Year: 2017

Charles’ Walk The entire coastline of Britain, January 2nd-November 30th (est.) People talk about new resolutions and new plans to usher in a new year, but very few will be following in the footsteps of former Cambridge Rugby Fives captain Charles Compton in 2018. On January 2nd, he will start a walk at London’s Tower […]

North West Open Championships Y Club, Manchester, January 13/14th 2018 Organiser John Beswick is now accepting entries for January’s North West Open Championships. These will include both Singles and Doubles Tournaments, which are to be held over the weekend of 13/14th January 2018 at the Manchester YMCA, using the G6 ball. A Plate Competition will […]

St. Paul’s School, Sunday 10th December 2017 This was an extraordinary day of Firsts and Seconds, of Youngests and Oldests; of all manner of NUMBERS from 0 to 25 and beyond. It was the FIRST President’s Cup since the death of Denise Hall-Wilton, whose absence was keenly felt by many participating. In her memory David Barnes mounted a […]

Ladies’ National Championships St, Paul’s School, Barnes, Sunday January 14th 2018 Organiser Alex Steel is now accepting entries for the Ladies National Championships, which will welcome players of all codes. As in 2017, following a successful move from their traditional place in the calendar, they will be played in January. However, the venue and format […]

Manchester, Saturday/Sunday 2-3 December 2017 STOP PRESS:  Dan Tristao won the 2017 National Singles title in Manchester this weekend, beating long-time rival Will Ellison in yet another tight final. Dan came through in two games, 15-11, 15-11, to win the Jesters Club Cup for the third time. Organiser Charlie Brooks reports:  Dan Tristao won the […]

RFA CLUB PRESIDENT’S CUP St Paul’s School, Barnes, 10th December 2017 Following the success of the email-based entry system which has been used over the last few years, organiser Gareth Price will be continuing with it for this year’s RFA Club President’s Cup. However, before we go any further, we should draw players’ attention to […]

National Singles Championship Finals: Manchester Y Club, December 2/3rd Organiser Charlie Brooks has today published the draw for the final rounds of this year’s National Singles Championship; and, as ever, it looks set to be an enthralling tournament. Top seed – and defending champion – is Dan Tristao, but he certainly won’t have an easy […]

Colquhoun Trophy (South West Schools Regional Tournament) Sherborne School, Dorset, November 26th For the second year running, history was made in the Colquhoun Trophy: a year after we saw the first player follow a Colts title with the Senior title, and the first boy from Sherborne win a title, in 2017’s event, for the first […]

St. Paul’s School, Barnes Sunday, 19th November 2017 Bob Dolby reports:  This was just the second running of this championship, which this year attracted 17 contestants. Sadly, both last year’s Singles finalists, champion Tessa Mills and runner-up Shinan Zhang, were unable to play. We missed the quality they would have brought to the event but their absence gave others […]

Marlborough College, Wiltshire Friday-Sunday, 17-19 November 2017 As largely expected Ed Kay and Matt Shaw contrived a clean sweep of Singles and Doubles titles at this year’s British Universities Rugby Fives Championships. In the Singles final Ed Kay beat last year’s Cambridge captain Ben Beltrami, now at London City Law School, as he had done […]