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News Schools Tournaments

14th March 2023 Comment off

Midlands Schools Championships

Bedford School Sunday, 26th February 2023 STOP PRESS In all 39 boys and girls from 6 schools were involved in this year’s championships. Rugby won the U18 Singles and Doubles, while Stamford did the double in the U15 category. Organiser Alex Smith ran further competitions at Under 14 level. Results U18 Singles 19 players entered: […]

News Schools Tournaments

13th March 2023 Comment off

Success for Berkhamsted at the National U13 Championships

St Paul’s School Sunday, 12th March 2023 STOP PRESS Berkhamsted’s players once again took both the Singles and the Doubles titles in a tournament featuring 54 players from 9 Schools. In a long day it was possible to run a Plate competition in both categories, so that medals were eventually shared out between Alleyn’s, Berkhamsted, […]

News Womens

7th March 2023 Comment off

Latest Women’s Rankings published

Rugby Fives Association 6th March 2023 The RFA is delighted to publish the latest Women’s Rankings in Singles and Doubles as compiled by Chris Burrows. They reflect performances in the recent Ladies’ National Championships held on the courts of the Manchester Y Club in late January. Below we reproduce the top 20 rankings, which show […]

News Schools Tournaments

6th March 2023 Comment off

Full report on the Scottish Schools Championships

Fettes College, Edinburgh February-March 2023 The Scottish Schools tournament season opened with the Scottish Schools U18 Singles Championship, in which Sam P from Merchiston Castle beat Toby C of Fettes College in the final to win the Boyd Cup. Lucas F (Merchiston) beat Jack H (Fettes) to win the McKeown Plate. Richie Murby reports: Although […]

News Tournaments

27th February 2023 Comment off

Close contests at the North of England Open

Durham Racecourse Saturday/Sunday, 25-26 February 2023 STOP PRESS In a strong field Ed Kay was successful in retaining his Singles title, winning it in the expected final against Dan Tristao for a third consecutive time. Dan got his reward in the Doubles, which he won for a fourth time, with his third partner, Dan Grant, […]

Mens News University Womens

22nd February 2023 Comment off

Successes shared in the Oxford and Cambridge Varsity Match

The 93rd Varsity Match St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday, 18th February 2023 After several seasons of comfortable victories for the Oxford Men and the Cambridge Women respectively this year’s contests produced much closer results. In the Men’s Match Oxford posted a lead of just 19 points after the eight Singles matches, then went on to […]

News University

13th February 2023 Comment off

News of the Cambridge and Oxford Past versus Present

London and Cambridge Saturday, 11th February 2023 Nick Whitney reports for Oxford University: The 37th Oxford Past v. Present match took place at St Paul’s School on Saturday with fixtures for the Men’s VIII, Beavers IV, and a Women’s VI. Proceedings started with Singles for the Men’s VIII. All 8 games were closely contested — […]

News Tournaments

13th February 2023 Comment off

Double for Will Ellison at the North West Open

Manchester Y Club Saturday/Sunday, 11-12 February 2023 STOP PRESS It was a double once again for Will Ellison, who beat Ben Beltrami in the Singles and paired up with Theo Parker to win the Doubles against Ben and his partner Ollie Arnold. The Plates went to Ben Kirwan for Singles and to organiser Dave Fox […]

News Schools Tournaments

7th February 2023 Comment off

Results from the South East Schools

Tonbridge School Saturday, 4th February 2023 Tonbridge hosted Eastbourne, Christ’s Hospital and St. Olave’s for the 11th South East Regionals. All those schools look forward to welcoming Whitgift and St. Dunstan’s back in the next couple of years. The slightly smaller numbers did not detract from the quality of the play, and it was good […]

News Schools Tournaments

5th February 2023 Comment off

Results from the Northern Schools Regionals

Durham University Courts, The Racecourse Saturday, 4th February 2023 Organiser Julie McIntyre reports: Entrants from Sedbergh School, Manchester Y Club and the City of Durham Fives Club took part in the RFA Northern Schools’ tournament this year. Durham provided two female entrants, continuing the trend of mixed games which has been a feature of RFA […]