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10th March 2019 Comment off

Mixed Rugby Fives event to be played alongside National Doubles

Rugby Fives Mixed Doubles tournament Alleyn’s School, Dulwich, Sunday April 14th For the first time, there’s going to be a Mixed Doubles Rugby Fives tournament – and entries are now being accepted. It’s organised by Ladies National Champion Louise Mathias (pictured above, when winning the Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles title last year) and will take […]
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8th March 2019 Comment off

Status Quo at the Ladies’ Winchester Fives Championships

Winchester College Sunday, 3rd March 2019 STOP PRESS Organiser and defending Singles champion Maddy Raynor retained her title, beating Alleyn’s player Marth Nugent in the final. Maddy and her partner Alexandra Steel went on to successfully defend their Doubles title against Martha and her partner Dominique Redmond. Players: Maddy Raynor; Alexandra Steel; Martha Nugent; Dominique […]
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7th March 2019 Comment off

News of the Scottish Schools Girls’ Doubles championship

Scottish Schools Girls’ Doubles Championship Fettes College, March 2019   Richie Murby reports: This year, as with last year’s inaugural Scottish Schools Girls’ Championships, 4 institutions were represented by a total of 8 pairs, from Fettes, Edinburgh Academy, Loretto and the Caledonian Club. The galleries were very busy for this event, and no one was […]
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5th March 2019 Comment off

Representative Match: RFA v. BUSF — just one point in it!

Representative Match: British Students (BUSF) VI versus RFA VI Alleyn’s School, Dulwich  and St. Paul’s School, Barnes Sunday, 3rd March 2019 Club Manager Hamish Buchanan reports: After a stuttering start, with last minute RFA team changes and sweating Alleyn’s courts, this year’s match between the best of the students against an experienced RFA team finally hit […]
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4th March 2019 Comment off

News from the Midlands Schools Regional Championships

Bedford School and Bedford Modern School Sunday, 3rd March 2019  Bob Dolby reports: In damp weather the organisers made some minor modifications to the schedule so as to complete a full programme of Singles and Doubles across three events: the traditional U18s and U15s, plus a new category — the U13s. The U18s featured players […]
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1st March 2019 Comment off

Big changes in the latest Ladies Rankings

Rugby Fives Association, 28th February 2019 There are some big changes in the Women’s National Rankings, prepared by Chris Burrows after the recent Ladies’ National Championships at the Manchester Y Club. First, we have a new Number 1: Louise Mathias. Louise currently holds 5 National titles in Rugby and Winchester Fives at open and U23 […]
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28th February 2019 Comment off

News of the Scottish Schools U18 Singles championship

Fettes College, Edinburgh 24th February 2019 Richie Murby reports: 13 players from four schools entered the draw for the Boyd Trophy competition — an expansion from previous years made possible by the switch of timing from a weekday to a weekend, and by the decent number of players involved in playing Fives at the Edinburgh schools. […]
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25th February 2019 Comment off

2-1 to Oxford in the Varsity Match

St. Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday, 23rd February 2019 STOP PRESS: Oxford had the better of the day this year: they won the Men’s Match by 327 to 229 and the Beavers/Sparrows Match by 166-48, thereby winning the Jock Burnet Trophy for the second year in a row and the Fist of Iron for the third […]
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20th February 2019 Comment off

The Buchananeers Tour to Scotland

RFA Tour to Scottish Schools Edinburgh, 1-3 February 2019 Following on from the successful RFA tour to Scotland in 2017 Hamish Buchanan organised a similar, but larger, tour earlier this month. In all eight Buchananeers made their expectant way to Edinburgh on Friday afternoon by rail, plane and car via pick-up points in the Midlands […]
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18th February 2019 Comment off

Contrasting fortunes ahead of the Varsity Match

St. Paul’s School, Barnes; University Sports Centre, Cambridge Saturday, 16th February 2019 On the Saturday before the 2019 Varsity Match the annual Past versus Present match was played for Oxford at St. Paul’s School and for Cambridge at the University Sports Centre. In the latter case it was the 70th anniversary of the founding of […]
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