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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 […]

Mens News Schools Tournaments Womens

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 […]

News Schools Tournaments

28th November 2022 Comment off

Winchester retain the Schools Winchester Fives Doubles title

Winchester College Sunday, 29th November 2022 Jamie McManus reports: Unfortunately two pairs had to pull out at short notice but the 7-team round-robin worked well: of the 21 games played in the round robin 5 finished with a score of 15-14…! Winchester I had too much experience and guile for the other teams but, more […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

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 […]

News Tournaments

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 […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

14th November 2022 Comment off

Entries open for December Challenger tournament

Challenger Tournament Oundle School; Sunday, 4th December Entries are now open for this year’s Challenger Tournament — the fifth time we have run the event, with Anthony Goodwin (pictured above, right) taking the title last year. This tournament is different to other RFA ranking events, in that it is not open to those who qualified […]

News Tournaments University Womens

10th November 2022 Comment off

Feast of Fives at the Durham Ladies Championships

Durham University Fives Courts Saturday/Sunday, 6-7 November 2022 STOP PRESS Players from Durham University, the City of Durham Fives Club and the Edinburgh Academy came together for the 4th staging of this ranking women’s tournament, played at the University Fives courts. With a small entry and a range of ages it was possible as usual […]

Mens News Womens

4th November 2022 Comment off

We have a New Community Fives Club — The Stoke Newington Swifts!

The Rugby Fives Association 4th November 2022 In exciting news the RFA is delighted to announce the opening of a new weekly community Fives club: The Stoke Newington Swifts, hosted by Stoke Newington School from 7pm to 9pm on Tuesdays. The first session will take place on Tuesday 8th November from 7pm to 9pm. Access will be […]

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31st October 2022 Comment off

New updated rankings published

Rugby Fives Association, 31st October 2022 Following the West of England Open Championships we publish the newly updated rankings, compiled by Will Ellison, who has kindly taken on this task following the retirement of David Hebden. David had done the job for some 40 years. In recognition of these many years of service to the […]

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29th October 2022 Comment off

Roger Freebairn 1936-2022

The Rugby Fives Association, October 2022 The Rugby Fives Association is sad to report the death at the age of 86 of Old Oundelian Roger Freebairn. A long-standing member of the RFA and a life-long Jester, Roger was National Schools Singles and Doubles champion in 1954 and, 30 years later, National Veterans Champion with Alastair […]