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News University

14th February 2024 Comment off

News from the Oxford and Cambridge Past versus Present

Oxford and Cambridge Universities Saturday, 10th February 2024 The 2024 Oxford University Past vs Present match took place at St Paul’s School on Saturday, 10th of February. This was the 38th edition and was the best attended event in the fixture’s history, with 50 Past and Present players involved throughout the day. This allowed […]

News Schools Tournaments

5th February 2024 Comment off

News from the South East Regional Schools’ Tournament

Tonbridge School Saturday, 3rd February 2024 Ian Jackson reports: There was a smaller entry than usual for this tournament held at Tonbridge. It was good to welcome Christ’s Hospital and Eastbourne, but the tournament missed entries from Whitgift, St. Dunstan’s and St. Olave’s. However, this certainly did not detract from the quality of the Fives and […]

News Tournaments

5th February 2024 Comment off

New Singles and Doubles champions at the National U25s

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 February 2024 STOP PRESS A small but very high quality entry for the Singles, including the defending champion Lewis Keates, the Universities champion Marcus Cloke Browne and the Schools champion Shiloh Wu found more than their match in former Universities champion Isaac Weaver from Durham University, who won the […]

News Schools Tournaments

4th February 2024 Comment off

Results from the Northern Schools Championships at Durham

Durham, Saturday, 2nd February 2024 Organiser Julie McIntyre reports: Conditions were perfect for the Northern Schools tournament of 2024, in dry, mild and sunny Durham. Club members and parents had baked in large quantities and the Sedbergh school bus arrived bright and early. The Under 18 Singles games were very competitive as usual, with Sedbergh […]

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31st January 2024 Comment off

Updated Open Rankings published — changes at the top

The Rugby Fives Association 31st January 2024 The RFA is delighted to publish updated National Open Rankings, with 252 players ranked for Singles and 238 for Doubles. In the Singles Top 20 there is upward movement following the British Universities Singles Championship for Marcus Cloke Browne and Isaac Weaver and, following the National Singles, for […]

News Tournaments Womens

29th January 2024 Comment off

New champions at the the Women’s National Championships

Manchester Y Club Saturday/Sunday, 27-28 January 2024 Stop Press: In the absence of the reigning champion, Louise Mathias, the Singles Championship was won for the first time by Camille Beattie from the City of Durham Club. In the final Camille beat Shinan Zhang, who plays her Fives with the London-based Executioners Club. A strong squad […]

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9th January 2024 Comment off

EAC on top of latest standings in London League

London League, 9th January 2024 The Edward Alleyn Club is in pole position as the four teams in the revived London League enter 2024. The South London club sits ahead of its rivals, the Executioners, the UCS Old Boys and the Stoke Newington Swifts. Inspired – and organised – by Shinan Zhang, the league sees […]

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9th January 2024 Comment off

Report from 2023 Basque Doubles Championship

Second Bizkaia Challenge of Rugby Fives (Doubles) 2023 San Ignazio municipal sports center, Bilbao, December 7 2023 The RFA is delighted to report the latest in a series of Rugby Fives competitions held in the Basque Country. Early last December, the Basque Association of Beach Tennis and Minority Sports organised the Second Bizkaia Challenge of […]

News Schools Tournaments

8th January 2024 Comment off

St Paul’s and Winchester dominate the West of England Schools Championships

Sherborne School Saturday/Sunday, 6-7 January 2024 STOP PRESS Players from St Paul’s and Winchester dominated the event, taking all four titles between them and featuring almost exclusively in the finals. The two players from St Paul’s who won the U18 Singles and Doubles are in fact U16s, which may be a first, while Winchester’s successful […]

News Womens

28th December 2023 Comment off

Updated Women’s Rankings after the Durham Ladies

The Rugby Fives Association 28th December 2023 With just the one Women’s tournament since the end-of-season Rankings were published in July, those who entered the Durham Ladies Championship in November have benefited substantially. Runner-up Rosa O. from the Edinburgh Academy rises to number 3 in the Singles rankings, while Durham players past and present Kirsten Bell […]