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30th January 2023 Comment off

A double for Lewis Keates at the National U25s

Oundle School Saturday/Sunday, 28-29 January 2023 STOP PRESS  Derby Moor Club’s Lewis Keates won the Singles at the National U25 Championships, beating Cameron Low from the West of England Club in the final. Lewis then went on to win the Doubles title with clubmate Bally Singh, this time against Cameron and his partner Archie McCreath. […]
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23rd January 2023 Comment off

Results from the Ladies’ National Championships

The Y Club, Manchester Saturday/Sunday, 21-22 January 2023 STOP PRESS Louise Mathias won her fourth consecutive Singles title and, with Shinan Zhang, their fourth consecutive Doubles title at this year’s Ladies’ National Championships at the Y Club in Manchester. For the first time Camille Beattie, the National U18 and U23 champion, reached the final to […]
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16th January 2023 Comment off

New Year Women’s Rankings are published

The Rugby Fives Association 15th January 2023 The RFA is delighted to publish the latest Women’s Rankings by courtesy of Chris Burrows. They have been updated with results from the Durham Ladies Championships in October and the National Ladies U23 Championships in December. 59 players are ranked in Singles and 63 in Doubles. There has […]
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11th January 2023 Comment off

Clean sweep for Winchester at the West of England Schools Championships

Sherborne School, Dorset Saturday/Sunday, 6-7 January 2023 Organiser Ian Jackson reports: 64 players from 9 schools attended these championships and enjoyed much good Fives over the weekend.  We are very grateful to Sherborne School for hosting the event, especially as a member of Sherborne staff now needs to be at the courts for the whole time.  […]
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5th January 2023 Comment off

News of Fives from our friends in the Basque Country

1st Azkarate Memorial Tournament San Ignacio Sports Centre, Bilbao, Spain 4th December 2022 Egoitz Campo reports: This Rugby Fives tournament, held on the squash court of the San Ignacio Sports Centre, was to honour the memory of Hilario Azkarate (1935 -2012), a Basque handball (Pelota Vasca) player of the 1960s, the first winner of 6 individual […]
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12th December 2022 Comment off

The RFA President’s Cup as special as ever

Marlborough College Sunday, 11th December 2022 Organiser Hamish Buchanan reports an excellent and record-breaking President’s Cup, held once more on the courts of Marlborough College. The entry comprised the youngest 32 players of the last 30+ years, so almost certainly ever. It was the youngest final ever, with an average age of around 20. All […]
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5th December 2022 Comment off

A 7th National Singles title for Dan Tristao

Oundle School Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 December 2022 STOP PRESS  No three-gamers until the final, but two upsets of the seeding in the round of 16, with Dan Grant beating 8th seed Sam Russell and Ben Kirwan defeating 6th seed Ollie Arnold. The four top seeds then duly reached the semi-finals where number 1 seed Ed Kay  […]
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5th December 2022 Comment off

Simon Beattie wins the 5th Challenger at Oundle School

Oundle School Sunday, 4th December 2022  Bob Dolby reports: 12 players contested the Challenger at Oundle School, forming four groups of 3 from which eight players emerged to contest the title, while the remaining four played for the Plate along with quarter-final losers. There were six players from Stamford School, whose most experienced player, Chase […]
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21st November 2022 Comment off

New Champions at the British Universities Championships 2022

Marlborough College, Wiltshire Saturday/Sunday 19-20 November 2022   Bob Dolby reports: With Andrew Boyd unable to defend his Singles title and Theo Parker no longer eligible we expected new champions to emerge from this year’s British Universities Championships. Injury prevented organiser Ben Jourdan (Edinburgh University) from competing in the Singles and illness robbed us of […]
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