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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 […]

News Publications

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 […]

International News

22nd December 2021 Comment off

First Basque Championship for Rugby Fives launched on a squash court

The RFA recognises the first Basque Championship launched by Egoitz Campo. Match report from the organiser is detailed below; we hope to continue to build relationships internationally and hope to see players travel over for tournaments in the future! On the 10th of December in the squash court of the Derio municipal sports centre (Derio […]

News Tournaments Womens

22nd December 2021 Comment off

Up-dated Women’s Rankings for Singles and Doubles published

The Rugby Fives Association December 2021 The RFA is delighted to publish up-dated Women’s Rankings in Singles and Doubles after the successful staging of three events since the beginning of the 2021-2022 season: the National Schoolgirls’ Championships in August, the Northern Ladies’ Tournament in October and the National Ladies’ U23 Championships in December. Those players […]

News Tournaments

13th December 2021 Comment off

The President’s Cup at Oundle School

The President’s Cup Oundle School; Sunday, 12th December 2021 STOP PRESS With a change of venue and a reduced field of 24 organisers Hamish Buchanan and Alex Smith opted initially for 4 groups, followed by the usual 4 competitions, all best of 3 to 15. The eventual winners of the Cup, the Plate, the Mug […]

News Tournaments Womens

12th December 2021 Comment off

New champions in the Ladies’ U23 Championships

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday, 11th December 2021 STOP PRESS With Louise Mathias and Shinan Zhang no longer eligible we looked to see new names on the trophies this year. It was Schools champion Martha Nugent who took the Singles title, and Holly Nugent & Savanna Leboff from Cambridge the Doubles. The entry was small […]

News Tournaments

9th December 2021 Comment off

Anthony Goodwin wins the 2nd Challenger event at Cambridge

Cambridge University Sports Centre Sunday, 5th December 2021 STOP PRESS In the second Challenger Tournament, following the success of the first such event in December 2019, which Christian Blackaby won, Anthony Goodwin from the Derby Moor Fives Club won the Tankard, beating Genesis Nsenga of the Edward Alleyn Club in the final. Cambridge University was […]

Mens News Tournaments

5th December 2021 Comment off

It’s five in a row for National Singles Champion Dan Tristao

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday/Sunday 4th-5th December 2021 STOP PRESS With his victory in the National Singles Championship Dan Tristao moves equal with James Toop with six titles, five of them in consecutive years, and equal with Neil Roberts in his number of open Singles titles — 33 in all, second only to Wayne Enstone […]

News Schools Tournaments University Womens

1st December 2021 Comment off

Entries open for Ladies National Championships

Ladies National Championships Y Club, Manchester, Saturday/Sunday January 22/23 2022 Entry is now open for the Ladies National Rugby Fives Championships. These will be held at the Y Club in Manchester over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday January 22nd/23rd 2022. This means the event is sticking with the successful new formula introduced in 2019 […]

News Tournaments

1st December 2021 Comment off

Draw for the National Singles published

Rugby Fives Association, 1st December 2021 2021 National Singles Finals December 4/5, Cambridge Organiser Charlie Brooks has today published the draw for the National Singles 2021 — the Jesters Club Cup — to be played this coming weekend. Dan Tristao is seeded Number One, looking for his 5th consecutive title. Ed Kay (seeded 2), who […]