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Marlborough College, Wiltshire Sunday, 23rd April 2018 The 9th National Championships for Schoolgirls’ Rugby Fives saw a healthy entry of players from 8 schools, though this year no representatives from Eastbourne, Fettes, Rossall or Sedbergh. The standard undoubtedly continues to rise, and players are improving not just from year to year but visibly develop their […]

National Doubles Championship Alleyn’s School, Dulwich, Sat/Sun April 14/15th This year’s contest for the Cyriax Cup figured 18 pairs, with a predictably strong showing of Old Paulines and a significant contingent of  players from the Alleyn Old Boy Club, plus several with university status.  Clubs from the Scottish Caledonian Club to the Winchester-based Wessex Club […]

SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Loretto School, Musselburgh, May 5/6th Organiser Neil Roberts is now accepting entries for the Scottish Open Championships, which will be held at their traditional time, over the first May Bank Holiday weekend. The event – played using the Cliff ball – includes both singles and doubles championships, with plate competitions. However, as […]

NATIONAL VETERANS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Marlborough College, April 7/8th STOP PRESS Defending champion Matt Cavanagh made it a hat-trick of Veterans’ Singles titles, while Andy Pringle paired up with Hamish Buchanan to take his third Doubles title in a row. For Hamish the win was consolation for defeat in the Singles final. In both cases, the wins followed the […]

Marlborough College, Wiltshire Saturday, 7th April 2018 The President reports:  The courts at Marlborough were eerily quiet as ten members of the RFA Gerontocracy met to defy the accepted norms of geriatric sport by putting their minds and bodies on the line for the Masters’ Tournament (over 65s). The Organiser, David Bawtree, deftly took control […]

NATIONAL WINCHESTER FIVES MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Bradfield College, Sunday May 6th Organiser Alex Steel is now accepting entries for the National Winchester Fives Doubles Championship, a title which is currently held by Tessa Mills and Ollie Arnold (pictured above). In recent years, this has become one of the most fun and enjoyable events on the […]

St. Paul’s School, 3-6 April 2018 The organiser, Peter King, reports: The eccentricities of dates (Easter and school terms/holidays) seem to have affected the size (but not the quality) of this year’s entry, and just 100 competitors from 14 schools in all were included in the draws. There was, however, a very high standard of […]

The RFA is sad to report the death on Easter Sunday of John Pretlove, Alleyn Old Boy and multiple National Rugby Fives Champion. While at Alleyn’s John Pretlove won the Public Schools Singles, as it was then known, in 1950 and 1951, and the Doubles in 1951 with JST Fletcher. He represented Cambridge University in […]

Robert’s Ride 18000 We are delighted to report and support the second major initiative undertaken this year by a Fives-player to raise funds for charity, namely Rob Cleave’s bike-ride round the world: Robert’s Ride 18000 . Rob’s quest to cover 18,000 miles on a bike in aid of two charities follows Charles Compton’s 6,500 mile […]

National School Girls’ Fives Tournament Marlborough College, Wiltshire, Sunday 22nd April Organiser Alex Smith is now accepting entries for the 2018 National School Girls’ Tournament, which will be held at Marlborough College on Sunday 22nd April. The championships will include four age groups: Seniors (age 17 or younger), U16 (15 or younger), U14 (13 or […]