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10th December 2022 Comment off

Durham & Edinburgh girls win at Ladies U23 Championships

The National Ladies U23 Championships St Paul’s School; Saturday, 11th December 2022 STOP PRESS St Paul’s witnessed a superb Ladies U23 tournament this weekend, with players from all over the UK converging on London in possibly the strongest entry in this event’s short history. No less than 13 players took part in the Singles, and […]

Mens News Womens

9th December 2022 Comment off

Dan Tristao returns to top of singles rankings

Rugby Fives Association, 9th December 2022 Following his sixth consecutive National Singles title, Dan Tristao has returned to the top of the newly updated rankings, compiled by Will Ellison. Dan does just enough to overtake Ed Kay, who lost in the semi-finals at Oundle. There was some speculation about whether Ed’s conqueror, Ben Beltrami, could […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

14th November 2022 Comment off

Entries open for December Challenger tournament

Challenger Tournament Oundle School; Sunday, 4th December Entries are now open for this year’s Challenger Tournament — the fifth time we have run the event, with Anthony Goodwin (pictured above, right) taking the title last year. This tournament is different to other RFA ranking events, in that it is not open to those who qualified […]

Mens News Tournaments Womens

6th October 2022 Comment off

West of England championships entries open

West of England Championships Sherborne School, Dorset; October 22nd/23rd Organiser Ollie Arnold is now accepting entries for this year’s West of England Open Championships through a dedicated website. Here, as well as entering the championships, players will also be able to find out everything they need to know about the event and see the singles […]

International Mens News Tournaments Womens

18th August 2022 Comment off

Squash court Fives tournament held in Spain

I.Bizkaia Rugby Fives Challenge 2022, Bilbao, Spain 8 August 2022 On August 8th, the Basque Association of Beach Tennis and Minority Sports organised the I.Bizkaia Championship of Rugby Fives. Again, the event took place on the squash court of Sports Centre of San Ignacio (in Bilbao, Basque Country), and eight players participated: Unai, Raymond, Luis, […]

Mens News Tournaments Womens

30th July 2022 Comment off

Entries open for 2022 South East Open

South East Open Championships, Christ’s Hospital, Horsham 27/28 August 2022 Organiser Ed Hatton is now accepting entries for this year’s South East Open Championships, which will take place at Christ’s Hospital School over the final weekend of August. As usual, the event will include singles and doubles tournaments, with the doubles tournament following the format […]

News Schools Tournaments University Womens

30th June 2022 Comment off

Alleyn’s to host Festival of Fives in August

Festival of Fives, Alleyn’s School, Dulwich, London 20/21 August 2022 After the success of the Covid-delayed National Schools Championships last year, Charlie Brooks and Hamish Buchanan are organising a Festival of Fives at Alleyn’s School in Dulwich, London, over the weekend of August 20th/21st. The organisers will be helped by representatives from the Schools and […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

22nd May 2022 Comment off

RFA end-of-season rankings published

RFA Rankings 22 May 2022 Rankings Czar Dave Hebden writes: At last we have a full season of fives to report on, the last being the 2018-19 season. There is plenty of interest to discuss in the Singles and Doubles lists (which you can see by clicking on this link), but let me lead with […]

News Schools Tournaments University Womens

3rd May 2022 Comment off

Entries open for 2022 Ladies’ Winchester Fives Championships

Ladies’ Winchester Fives Championships, Malvern College, Worcs. 22 May 2022 Organiser Maddy Raynor writes: Ladies, it’s that time of year again; the Ladies’ Winchester Fives Championships. This year it is being held in the glorious surroundings of Malvern College on Sunday 22nd May 2022. This event is great fun and is suitable for all levels. […]

Mens News Tournaments University

15th March 2022 Comment off

The RFA publishes its latest official rankings

RFA Rankings 15 March 2022 With the new year having brought a welcome run of RFA events – including the Under 25, North West, and North of England Championships – we are delighted to bring you the new official RFA Open Singles and Doubles Rankings (which you can see on the Rankings page on this website), […]