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The latest rankings for Singles and Doubles, compiled by Dave Hebden after the West of England Open Championships, show a significant change at the top of the Singles rankings: with his victory at that tournament Will Ellison has overtaken Dan Tristao and now heads both the Singles and the Doubles rankings. Dan Grant has also […]

WEST OF ENGLAND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Clifton College, Bristol, 25/26th October 2014 On a long and gruelling weekend 18 players contested the West of England Singles and 17 pairs the Doubles at Clifton College. The weather was kind, the courts were clear and traffic conditions on the relevant motorways relatively benign. The early rounds of the Singles […]

The inaugural Lady’s Cup Cambridge, October 18th 2014 Ten pairs contested the inaugural Lady’s Cup, played on the courts at ‘New Portugal Place’, i.e. the Sports Centre at Cambridge University. There were four ladies who had never played before, and one player of each sex who had set foot on court just the once, a few […]

YORKSHIRE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Giggleswick, October 11/12th STOP PRESS Hamish Buchanan and Will Ellison retained their doubles title in a repeat of last year’s final, resisting a comeback from Dan Tristao and Gareth Price at the end of the third game, winning 16-14 15-16 15-13 in an epic. Dan Tristao won the singles, reversing a 15-9 […]

WEST OF ENGLAND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Clifton College, Bristol, 25/26th October 2014 Simon Werkshagen is now accepting entries for the West of England Open Championships. However, rather than producing an entry form for players to download and send in, he has followed Tom Maconie’s example and set up a dedicated website, where players can enter the […]

BUSF Championships Sherborne School, 21st/23rd November The organisers are now accepting entries for the British Universities & Student Fives (BUSF) Championships, which will be held at Sherborne School from November 21st to 23rd. As previously announced, these will be the first student championships for some time to be held without the support of BUCS, but […]

6th October 2014 Dan Tristao and Will Ellison confirmed their positions at the top of the game in the latest rankings, prepared for the RFA by Dave Hebden. Dan remained at the top of the singles rankings, while Will kept his top spot in the doubles rankings. These rankings take into account results at the […]

Entries are invited for the first Lady’s (Doubles) Cup, to be held on the new Cambridge University courts on Saturday October 18th. Each pair should contain at least one school girl or recent leaver or one female beginner. The partner may be of any standard and either sex. If you do not have a partner […]

OWERS TROPHY St Paul’s School, Barnes, September 27th The Old Paulines reconfirmed their position as the top club in Rugby Fives, successfully defending the Owers Trophy in emphatic fashion. Sadly, some last-minute withdrawals meant that just four teams contested the event – the Paulines, the Old Eastbournians, the Old Wykehamists and the Alleyn Old Boys […]