Blog – Page 16

7th October 2023 Comment off

Latest RFA rankings published

Rugby Fives Association, 7th October 2023 The RFA today published its latest rankings, which take into account events up to last month’s Yorkshire Open Championship and will be used to set the seedings for this weekend’s London Open. However, with relatively few of the highest-ranked players making the trip to Derby Moor, there’s little movement […]

News Tournaments

25th September 2023 Comment off

Third successive Owers Trophy triumph for Derby Moor

Owers Trophy Stoke Newington School, London, 24th September 2023 STOP PRESS Derby Moor continued their recent domination of the Owers Trophy yesterday, scoring their third win on the trot in the tournament for former pupils. Seven teams took to the courts at Stoke Newington, with two teams from Derby Moor joined by squads from Eastbourne, […]

Mens News Tournaments Womens

21st September 2023 Comment off

New London League kicks off with win for Executioners

Rugby Fives Association, 21st September 2023 The new (well, technically revived) London League started last night at St Paul’s School, with a match between the Executioners and the UCS Old Boys clubs, which was won by the home club. Inspired – and organised – by Shinan Zhang, the league also includes the Stoke Newington Swifts […]

News Tournaments

11th September 2023 Comment off

Tom Watkinson scores a first-time double at the Yorkshire Open

Derby Moor Academy, Littleover Saturday/Sunday, 9-10 September 2023 STOP PRESS The tournament was conducted under conditions of extreme on-court heat and humidity, which inevitably affected the quality of play that competitors were able to produce. Nevertheless the event was completed as scheduled and our thanks go to all competitors, supporters and to organiser John Hawke. […]

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27th August 2023 Comment off

Multiple winners at a busy South East Open and Challenger

Christ’s Hospital, Horsham Saturday, 26th August 2023 Ed Kay won his third South East Open Singles title, beating Ben Beltrami in the final. Bart Callaghan won the Plate final versus Vishal Singh. In the Doubles it was a new pairing, Bart Callaghan & Anthony Goodwin, who took the title, beating Lewis Keates & Charlie Lacewing. […]

International News

26th July 2023 Comment off

FIVES News from abroad — Spain and the United States

The Rugby Fives Association, July 2023 News from Bilbao, Spain The second Basque Championship Doubles competition was played on the squash court at the San Ignazio Sports Centre in Bilbao, involving three pairs in a round robin format. Games were played on the basis of the number of points won in a defined time, and […]

News Tournaments

4th July 2023 Comment off

A double for Ed Kay at the South West Open

Blundell’s School, Tiverton Saturday/Sunday, 1-2 July 2023 STOP PRESS 10 pairs entered the Doubles, from which Ed Kay & Ollie Arnold emerged victorious for the 2nd time, beating Charlie Brooks & Will Ellison in the final. Cameron Low & Tom Watkinson won the Doubles Plate, beating Anthony Goodwin & Bally Singh. In the Singles Ed […]

News Womens

3rd July 2023 Comment off

End-of-Season Women’s Rankings published

Rugby Fives Association 3rd July 2023 The Rugby Fives Association is delighted to publish end-of-season Rankings for Women. There are 69 names in the Singles Rankings and 65 in the Doubles — they can be viewed in full here. Below are listed the top 20 in each category. They show little change in the top […]

News Tournaments

26th June 2023 Comment off

Anthony and Karen win the Derby Moor Invitation Doubles

Derby Moor Fives Club, Littleover, Derby Sunday, 25th June 2023 Bob Dolby reports: With the 12 pairings concocted by Lewis Keates, matches became closer and closer as the day progressed until we eventually concluded proceedings towards 6.00pm with a three-gamer. What more could we want for the 19th running of this friendly tournament first played […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

22nd June 2023 Comment off

Official 2022/23 End-of-season Rankings published

Rugby Fives Association, 22nd June 2023 Dan Tristao finishes the 2022/3 season on top of the official RFA singles rankings, with Will Ellison leading the Doubles standings. Ed Kay, Will, Ben Beltrami and Julian Aquilina complete the top five spots in Singles, with Julian climbing from seventh last year. In the Doubles, Ben (up to […]