News
12
Jan
B7s is stoked with Budgy Smuggler return in 2019
Some brands are just a perfect pairing for Bournemouth 7s Festival, and Budgy Smuggler fits that sentiment quite snuggly. Since their first year at B7s, our Aussie friends have enabled countless festival folk to disrobe and run free in their 100% Australian made smugglers. If you’ve been to the festival in recent years you would […]
28
Dec
Don’t Leave it to the Captain: How to Upgrade Yourself in 4 Easy Steps
At the risk of sounding dramatic, it’s time to acknowledge that the Deadline Cometh: the end of Phase 2 is nigh! Now, some of you may have historically relied on the organiser to sort payments, and you probably had to wait for the team to get their act together before securing your accommodation and upgrades. […]
18
Dec
B7s Hails Official Taxi Partnership with United Taxis
Getting from A to B is a major concern for the festival crowd: that’s why we’re proud to announce that United Taxis will be our Official Taxi Partner for 2019. United Taxis will be offering flat rates across the weekend to all festival-goers and teams staying in the city centre for Pre-Bookings! All you’ll need […]
5
Dec
Kitchen Duties Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, Women In Sport
by Roya Loughlin _ “Imagine a girl graduates from school playing rugby but doesn’t know how to cook” was a statement made by member of the UAE’s National Council, Salem Al Shehhi. My first response was to laugh (I mean Salem, are you okay? It’s 2018 ?) but my next thought was that this is […]
23
Nov
Autumn Internationals: Week 4 Predictions
With our completely unblemished, incontrovertible, flawless system that has only been let down by England and Argentina so far, here are our 87.5% accurate predictions for this week’s action: ?? Italy vs New Zealand ?? Stadio Olimpico, Rome Kick-Off Saturday, 2:00pm New Zealand are on an agonisingly long losing streak of one, after succumbing 16-9 to an […]
22
Nov
B7s Does the Double at the National Outdoor Events Association Awards
As we’ve said before, we don’t do this for the awards… but we’ve only gone and bagged two gongs at the National Outdoor Events Association Awards! We are very proud to have been named both ‘Sporting Event of the Year’ and ‘Large Festival of the Year’ at the 15th annual NOEA Awards held in Bath last […]
9
Nov
Autumn Internationals: Week 2 Predictions
?? Italy vs Georgia ?? Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Kick-Off Saturday, 2:00pm When people look at this weekends fixtures, the immediate reaction will be, ‘this is the least important game’ however, this is actually going to be the biggest game on Super Saturday! The result in this game is likely to have a long-term impact on […]
16
Nov
Autumn Internationals: Week 3 Predictions
?? Italy vs Australia ?? Stadio Euganeo, Padua Kick-Off Saturday, 2:00pm Italy will have undoubtedly been boosted by their 28-17 victory over a Georgia team snapping at their heels in the world rankings. Australia, however, are a different ball game (not literally of course – we can confirm they will be mostly obeying World Rugby laws). A reeling Wallabies […]
1
Nov
The Vitality Roses and 7 other Sports Teams named after Big Brands
Following the recent news that the England Netball team have become the Vitality Roses in a landmark sponsorship deal with, well, Vitality, here’s a list of 7 sports teams named after big brand sponsors from past and present. Some of them may surprise you: PSV Eindhoven Originally founded as a team for employees of Dutch technology giants […]
