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Salisbury’s fifth charity Sevens tournament took place in the shadow of Salisbury Cathedral’s spire in aid of the Trust for Overseas Aid and Development (TOAD), the charity’s first major event.

The teams that entered came from all over the southern counties of England and London with three teams from Salisbury itself. The standard was very mixed with the charity’s own side including players that had not played since leaving school several years ago.

The TOAD Sevens tournament was arranged in two pools of five which were split very evenly in terms of skill with all teams playing each other and being ranked accordingly.

The first and second placed teams entered the semis for the Makonde Cup – a unique trophy carved by the Makonde tribesman that TOAD supports.

Farmers A played Farmers B with the former coming out on top in the first semi, and in the second the King Prawns easily beat the young Devon DJs 45-5.

Farmers felt they had a chance to win the tournament again in the final having won the first two years of this tournament but the first half went entirely against them with the King Prawns scoring 22 unanswered points.

However the change of end swung the match in their favour and the Farmers scored 25 points to win the tournament for the third time.

The bottom two teams from each pool went into the wooden spoon play off which resulted in the TOADs beating newcomers Stoneham 41-5.

Following this match the third and fourth placed teams in each pool entered the TOAD Bowl semi finals which resulted in Hardly Quins and Marlborough exiting the tournament after close matches.

But it was local boys The Wheatsheaf Cabin Crew who lost to London Emus in the eventual Bowl final 26-0 - this being the best performance from The Wheatsheaf Cabin Crew in the tournament's history.

After the earlier pool matches there was a highly enjoyable and competitive drop kicking competition which was eventually fought out between one of the tournament organisers and another player who won in the end.

Over £750 were raised to support the charity’s work to improve the standard of living in Tanzanian, one of the poorest countries in the world