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9th April 2018 Comment off

Beal & Hamilton are the Masters!

Marlborough College, Wiltshire Saturday, 7th April 2018 The President reports:  The courts at Marlborough were eerily quiet as ten members of the RFA Gerontocracy met to defy the accepted norms of geriatric sport by putting their minds and bodies on the line for the Masters’ Tournament (over 65s). The Organiser, David Bawtree, deftly took control […]
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7th April 2018 Comment off

Results from the National Schools Championships

St. Paul’s School, 3-6 April 2018 The organiser, Peter King, reports: The eccentricities of dates (Easter and school terms/holidays) seem to have affected the size (but not the quality) of this year’s entry, and just 100 competitors from 14 schools in all were included in the draws. There was, however, a very high standard of […]
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6th April 2018 Comment off

John Pretlove 1932-2018

The RFA is sad to report the death on Easter Sunday of John Pretlove, Alleyn Old Boy and multiple National Rugby Fives Champion. While at Alleyn’s John Pretlove won the Public Schools Singles, as it was then known, in 1950 and 1951, and the Doubles in 1951 with JST Fletcher. He represented Cambridge University in […]
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30th March 2018 Comment off

Entries open for National School Girls’ Tournament

National School Girls’ Fives Tournament Marlborough College, Wiltshire, Sunday 22nd April Organiser Alex Smith is now accepting entries for the 2018 National School Girls’ Tournament, which will be held at Marlborough College on Sunday 22nd April. The championships will include four age groups: Seniors (age 17 or younger), U16 (15 or younger), U14 (13 or […]
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28th March 2018 Comment off

RFA recruiting Rugby Fives Development Officer

RFA Development Officer Interviews in London, 25/26th April The RFA is looking to employ a Development Officer who can help to promote the game all over the country. The primary aims of the role – which is being advertised here and on LinkedIn – are to get more people playing Rugby Fives and to get […]
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24th March 2018 Comment off

Revised date for Ladies’ Winchester Fives Championships

Ladies’ Winchester Fives Championships Bradfield College, Berkshire; Sunday April 15th 2018 After an unfortunate postponement caused by the Beast from the East, the 2018 Ladies Winchester Fives Championships will now be hold on Sunday April 15th. However, that’s the only significant detail about the event that does change, so organiser Maddy Raynor is continuing to […]
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20th March 2018 Comment off

Neil Roberts wins his first Vintage Singles title

Cambridge, Sunday 11th March 2018 Organiser Brian Kirk reports —  Singles: From the two pools Stuart Kirby and Neil Roberts eventually emerged to contest the final. Defending champion Stuart found Neil’s service difficult to cope with and was forced into more errors this year. Neil also appeared to have greater mobility than last year when Stuart enjoyed […]
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19th March 2018 Comment off

Success for St. Olave’s, Alleyn’s and Pilgrims’ at the U13s

St. Paul’s School, Barnes Sunday, 18th March 2018 STOP PRESS: There were 37 representatives, boys and girls, from Alleyn’s Junior and Alleyn’s Senior School, Bedford Modern, Blundell’s, Pilgrims’ and St. Olave’s at this National Championship. In the Singles 16 players emerged from 6 pools to contest the main knock-out. Eventually there was one all-Alleyn’s semi-final […]
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