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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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23rd April 2019 Comment off

Entries open for 2019 Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles tournament

NATIONAL WINCHESTER FIVES MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Bradfield College, Sunday May 12th Organiser Alex Steel is now accepting entries for the National Winchester Fives Doubles Championship, a title which is currently held by Louise Mathias and Ollie Arnold (pictured above, flanking Bradfield’s Fives Master, Jeremy Ball). In recent years, this has become one of the most […]
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16th April 2019 Comment off

Results from the inaugural Rugby Fives Mixed Doubles Championship

National Rugby Fives Mixed Doubles Championship Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Sunday, 14th April 2019 STOP PRESS Eight pairs contested the inaugural Rugby Fives Mixed Doubles championship at Alleyn’s School. The event was won by Helena Tunks, who learned her Fives at Cambridge University, partnered by Douglas Law of the Durham University Fives Club; in the final […]
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