Bournemouth Sevens Festival crowned huge success
June 18, 2010 by admin
Filed under Local News
Following the third installment of the world-renowned sport and music extravaganza, the Bournemouth Sevens Festival announced record crowds of 20,000 people over the May Bank Holiday weekend.
Having grown significantly since the inaugural event in 2008, the festival now hosts the largest rugby and netball festival in the world with 156 rugby sevens teams and 96 netball teams competing on the sunny south coast.
Live bands and DJs entertained the crowds all weekend in the Kopparberg Campsite, Nintendo Festival Stage and Carling Beer Tent. Radio 1’s, DJ Spoony also made an appearance spinning party tunes in the exclusive VIP Arena.
Other entertainment included a stunt parachute display, video diary room, Pitchside Jacuzzi, party bus, fancy dress, big screen TV and Rock-e-oke.
A host of celebrities and sports stars including England rugby internationals Austin Healey, Ugo Monye, Dan Hipkiss and Olympic gold medalist Jason Gardiner all enjoyed the weekend’s festivities in the exclusive V.VIP celebrity lounge.
Ugo Monye commented, “Bournemouth Sevens is bigger than any IRB tournament, it’s the biggest sevens tournament in the world”.
Festival Director, Roger Woodall, commented, “This year’s festival is unrecognisable from the first year as there’s so much more going on over the weekend. Diamond Sports Events put on such an amazing festival and pay a lot of attention to detail so people leave with a great experience and bring more and more people every year.“
The annual festival is held over the last May Bank Holiday every year. For more information on the festival visit BournemouthSevens.com
