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15th February 2022 Comment off

Results from the South East Regional Schools competition

Christ’s Hospital, Horsham Saturday, 5th February 2022 Bart Callaghan reports: The South East Regional Schools’ Championships took place at Christ’s Hospital School on Saturday, 5 February. Although the competition was much reduced, with entries from St Olave’s School, Tonbridge School and Christ’s Hospital only, we saw much talent and determined play; in fact, it was […]
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8th February 2022 Comment off

Medals for City of Durham and Sedbergh at the Northern Schools Championships

Northern Schools Championships The Race Course, Durham Saturday/Sunday 5-6 February 2022 Julie McIntyre reports: It was a Covid-hit competition for the second Northern Schools tournament, meaning a few players were missing, and Rossall were unable to compete this year. However, there was still a strong showing from both Sedbergh School and the City of Durham Juniors, […]
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31st January 2022 Comment off

Beltrami and Arnold dominate the National U25s at Cambridge

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday/Sunday, 29-30 January 2022 STOP PRESS Ben Beltrami won his second U25 Singles title and then partnered Ollie Arnold to win their third consecutive Doubles championship in two days of full-on Fives going into the early hours of the evening. It was pleasing to see the increased participation of women in […]
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22nd January 2022 Comment off

Fives on the radio

RFA media coverage Manchester, 22 January 2022 The RFA is delighted to report that Rugby Fives has had some excellent coverage on the radio ahead of this weekend’s National Ladies Championships. In fact, no less than two sections of the Stacey Copeland show on BBC Radio Manchester were devoted to the game. In the first, […]
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15th January 2022 Comment off

Alleyn’s and Winchester enjoy success at the West of England Schools

West of England Schools Championships Sherborne School, Dorset Saturday/Sunday, 8-9 January 2022 STOP PRESS Three titles for Alleyn’s School and one for Winchester College, the two dominant squads at this year’s Championships. Sam Roberts reports: After an uncertain few weeks over Christmas and the New Year, waiting to see whether new covid restrictions would be […]
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8th January 2022 Comment off

Change of venue for Under 25s Championships

Under 25s Championships Cambridge University Sports Centre, Saturday/Sunday 29/30th January Competitors are advised that, unfortunately, due to Covid restrictions Oundle School is no longer able to host the Under 25s Championships at the end of this month. Instead, the event is taking the short trip from Northants to Cambridgeshire, and will now take place at […]
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4th January 2022 Comment off

Latest RFA rankings revealed

RFA Rankings 4 January 2022 Naturally, after a couple of months packed with important Fives tournaments, the new year brings new official RFA Open Singles and Doubles Rankings (which you can see on the Rankings page on this website), along with the following update from the RFA’s Rankings Tsar, Dave Hebden: The New Year rankings […]
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2nd January 2022 Comment off

December 2021 RFA President’s Newsletter published

RFA Newsletter 2 January 2022 First of all, a Happy New (and hopefully Fives-filled) Year to you all. The RFA has today published the association’s latest newsletter, written by President David Parlby (above). It’s the third in a series of quarterly (or thereabouts) newsletters designed to inform the association’s members of the extensive work that […]
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