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12th February 2018 Comment off

Oxford and Cambridge warm up for the Varsity Match

Cambridge and Barnes Saturday, 10th February 2018 As is now traditional the two universities warmed up for this week’s Varsity Match with matches against sides consisting of former players. Both universities lost by small margins and gained valuable experience for a fixture which promises to feature several new players and some fresh pairings. The Cambridge […]
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9th February 2018 Comment off

Results from the South East Schools Regional Championships 2018

South East Schools Regional Fives Championships Whitgift School, Saturday 3rd February 2018 Christ’s Hospital, Eastbourne College, St. Dunstan’s College, Tonbridge School, Whitgift School contested this year’s Regional Championships for South East Schools at Whitgift. Cameron Low of Whitgift successfully defended his U18 Singles title. Whitgift dominated in the Doubles also. Likewise Tonbridge performed a clean […]
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8th February 2018 Comment off

Ladies Winchester Fives Championships – entries now open

Ladies’ Winchester Fives Championships Bradfield College, Berkshire; Sunday March 4th 2018 Organiser Maddy Raynor is now accepting entries for the 2018 Ladies Winchester Fives Championships, which will be held at Bradfield College on Sunday March 4th. Both singles and doubles titles will be contested on the same day, with players of all ages and abilities […]
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5th February 2018 Comment off

Clean sweep for Kay and Shaw at the National U25s

Oundle School, Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 February 2018 STOP PRESS: Organiser (for the last time) Ed Kay went out on a high by defending his Singles title once more against Ben Beltrami — that makes four in a row; and then Ed and Matt Shaw went on to win their fourth Doubles title in as many years, beating […]
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3rd February 2018 Comment off

Entries open for 2018 Winchester Fives Championship

Winchester Fives Championship Bradfield College, Sunday March 11th Organiser Harry Akerman has now published the entry form and details for the 2018 Winchester Fives Championship (current holders David Butler and Ben Beltrami, pictured above). The event – for the famous Barnes Bridge trophy – will take place at Bradfield College, near Reading, and Harry is […]
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1st February 2018 Comment off

Entry opens for 2018 North of England Open

North of England Championships Durham, Saturday/Sunday February 24/25th Organiser Julian Aquilina (pictured, above, flanked by last year’s doubles champions, Dan Grant and Will Ellison) is now accepting entries for the North of England championships. However, rather than publishing a physical entry form, which players need to complete and return, he is running everything online – […]
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27th January 2018 Comment off

Report from the Jesters Fives Tour to Scotland 2018

Edinburgh, 18-20 January 2018 The 28th Jesters Fives Tour to Edinburgh proved to be the biggest ever, with 38 players in total, including 8 undergraduates, 2 postgraduates and 2 ladies, themselves students. This year the tour was run by Ben Hale and Dave Butler, having taken over from Frank Akerman and his son Harry, who […]
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22nd January 2018 Comment off

Schools Champion Bob Dorey, O.B.E. (1939-2018)

The RFA is sad to report the death this month of Alleyn Old Boy fives player Bob Dorey. Bob (second from the left above) is shown in 1955 as one of the 1st IV at Alleyn’s School. In 1957 he won the Public Schools Singles at Whitgift School. A left-hander of notable elegance, Bob Dorey went […]
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21st January 2018 Comment off

Results from the Ladies’ National Rugby Fives Championships

LADIES’ NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS St. Paul’s School, Barnes, Sunday, 14th January 2018 STOP PRESS: A change of names on both trophies this year as Kathleen Briedenhann regained the Singles title she had previously won three times, while Alexandra Steel & Maddy Raynor finally secured the Doubles title in their 4th consecutive final. Organiser Alexandra Steel reports:  […]
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