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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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12th February 2019 Comment off

Entries open for Ladies Winchester Fives Championships

Ladies Winchester Fives Championships Winchester College, March 3rd 2019 Entries are now open for the Ladies Winchester Fives Championships. Following on from the hugely successful Rugby Fives National Championships in January, these tournaments for the buttress game will be organised by Maddy Raynor and held at the game’s spiritual home, Winchester College, in March. Both […]
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10th February 2019 Comment off

First time winners in the North of England Open

Durham University Courts Saturday/Sunday, 9-10 February 2019 STOP PRESS  It’s first time winners in both Singles and Doubles: Ed Kay defeated 5-time champion Dan Tristao to take his first Ferens Trophy for Singles, and then on Sunday Ollie Arnold & Ben Beltrami won the Fuller Cup for Doubles for the first time, backing up their […]
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7th February 2019 Comment off

Alan Maltby 1942-2019

The Rugby Fives Association The RFA is sorry to hear of the death of Alan Maltby, at the age of 76. Alan served as Honorary Secretary of the RFA from 1968 to 1973, attending over 40 meetings during his time on the Committee. He was also a member of the RFA Club Committee from 1971 to […]
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