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Cambridge University Sports Centre Sunday, 18th May 2025 A historic day for Andy Pringle and Morgan Spillane, who faced each other in the final of the Over 55s championship, with Andy there claiming his first Singles title. They then went on together to win their third successive Doubles title.  Andy did it the hard way, […]

Fettes College, Edinburgh Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 May 2025 Stop Press It was a weekend of firsts at the Scottish Open Championships. Dan Grant achieved a well-deserved and long-awaited first regional Singles title, beating Universities Singles champion Andrew Boyd in the final, and Penn Chai & Lewis Keates teamed up to win the Doubles title, against Andrew […]

St Paul’s School, Barnes and Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Saturday, 26th April 2025 Tom Maconie reports: The Old Paulines retained The Wood Cup after a long day of fives played across two venues in London: Alleyn’s and St Paul’s School. A variety of factors, a transatlantic flight and a sauna booking among them, meant that the games […]

Marlborough College, Dorset Saturday, 12th April 2025 STOP PRESS It was all change in the Masters (65+) and Grand Masters (75+) as we saw competitions without the late Tony Hamilton, his long-standing partner Spencer Beal and multiple title-holder Bernard Atkinson. This opened the door to Stuart Kirby & organiser Brian Kirk to win the Masters […]

Marlborough College, Dorset Saturday/Sunday, 12-13 April 2025 STOP PRESS  Tom Maconie did the double at this year’s Over 45 Championships, winning the Singles in a final against three-time champion John Minta on Saturday, then on Sunday the Doubles, with Tim Hebblethwaite, versus defending champions Andy Pringle & Morgan Spillane. Both Plates went to the Marlborough […]

Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Saturday/Sunday, 5-6 April 2025 STOP PRESS Defending champions Ed Kay and Dan Tristao made it three in a row and four times in total, beating fellow Old Paulines Ben Beltrami and Theo Parker in a repeat of the 2023 final, thus retaining the coveted Cyriax Cup. In their semi-final Ben and Theo […]