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Plate win for Orkney girls at U14s National Tournament in Stirlingshire

14/5/2025

The girls came home from their tournament in Strathendrick with the Plate (2nd place) and a whole lot of pride!

Player’s Player: Orla Spence
Coaches’ Player: The whole team — for grit, teamwork, and representing Orkney with everything they had!

Autumn International 2025 Ticket Allocation

10/5/2025

That’s all the tickets allocated to the club members who applied for them and they should look out for email from [email protected] as it may go into spam.
It will have the tickets they requested and they select age groups and payment amount and pay online.

THE DEADLINE FOR PAYMENTS IS FRIDAY 20 JUNE.
If you do not pay for your allocation of tickets by this date, they will automatically be returned to the SRU for resale.

Some folk will be on split rows but right in front of each other due to the rows of tickets we were supplied

Darcy Graham scores one of his three tries against Argentina at Scottish Gas Murrayfield in 2022 (Photo: Scottish Rugby)

Orkney Rugby Sevens 2025 Roundup

5/5/2025

Orkney RFC retained the Orkney Builders (Contractors) Ltd Sevens title to make it six in a row at Pickaquoy on Saturday 3 May, beating All Twatts 34-0 in the final.

The Women’s winners of the Margaret Lanni Memorial Trophy were Aberdeenshire Quines, defeating Blazing Dragons 41-12 in the final,
The Caithness Krakens were awarded the inaugural Brian Lanni Women’s Plate, while Inverness Craig Dunain picked up the Pail with a 22-5 win over the Steaming Dragons and its great to see so many visiting women’s teams travelling up!

In the men’s competitions, visitors Pigbarians secured the Plate, defeating Neeps & A Tattie 26-12.

The Bowl - contested by third placed teams - went to Corsie’s Commandos and last year’s plate winners, the Exporters were awarded the Pail.

Paige Archibald was nominated Women's Player of the tournament, the Grangemouth Anniversary Quaich for young player of the tournament was awarded to Ashton Bruce, while the Keith Hutchison Memorial Trophy for best Orkney RFC player of the tournament went to Ali Morgan

Orkney RFC would like to thank Stephen Kemp from Orkney Builders (Contractor's) Ltd for their ongoing sponsorship; all the visiting teams who travelled up; all the kitchen & bar staff, volunteers & referees who make the day a success and the supporters for their much needed vocal support!

See the Sevens Page for all the scores on the day & previous winners.

Main Sevens Tournament Draws - Play starts 12:30

3/5/2025

The draws are out and play gets underway at 12:30, so get down to Picky for a great day's entertainment!
If you're not able to come along Rohallion will be posting streams on Youtube from time to time throughout the afternoon.
Check the Sevens Page for live scores & more info

ORFC AGM 2025

25/4/2025

WHEN: 18:00, Sunday 11 May
WHERE: Orkney RFC Clubrooms

No Proxy Votes will be accepted.
A good turnout of members is required to attend '

Orkney Rugby Sevens 2025

24/4/2025

The 56th Annual Orkney Sevens tournament takes place at Picky on Saturday 3 May.

Team Registration starts at 11:00am, draw at 11:30 and the Main Tournaments start at 12:00 on the outfield pitches.

Mini Rugby Tournament: players are to meet at the mini pitches at 10:00am
Rookies Tournament: 11:00-12:00 - players are to meet at the mini pitches at 10:45 to select teams.

Entertainment - along with the rugby, there will be music, raffles, pitch-side food & refreshments available throughout the afternoon.
Cash & card payments accepted at the Refreshments Tent
Entry is £5 (including programme) - head past the clubhouse to the outfield pitches.

In the evening, there is a Marquee Dance with live music from 6pm and Northern Limit at 8pm.
Admission is £20 - Over 18s Only - ID & wristband required for entry

Sunday 4th May – Boozy brunch from 12:00 & BBQ from 3pm with Hockey Club Disco at 8pm - Admission £10 - Over 18s only - ID Required

All MEMBERS & GUESTS WELCOME

If you haven't done so, please register your team as soon as possible at: [email protected] more info on the Sevens page

Fantastic day of rugby & bingo for U14 girls

7/4/2025

What a day for the girls it was on Saturday – a long one, but a great one! So proud of everyone involved, and so glad we made it through!

Players’ Player: Meryl Smith
Coaches’ Players: Keira Sinclair & Annie Kenyon

Well done, girls – amazing effort all round!

We’re also thrilled to share that our bingo night raised an incredible £1127!
A massive thank you to all the parents who helped out on the night, contributed prizes, and supported in every way – we couldn’t have done it without you!

And a huge shoutout to these fantastic local businesses for their generous donations:

Gray Associates
RM Computing
E Fraser
Alison Moore
Sinclairs Sweety Shop
Eviedale Bakery
Pickaquoy Centre
Trek and Travel
Pentland Ferries
Boots

Your support means the world to us – thank you!
Tifen

50 Club Winners - April 2025

3/4/2025

APRIL 50 CLUB WINNERS!

1st PRIZE - £85 - Share #161
2nd PRIZE - £65 - #93 - Stephen Kemp
3rd PRIZE - £30 - #164 – Diana Swan
4th PRIZE - £20 - #139 - Robert Moar

Get yourself an Easter bonus - sign up in time for the next Draw!

Double victories for the U16 & U18 boys in the 2024-25 Caledonia Youth Bowl

1/4/2025

Saltire Energy Boy's U16 Caledonia Youth Bowl Final
Countesswells, Saturday 30 Mar 2025
Kinross RFC 27, Orkney RFC 36

The lads arrived at RGC Countesswells to a very windy day.

Saltire Energy Boy's U16 Caledonia Youth Bowl Winners 2024-25

The first half began with both teams looking fairly even, Orkney scoring the first try with Kinross replying with 2 tries and 1 conversion in quick succession.

Youth Rugby Match report | ORFC U18s v Dunfermline 22-03-25

25/3/2025

Saltire Energy Boy's U18 Caledonia Youth Bowl & Plate S/F
Pickaquoy, Saturday 22 Mar 2025
Orkney RFC 50, Dunfermline 0

After last week's heroic efforts against Gala Wanderers in the National Youth Cup Final, the U18s were back on the campaign for the Saltire Energy Boy's U18 Caledonia Youth Bowl & Plate

They had drawn Dunfermline in the Semi Finals for the Bowl & Plate, the winner of this fixture would be in the Bowl and the unsuccessful team would be in the Plate Final so either way, both teams were going to be in Aberdeen at Robert Gordon College for finals but Orkney had their eyes on the win and were looking to be in the Bowl final.