An­drew Gioan­net­ti

Har­vard Club de­feat­ed last year's cham­pi­on Stag Trinidad North­ern in the Men's Open di­vi­sion fi­nal of the new-look Har­vard 7s Rug­by Fes­ti­val 2011, at St Mary's Ground, Ser­pe­tine Road, on Sun­day af­ter­noon. Some 23 teams par­tic­i­pat­ed.Har­vard al­so won the Boys' Un­der-19 di­vi­sion, while Rain­bow had an ex­cel­lent out­ing in the youth di­vi­sions tak­ing three ti­tles in the new Un­der-10, Un­der-12 (both non-con­tact) di­vi­sion as well as the Un­der-17s (con­tact), over the course of the two-day tour­na­ment.

Roy­alians took the women's crown af­ter an ex­cep­tion­al fi­nal against Aranguez Ro­mans. The In­ter­na­tion­al School of Port of Spain (ISPS) took the Un­der-17 di­vi­sion (non-con­tact) tro­phy, while Po­lice and De­fence Force copped the Over-35 "rug­by re­union" and the Men's Plate, re­spec­tive­ly.The Dig­i­cel Schools Rug­by League al­so had the Un­der-14 and Un­der-17 fi­nal played on Sat­ur­day and Sun­day, with QRC and Fa­ti­ma tak­ing the re­spec­tive crowns.

The Un­der-14 was won by Queen's Roy­al Col­lege (QRC), fol­low­ing a 12-7 win over St An­tho­ny's Col­lege, be­fore Fa­ti­ma Col­lege took the Un­der-17 ti­tle a day lat­er, crush­ing QRC 17-0.Har­vard crushed Stag Trinidad North­ern 40-10 in the fi­nal match. The match was con­test­ed over two sev­en minute in­ter­vals, as was the for­mat for all of the match­es, ex­cept for the school fi­nals.

Har­vard was the quick­er team and was in its op­po­nents' half for the ma­jor­i­ty of the match. Claudius Butts scored two tries and was di­rect­ly in­volved in sev­er­al oth­ers, which saw him earn the "Most Valu­able Play­er" award for his ef­forts.In the Women's fi­nal, Roy­alians scored five un­con­vert­ed tries to ease past Ro­mans. The score­line, how­ev­er, bare­ly re­flect­ed the qual­i­ty of play from both sides. The elec­tric af­fair, saw Roy­alians have the edge, but the Ro­mans played con­sid­er­ably well, as they were out of ac­tion for the ma­jor­i­ty of the sea­son.

For an out­stand­ing ef­fort, na­tion­al play­er Dalia Jor­dan-Brown Brown was award­ed the Women's di­vi­sion MVP.Roy­alians al­so copped the un­der-17 Girls Di­vi­sion ti­tle, with Rachel McKen­zie tak­ing the MVP award.

Re­sults

Un­der-10 Di­vi­sion

(non-con­tact)

Win­ner-Rain­bow

Run­ner-up-Har­vard

MVP-Boysie Charles

Un­der-12 Di­vi­sion

(non-con­tact)

Win­ner-Rain­bow

Run­ner-up-Har­vard

MVP-Jerome Pan­tor

Un­der-17 Di­vi­sion

(non-con­tact)

Win­ner-In­ter­na­tion­al School of Port of Spain

Run­ner-up-Har­vard

MVP-Jim­my Wil­hite

Un­der-17 Di­vi­sion (con­tact)

Win­ner-Rain­bow

Run­ner-up-North­ern

MVP-Them­ba Jack

Un­der-17 Di­vi­sion Girls

(non-con­tact)

Win­ner-Roy­alians

Run­ner-up-Rain­bow

MVP-Rachel Mc Ken­zie

Un­der-19 Di­vi­sion (con­tact)

Win­ner-Har­vard

Run­ner-up-Caribs

MVP-Carl­ton St Clair

Over-35 Di­vi­sion (con­tact)

Win­ner-Po­lice

MVP-Wil­let Pan­tor

Men's Open (con­tact)

Win­ner-Har­vard

Run­ner-up-North­ern

MVP-Claudius Butts (Har­vard)

Women's Di­vi­sion (con­tact)

Win­ner-Roy­alians

Run­ner-up-Aranguez Ro­mans

MVP-Dalia Jor­dan-Brown

Men's Plate (con­tact)

Win­ner-De­fence Force

Run­ner-up-Po­lice