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1st December 2024 Comment off

University players dominate the Durham Women’s Championships

Durham University Saturday/Sunday, 30th November-1st December 2024 STOP PRESS Players from the City of Durham Fives, the University Club and the Edinburgh Academy contested this year’s Durham Women’s Championships. The event was played out in festive mood, with ample sustenance and characteristic good spirits. The Open Singles was dominated by the two players from the […]
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25th November 2024 Comment off

Dan Tristao wins his 8th National Singles title

Oundle School Saturday/Sunday, 23-24 November 2024 STOP PRESS At the National Singles Championship 2024 Dan Tristao won his 8th title, beating defending champion Ben Beltrami in an extraordinarily close semi-final and then four-time finalist Ed Kay in a three-game final. It was Dan’s 9th appearance in the final and it was the first time Dan […]
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14th November 2024 Comment off

Draw for The National Singles finals [UPDATE]

The Rugby Fives Association November 2024 We now have a DRAW for the National Singles finals, featuring the 16 qualifiers. Automatic: Ed Kay, Dan Tristao, Ben Beltrami and Julian Aquilina London: Freddie Hammond Giles, James Tilston, Marcus Cloke Browne, Charlie Brooks, Theo Parker, Archie McCreath, James Toop and Penn Chai Midlands: Lewis Keates, Ander Iraizoz […]
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11th November 2024 Comment off

Updated National Rankings

The Rugby Fives Association November 2024 The RFA is pleased to publish the latest National Rankings, as compiled by Will Ellison and Charlie Brooks, after the West of England Open in October. In the Singles, headed by Ed Kay, there is no change in the top ten. In the top 20 there is upward movement […]
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6th November 2024 Comment off

History made at the Men’s U25 Championships

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday/Sunday, 2-3 November 2024 STOP PRESS The weekend began for organiser Joe Sumner with a major rewrite of the Singles draw after the regrettably late withdrawal of players. Seeding had been done according to the RFA Rankings but surprises were on the cards from the beginning, and so it turned out, […]
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28th October 2024 Comment off

Results from the West of England Open

Sherborne School, Dorset Saturday/Sunday, 26-27 October 2024 STOP PRESS The scheduled knock-out draw for Singles and Doubles was abandoned in favour of  round robins, so as to give as much playing time to the competitors as possible. In the Singles these produced four players to contest two semi-finals, from which Ben Beltrami and Theo Parker […]
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