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11th January 2023 Comment off

Clean sweep for Winchester at the West of England Schools Championships

Sherborne School, Dorset Saturday/Sunday, 6-7 January 2023 Organiser Ian Jackson reports: 64 players from 9 schools attended these championships and enjoyed much good Fives over the weekend.  We are very grateful to Sherborne School for hosting the event, especially as a member of Sherborne staff now needs to be at the courts for the whole time.  […]

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5th January 2023 Comment off

News of Fives from our friends in the Basque Country

1st Azkarate Memorial Tournament San Ignacio Sports Centre, Bilbao, Spain 4th December 2022 Egoitz Campo reports: This Rugby Fives tournament, held on the squash court of the San Ignacio Sports Centre, was to honour the memory of Hilario Azkarate (1935 -2012), a Basque handball (Pelota Vasca) player of the 1960s, the first winner of 6 individual […]

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12th December 2022 Comment off

The RFA President’s Cup as special as ever

Marlborough College Sunday, 11th December 2022 Organiser Hamish Buchanan reports an excellent and record-breaking President’s Cup, held once more on the courts of Marlborough College. The entry comprised the youngest 32 players of the last 30+ years, so almost certainly ever. It was the youngest final ever, with an average age of around 20. All […]

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9th December 2022 Comment off

Dan Tristao returns to top of singles rankings

Rugby Fives Association, 9th December 2022 Following his sixth consecutive National Singles title, Dan Tristao has returned to the top of the newly updated rankings, compiled by Will Ellison. Dan does just enough to overtake Ed Kay, who lost in the semi-finals at Oundle. There was some speculation about whether Ed’s conqueror, Ben Beltrami, could […]

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5th December 2022 Comment off

A 7th National Singles title for Dan Tristao

Oundle School Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 December 2022 STOP PRESS  No three-gamers until the final, but two upsets of the seeding in the round of 16, with Dan Grant beating 8th seed Sam Russell and Ben Kirwan defeating 6th seed Ollie Arnold. The four top seeds then duly reached the semi-finals where number 1 seed Ed Kay  […]

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5th December 2022 Comment off

Simon Beattie wins the 5th Challenger at Oundle School

Oundle School Sunday, 4th December 2022  Bob Dolby reports: 12 players contested the Challenger at Oundle School, forming four groups of 3 from which eight players emerged to contest the title, while the remaining four played for the Plate along with quarter-final losers. There were six players from Stamford School, whose most experienced player, Chase […]

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21st November 2022 Comment off

New Champions at the British Universities Championships 2022

Marlborough College, Wiltshire Saturday/Sunday 19-20 November 2022   Bob Dolby reports: With Andrew Boyd unable to defend his Singles title and Theo Parker no longer eligible we expected new champions to emerge from this year’s British Universities Championships. Injury prevented organiser Ben Jourdan (Edinburgh University) from competing in the Singles and illness robbed us of […]

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18th November 2022 Comment off

Draw for the National Singles 2022 published

The National Singles Finals; Saturday/Sunday 3-4 December 2022 The RFA is delighted to announce that the players who will contest the National Singles finals are: Kay, Tristao, Ellison and Beltrami by right; plus those 12 who have qualified at regional events — Arnold, Brooks, Grant, Jourdan, Keates, McIntyre, Murby, Parker, Russell, Shaw, Watkinson, Wiseman. Reserves […]

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