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7th February 2019 Comment off

Alan Maltby 1942-2019

The Rugby Fives Association The RFA is sorry to hear of the death of Alan Maltby, at the age of 76. Alan served as Honorary Secretary of the RFA from 1968 to 1973, attending over 40 meetings during his time on the Committee. He was also a member of the RFA Club Committee from 1971 to […]

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3rd February 2019 Comment off

U25s: Butler, Arnold & Beltrami do it at last

Oundle School Saturday/Sunday, 2-3 February 2019 STOP PRESS: In his last year of eligibility Dave Butler finally secured the U25 Singles title with a win over Andrew Boyd, while Ollie Arnold & Ben Beltrami beat defending champion Matt Shaw and his new partner Theo Parker to take the Doubles title, after “a few years” when […]

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1st February 2019 Comment off

Louise Mathias does the double at new-look Ladies’ Nationals

Ladies’ National Championships Y Club, Manchester, January 26/27th 2019 Organiser Louise Mathias writes: This year, the Ladies’ Nationals saw a new format and venue, held over two days at the Manchester Y Club. A strong turnout of 26 players made it for the event, one of the highest entries to date! This included the top […]

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28th January 2019 Comment off

Northern uproar – a report from the Jesters Scottish tour

Jesters’ Rugby Fives Tour Edinburgh, Scotland, 17/19 January 2019 Organiser Ben Hale writes: This year’s tour was one of traditions, many old and hopefully a few new ones made. So, we started with our customary Friday lunch at The Cumberland and then got down to the nitty gritty. First, a Jesters IV took on Edinburgh […]

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21st January 2019 Comment off

New Year Women’s Rankings

Rugby Fives Association 21st January 2019 Courtesy of Chris Burrows, we announce the latest rankings for Women’s Rugby Fives ahead of the Ladies’ National Rugby Fives Championships at the Manchester Y Club this coming weekend. The rankings follow the Ladies’ U23 Championships in November, in which Louise Mathias successfully defended her Singles title and won […]

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16th January 2019 Comment off

Entries open for 2019 Under 25s Championships

Under 25s Championships Oundle School, Saturday/Sunday, 2nd/3rd February New tournament organiser James Smith is now accepting entries for next month’s Under 25s championships. However, rather than publishing a physical entry form, which players need to complete and return, he is running everything online – and you can access the event’s website using the link at the […]

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14th January 2019 Comment off

Results from the North West Open in Manchester

Manchester Y Club Saturday/Sunday, 12-13 January 2019 Dan Tristao successfully defended his title, winning the Singles for the 6th time — on this occasion at Dave Butler’s expense, but in a match that went to three games. In the Doubles, however, it was Charlie Brooks & Will Ellison who took the honours, beating Dan and […]

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9th January 2019 Comment off

North of England Open entries open

North of England Championships Durham, Saturday/Sunday February 9/10th Organiser Julian Aquilina (pictured, above, flanked by the 2016 & 2017 doubles champions, Dan Grant and Will Ellison) is now accepting entries for the North of England championships. However, rather than publishing a physical entry form, which players need to complete and return, he is running everything […]

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7th January 2019 Comment off

Results from the West of England Schools at Sherborne

Sherborne School, Dorset 5/6 January 2019 STOP PRESS: Alleyn’s School won three of the four titles at the West of England Schools at Sherborne School. The talented Gwydion Wiseman, still a Colt, won the Senior Singles without conceding a game, and he and Alex Cochrane took the Doubles with a confident display in the final against […]

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30th December 2018 Comment off

Rob Cleave: Update on Robertsride1800

Rugby Fives Association 29th December 2018 Rob Cleave reports from Thailand on his fund-raising round-the-world cycle ride so far: Having set off from Nottingham in April 2018 I have covered 8,500 miles and cycled through 19 countries; England, Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, India […]