​Congratulations to the U15 Orkney girls who played with Caithness this season!

​Well done to Caithness U15 girls for winning the Shield at Murrayfield

The Orkney girls pictured with the shield are: Paige Scott, Tallis Scott, Shannon Pasotti, Catherine Green and Zoe Deerness

Orkney eased to a win in the 52nd Orkney Rugby Sevens this afternoon, winning a hard-fought final against Peebles.

The weather was kind to the popular event — a cold wind but the sun was shining  — which attracted a large crowd.

Sixteen sides took to the field on the day — down on the expected 19 — with just two travelling sides — losing finalists Peebles and semi-finalists on their 30th consecutive Orkney Sevens appearance, Grangemouth.

Orkney player of the tournament Stephen MacPhail, Alex Kansour, Matt Jackson and James Linklater saw Orkney retain their title, winning 26-12 to leave the home side and their fans delighted. (Report courtesy of The Orcadian)

The other winners on the day were Orkney Dragons - Women's Trophy; Eastionians - Pail; Auld Bulls - Bowl & Ale Stars - Plate. For a full list of results, visit the Sevens Page

​Saturday 4th May 2019 saw over 110 primary school aged girls and boys playing in the Orkney RFC Rookie and Mini rugby tournaments which was kindly sponsored by Insulation King.

45 Rookies (P1 to P3) made up four teams and they each played 3 matches of tag rugby.  The matches were keenly contested and saw the Greens edging ahead of the Yellows to take the top spot.  Reds came third and Blues were fourth.  The Primary 3 players will have taken part in some Transition Sessions, getting them ready for Mini rugby and from what we have seen today, they will blend in seamlessly.  Each of the 45 participants received a medal, kindly donated by Insulation King.

The first scores are on the board!

Head over to the Sevens Page for live(ish) scoreboard.

*** UPDATE *** And the Winner is ... Jo Inkster- who recommended giving a copy of "Still Flying High after 50 Years" to Angus so he can enjoy poring over all the stats! Congratulations Jo!

Entries are now closed.
​​Closing date: 5pm Friday 3 May. Winner will be announced by 9pm that evening.
Entries will be collated across all platforms and judged by the ORFC Committee.
The prize is free entry for two people for the 2019 Sevens. In the event of the winner being unable to attend, the runner-up will be awarded the prize

​On Saturday 27th April the Under 14’s held their own 7’s tournament with 3 Orkney Teams taking part along with Caithness.
 
The three Orkney Teams comprised the Yellows, Reds and Blues. The format was a round robin and then the top 2 would play off in a final and the 3rd and 4th place teams would play off for 3rd and 4th overall.

Reds Squad:  Back row (left to right)  Oscar Payne, Tommy Stockan, Thorfinn Sinclair, Lewis Kennan.
​Front Row (left to right)  Declan MacLeod, Jake Henry, Kadyn Harcus. 

Blue Squad: (Back row l-r) Ryan Linklater, Harvey Slater, Alex Scarth, Euan Harcus.
Front row (l-r) Brogan Russell, Scott Craigie, Isaac Deerness.

Yellows Squad: Back Row (l-r)  Euan Knox, Aiden Cooper, Alfie Reid, Logan Harcus.
Front row (l-r) Travis Davis, Angus Brown, Christy McLeod, Alastair Park.

​​What a fantastic way to close our last training session of the year!

Great seeing the 9 x P3 players attending our Transition Session and mixing it up with the P4/5’s. There’s great promise there and we look forward to them coming back in September.

Good luck to the Primary 7 players moving up into S1 rugby - (we will confirm the Transition Sessions shortly).

Big thanks to everyone who attended the Stag Dinner on Saturday; guest speakers Alan Brown & Neill Renton and Big Stoff for keeping the whole thing running smoothly!

Here are your trophy winners for this season:

• President’s Pot for Services to Orkney Rugby Club - Ally Linklater
• Most improved player - Matthew Jackson
• Charlie Cormack Trophy for Young Player of the Year - Glen Brough
• Club captain Scott Rendall won players player of the year and MVP