[1] Held around the start of every April, the tournament is part of the Kings of the Sevens competition.

[4] The winner of the Gala Sevens receives the Border Memorial Football Trophy.

The Fiji national rugby sevens team won the event in 1991.

They beat the Canada national rugby sevens team in the final.

Of the English sides so far invited, only Tynedale, Blackheath, Loughborough Colleges, Orrell and Richmond have won the Memorial Football Trophy.