Dear school,
Please find entry forms for next season’s Brewin Dolphin Under-18 & Under-16 Scottish Schools
Competitions (2014/15) attached to this e-mail. The closing date for entries is Friday 20 June
2014. This call for entries is for boys’ teams only at this stage, with further details to follow for the
Brewin Dolphin Girls’ Cup competitions.
The dates of the first rounds of each competition will be confirmed at the beginning of next term.
There are four Brewin Dolphin competitions running next season, with three different entry levels.
Please enter the relevant level. Scottish Rugby will review all entries and may contact a school to
discuss the level entered, if felt appropriate.
Entry Level 1 – Brewin Dolphin Cup
The under-18 and under-16 Cup competition consists of the top 8 school teams from this
academic year (those eight teams that reached the quarter-finals in season 2013/14) together
with any other schools that choose to enter the Brewin Dolphin Cup competition. A Shield
competition will be contested by schools that lose in either the preliminary or first rounds of the
Cup.
The under-18 Cup semi-finals will be played on Saturday 8 November on the back pitches at BT
Murrayfield Stadium prior to Scotland v Argentina. All teams will be incorporated into the
international match.
Brewin Dolphin Shield
The Brewin Dolphin Shield cannot be entered directly. Any schools that enter the Cup competition
and lose in either the preliminary or first rounds will automatically enter the Shield, which will
then continue in a knock-out format.
Entry Level 2 – Brewin Dolphin Plate
Open to all school teams. Matches will initially be played on a regional basis to determine eight
regional winners. Any school teams that lose in the first round of their regional competition will
proceed to the Brewin Dolphin Bowl competition. The eight regional winning teams will progress
to national quarter-finals of the Brewin Dolphin Plate.
Entry Level 3 – Brewin Dolphin Bowl
Teams may enter the Brewin Dolphin Bowl directly at the discretion of their Regional
Development Manager. They will also be joined by teams that are knocked out in the first round
of the Brewin Dolphin Plate (see above). The Bowl competition is played on a regional basis only,
to determine eight individual regional winners of each age group.
Player Eligibility Date – 1 September
The Brewin Dolphin Under-18 competitions will be open to players who are born on or after 1
September 1996.
Under-16 competitions will be open to players who are born on or after 1 September 1998.
Composite Teams
Entries will be accepted from schools which have combined their players to form a composite XVs
in cases where the schools involved can demonstrate that they meet the following criteria:
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The composite team has been created solely for participation purposes and not to gain a
competitive advantage.
The schools can demonstrate the need for a composite team based on the number of
players available to each school at that age group.
Composite teams must clearly indicate on the entry form that they are entering as a
composite team.
Composite teams can only enter the Brewin Dolphin Plate or Bowl Competitions.
Player Registration
Teams entering any level of the Brewin Dolphin competitions must have all their players registered
with Scottish Rugby on the Players Registration System prior to taking part in the competition.
Finals Dates
The Brewin Dolphin Cup finals are currently scheduled to take place on the evening of Wednesday
26 November at BT Murrayfield Stadium, international pitch. The Shield and Plate finals will be
scheduled for a date, to be confirmed, in February 2015.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Regards,
Hamish
Hamish Munro | Competitions Department Administrator | Scottish Rugby | BT Murrayfield
Stadium | Edinburgh | EH12 5PJ
Tel: 0131 346 5000 | DL: 0131 346 5182 | Fax: 0131 346 5001 | hamish.munro@sru.org.uk |
www.scottishrugby.org