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The Owers Trophy Sunday, 15th September 2019 St. Paul’s School, Barnes Ben Hale and Alex Smith report: The ‘Old Boys and Girls’ Tournament proved, as ever, to include a fantastic range of players from a number of current schoolboys – and girls – playing alongside and against alumni from many generations. Last year just 4 […]

Dave Hebden writes … When people ask me about how the rankings are calculated, they normally soon regret having asked the question. The system has evolved over the years and does contain some complexity, but I think overall the end result does seem to reflect pretty well a player’s success in tournaments. Anomalies will always […]

The Owers Trophy Sunday September 15th 2019 St. Paul’s School, Barnes The Owers Trophy returns under new management this year – and at an earlier-than-usual date – but after the great success of the three-person format that has been used over the last few years, organisers Alex Smith and Ben Hale are continuing with that […]

LONDON OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Whitgift School, Croydon, London, 28/29th September 2019 Entries are now being accepted for the London Open Championships, which are again being organised by Will Ellison — back after a year’s break. The event will take place at Whitgift School in South London, using the new Wiseman ball and following the regular format: singles […]

The South East Open Championships Christ’s Hospital, Horsham Saturday/Sunday, 17-18 August 2019 Organiser Ed Hatton reports: A record entry of 21 for Singles and 16 for Doubles turned out for the 2019 South East Open — or they would have done if not for a high-ranking player’s unfortunate car breakdown. Still, 20 was a good […]

The Rugby Fives Association is pleased to reproduce below a report from The Stamford Magazine on the introduction of Fives by Alex Smith at the Stamford Schools, more than a century since it was last played.

Roberts Ride 18000 — 10th August 2019 Rob has now completed 17,500 of the 18,000 miles required for cycling round the world, raising money for his 2 charities. He is now in Toronto, Canada, at the end of the American leg of his journey having cycled Route 66 from Los Angeles to Chicago and then […]

Rugby Fives Association, 29th July 2019 The fourth set of End-of-Season Women’s Rankings, compiled by Chris Burrows, show significant gains made principally by younger players whose performances at the recent National Schoolgirls’ Championships have elevated them, in the case of champion doubles pairing Lena Barton and Kirsten Bell from Marlborough College, into the top 20.  Two […]

South East Open Championships Christ’s Hospital School, Horsham, 17/18th August Organiser Ed Hatton is accepting entries for the South East Open Championships. Now in their sixth year, the events will be held at Christ’s Hospital School over the weekend of August 17/18th. It’s always an exciting event, with the possibility of some shock results, especially […]

South West Open Championships Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon, 6/7th July 2019 Organiser Wayne Enstone writes: This year’s Championship began with the very unfortunate and understandable withdrawal of Will Ellison, whose wife Nicky, had an accident the day of the draw, we all wish her a speedy recovery. Will was the defending Singles and Doubles winner and […]