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29th July 2019 Comment off

End-of-Season Women’s Rankings for 2018-19 published

Rugby Fives Association, 29th July 2019 The fourth set of End-of-Season Women’s Rankings, compiled by Chris Burrows, show significant gains made principally by younger players whose performances at the recent National Schoolgirls’ Championships have elevated them, in the case of champion doubles pairing Lena Barton and Kirsten Bell from Marlborough College, into the top 20.  Two […]
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28th July 2019 Comment off

Entries open for 2019 South East Championships

South East Open Championships Christ’s Hospital School, Horsham, 17/18th August Organiser Ed Hatton is accepting entries for the South East Open Championships. Now in their sixth year, the events will be held at Christ’s Hospital School over the weekend of August 17/18th. It’s always an exciting event, with the possibility of some shock results, especially […]
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12th July 2019 Comment off

First South West championships for Kay and Arnold

South West Open Championships Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon, 6/7th July 2019 Organiser Wayne Enstone writes: This year’s Championship began with the very unfortunate and understandable withdrawal of Will Ellison, whose wife Nicky, had an accident the day of the draw, we all wish her a speedy recovery. Will was the defending Singles and Doubles winner and […]
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10th July 2019 Comment off

Dennis Silk 1931-2019

Dennis Silk 1931-2019 The RFA is sad to report the death in June of one of the great post-war players of Fives: Dennis Raoul Whitehall Silk, National Doubles Champion with his partner, the late John Pretlove, on four consecutive occasions from 1956 to 1959. Dennis and John, whose partnership and life-long friendship dated from their […]
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8th June 2019 Comment off

Danny McGregor 1935-2019

The RFA is sad to report the death in May of one of the great characters from the heyday of Manchester Fives.  Wayne Enstone writes: Danny McGregor was a great all-round sportsman and person. In his younger days his first love was soccer, playing for a number of semi-professional soccer clubs around the Greater Manchester area, […]
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30th May 2019 Comment off

Entries open for July’s South West Open

South West Open Championships Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon, July 6/7th Organiser Wayne Enstone is now accepting entries for the South West Open Championships. Held at Blundell’s School in Tiverton, Devon, the tournament has both singles and doubles tournaments started on the Saturday, with only the finals played on the Sunday morning. As usual, there will be […]
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13th May 2019 Comment off

Arnold & Mathias retain Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles title

WINCHESTER FIVES MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Bradfield College, Berkshire, May 12th As the dust settled on the end of a record-breaking Premiership football season, so Bradfield College witnessed a Mixed Doubles tournament that was packed with every bit as much drama and tension. The Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles tournament has grown in stature in recent years, […]
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12th May 2019 Comment off

Butler triumphs in big entry for the Scottish Open

Loretto School, Musselburgh Saturday/Sunday, 4-5th May 2019 18 players contested the Singles at Musselburgh this year and another 6 joined the fray on Sunday for the Doubles. In the lamented absence of Neil Roberts, the Doubles were run by Richie Murby in the style of the President’s Cup. In Saturday’s Singles it was good to […]
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