All happening here in Borneo, August 31st, Sep 1st & 2nd, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

A short update on what’s been “rocking” the Home of the Eagles!

We have just concluded our very 1^st SRC Fund Raising Dinner on July 1^st, 2012 and the venue was at our very own SRC’s Futsal Court. We had a special guest flown in all the way from New Zealand, the legendary Tana Umaga, and it was indeed a night to remember! A big thank you to all kind donors, supporters, guests and the eagles fans!

Our President Vela with the Living Legend, Tana Umaga

At the home front, the construction of our 4 storey dormitory, grand stand and a fully equipped gymnasium is in the way, and we expect all to complete before the Borneo Sevens Club International event this October.

An on our Coaching Panel, we would like to welcome our new Head Coach, Francis Stowers, who will be assisting us with our rugby development programmes throughout Sabah.

Lots of activities planned in the Home of the Eagles. Just last weekend, we had the Sandakan Zone Age Group Tournament, and the search of our future champions will continue this weekend with the Joy of Rugby tournament (IJM/MSSS/SRU July 14th-15th, 2012).

Next on the list will be a test match between Sabah Development Team and the Philippines National Dev Team (July 28th) in Kota Kinabalu.

Busy weeks ahead, with our biggest affair of the year, our very own-BORNEO SEVENS!