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News Tournaments

5th October 2026 Comment off

Titles successfully defended in the London Open 2026

Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 October 2026 STOP PRESS Ed Kay successfully defended his Singles title, three in a row and his 5th time of winning. His opponent in the final this year was Ben Beltrami. Giles Munn won his second Singles Plate of the season, beating Stuart Scott in their final. In the Doubles […]

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29th September 2026 Comment off

Updated National Rankings September 2026

The Rugby Fives Association September 2026 National Rankings: First update of the Season We’re already three Open tournaments into the new season and the RFA is delighted to publish the first rankings for 2026-27, kindly compiled by Will Ellison. Changes are, as ever, precipitated not only by success in these tournaments, but also whether players […]

News Womens

28th September 2026 Comment off

Updated Women’s Rankings September 2026

The Rugby Fives Association September 2026 The RFA is delighted to announce the publication of new Women’s Rankings, compiled by Abbie Evans and updated since the Women’s Scottish Open Championships held recently in Edinburgh. 83 players are ranked in Singles and 76 in Doubles. There is just the one new name in the top 50 […]

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28th September 2026 Comment off

Report from the Rossall Fives Festival 2026

Rossall School, Fleetwood Saturday/Sunday, 26-27 September 2026 Organiser Howard Wiseman reports: The Rossall Fives Festival weekend was blessed with an impressive turnout, beautiful weather and eight wonderful Fives courts; it could not have been more fun! Three sports were “invented” back in Victorian times by this great British Public School: Rossall Hockey, Lawn Tennis, and […]

News Tournaments Womens

15th September 2026 Comment off

Report from the Women’s Scottish Open 2026

Fettes College, Edinburgh Saturday/Sunday, 12-13 September 2026 Stop Press This is the second staging of the first of 7 ranking tournaments for Women’s Fives. Camille Beattie underlined her status as National Singles champion by beating defending Scottish Champion Louise Mathias in a three-game Singles final. Helena Tunks won the Singles Plate, beating her doubles partner […]

News Tournaments

6th September 2026 Comment off

Kay and Beltrami triumphant in the Yorkshire Open 2026

Derby Moor Academy, Littleover Saturday, 5th September 2026 Bob Dolby reports: There was an element of the circus, in the best possible sense, about this season’s Yorkshire Open — with swings & roundabouts and acrobatics of the most entertaining sort. No clowns, but shades of Houdini and prodigious acts of prestidigitation in the rearmost depths […]

News Tournaments

16th August 2026 Comment off

Titles for Grant, Hebblethwaite and Munn at the SE Open 2026

Christ’s Hospital, Horsham Saturday, 15th August 2026 STOP PRESS A one-day event in which Singles and Doubles were played out on the 5 courts at Christ’s Hospital under the direction of Michael Lacewing. Dan Grant won his second successive regional Singles title, while Tim Hebblethwaite & Giles Munn took the Doubles cup. A good day […]

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10th August 2026 Comment off

Egoitz Campo retains his Basque singles title

Sixth Basque Rugby Fives Singles Championship 2026July 21 2026, Bilbao, Spain The Sixth Basque Singles Championship (2026) was played on 21st July on the squash court of the San Ignazio municipal sports center (Bilbao). There were six players and who played short matches of 10 minutes each, with the score at th end of the time […]

News Tournaments

14th July 2026 Comment off

New champions at the South West Open 2026

Blundell’s School, Tiverton Saturday/Sunday, 11-12 July 2026 STOP PRESS A second regional Singles title for Dan Grant, at Julian Aquilina’s expense. These two runners-up in the Doubles to Cameron Low & Theo Parker — their first title together and Cameron’s first open title. A double for Dwight Murdoc in the two Plates, partnering Maddy Raynor […]

International News

1st July 2026 Comment off

Exciting News from the USA

June/July 2026 Trevor Jones writes: Hello good folks at the RFA! I wanted to share some exciting news with you: 2026 marks the return of one of the original four sports at the Tennis and Racquet Club in Boston, MA: Rugby Fives! Excitingly, this makes us one of only two active clubs playing the […]