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News  University

The Varsity Match 2024

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday, 17th February 2024 Oxford Men’s captain, Vivek Thakrar, was able to introduce two schools champions, Shiloh Wu and Genesis Nsenga, plus an accomplished Basque pelota player, Ander Iraizoz, as his top three Singles players, with last year’s captain, Teddy Monro-Davies, at number 4. This made for very close games in […]

News  Tournaments

Intense competition at a small North West Open

Manchester Y Club Saturday/Sunday, 17-18 February 2024 STOP PRESS In a relatively small entry for the Singles competition National Singles champion Ben Beltrami emerged triumphant, winning his first regional Singles title at the expense of Julian Aquilina in a well contested final. City of Durham’s Oscar McIntyre, who is playing his Fives in term time […]

News  Tournaments

New Singles and Doubles champions at the National U25s

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 February 2024 STOP PRESS  A small but very high quality entry for the Singles, including the defending champion Lewis Keates, the Universities champion Marcus Cloke Browne and the Schools champion Shiloh Wu found more than their match in former Universities champion Isaac Weaver from Durham University, who won the […]

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Updated Open Rankings published — changes at the top

The Rugby Fives Association 31st January 2024 The RFA is delighted to publish updated National Open Rankings, with 252 players ranked for Singles and 238 for Doubles. In the Singles Top 20 there is upward movement following the British Universities Singles Championship for Marcus Cloke Browne and Isaac Weaver and, following the National Singles, for […]

News  Schools  Tournaments

St Paul’s and Winchester dominate the West of England Schools Championships

Sherborne School Saturday/Sunday, 6-7 January 2024 STOP PRESS Players from St Paul’s and Winchester dominated the event, taking all four titles between them and featuring almost exclusively in the finals. The two players from St Paul’s who won the U18 Singles and Doubles are in fact U16s, which may be a first, while Winchester’s successful […]

News  Womens

Updated Women’s Rankings after the Durham Ladies

The Rugby Fives Association 28th December 2023 With just the one Women’s tournament since the end-of-season Rankings were published in July, those who entered  the Durham Ladies Championship in November have benefited substantially. Runner-up Rosa O. from the Edinburgh Academy rises to number 3 in the Singles rankings, while Durham players past and present Kirsten Bell […]