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The Strawson Memorial Match: RFA v The Jesters St. Paul’s School, Barnes Tuesday, 8th October 2019 Dick Warner reports: This is a thoroughly enjoyable and much sought-after fixture in the Jesters and Rugby Fives Association calendar, perhaps because there is a huge dinner afterwards. This year we attracted 14 players, as well as the half […]

West of England Championships Sherborne School, Dorset; October 26/27th Organiser Ollie Arnold is now accepting entries for this year’s West of England Open Championships through a dedicated website. Here, as well as entering the championships, players will also be able to find out everything they need to know about the event and see the singles […]

The London Open Whitgift School, Croydon Saturday/Sunday, 27-28 September 2019 STOP PRESS  Yes, Will Ellison is back — with a vengeance — doing the double in this year’s London Open. On Sunday morning Will defeated National Nr. 1, Ed Kay, in the Singles final, having eliminated the reigning National Singles champion Dan Tristao in the […]

Ed Kay consolidates his position at the top of the Singles Rankings following his wins in the South West and South East events. Ed’s opponent in the SW final Dan Tristao remains at #2, while Will Ellison, despite not playing in these events, remains comfortably at #3. David Butler moves up to #4 and Ben […]

The Owers Trophy Sunday, 15th September 2019 St. Paul’s School, Barnes Ben Hale and Alex Smith report: The ‘Old Boys and Girls’ Tournament proved, as ever, to include a fantastic range of players from a number of current schoolboys – and girls – playing alongside and against alumni from many generations. Last year just 4 […]

Dave Hebden writes … When people ask me about how the rankings are calculated, they normally soon regret having asked the question. The system has evolved over the years and does contain some complexity, but I think overall the end result does seem to reflect pretty well a player’s success in tournaments. Anomalies will always […]

The Owers Trophy Sunday September 15th 2019 St. Paul’s School, Barnes The Owers Trophy returns under new management this year – and at an earlier-than-usual date – but after the great success of the three-person format that has been used over the last few years, organisers Alex Smith and Ben Hale are continuing with that […]

LONDON OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Whitgift School, Croydon, London, 28/29th September 2019 Entries are now being accepted for the London Open Championships, which are again being organised by Will Ellison — back after a year’s break. The event will take place at Whitgift School in South London, using the new Wiseman ball and following the regular format: singles […]

The South East Open Championships Christ’s Hospital, Horsham Saturday/Sunday, 17-18 August 2019 Organiser Ed Hatton reports: A record entry of 21 for Singles and 16 for Doubles turned out for the 2019 South East Open — or they would have done if not for a high-ranking player’s unfortunate car breakdown. Still, 20 was a good […]

The Rugby Fives Association is pleased to reproduce below a report from The Stamford Magazine on the introduction of Fives by Alex Smith at the Stamford Schools, more than a century since it was last played.