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South West Open Championships Blundell’s School, Tiverton, July 8/9th STOP PRESS While we wait for a full report on the weekend’s events from organiser Wayne Enstone, we have pleasure in publishing the results from the 2017 South West Open Championships. As you’ll see, some very familiar names won the silverware, with Dan Tristao beating Will […]

South East Open Championships Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, 19/20th August Organiser Ed Hatton is now accepting entries for the South East Open Championships. Now in their fourth year, the events will be held at Christ’s Hospital over the weekend of August 19/20th. As in previous years, there will be a singles tournament on the Saturday and […]

Derby Moor Invitation Doubles Derby Moor Community Sports College, Littleover, Derby Sunday 25th June 2017 Brian Kirk reports:  The annual (14th) Derby Moor Fives Tournament took place on Sunday 25th June, 2017. An excellent turn-out from old stalwarts plus some new entrants made for an super day’s fives with 12 pairs , with an age range of […]

South West Open Championships Blundell’s School, Tiverton, July 8/9th A last-minute reminder that organiser Wayne Enstone is accepting entries for the South West Open Championships. Held at Blundell’s School in Tiverton, Devon, the tournament has both singles and doubles tournaments started on the Saturday, with only the finals played on the Sunday morning. As usual, […]

Executioners’ end-of-season doubles tournament Saturday 17th June, St Paul’s School. Organiser Guy Matthews writes: On the hottest day of the year, eleven intrepid souls ventured into the oven of the St Paul’s School courts for arguably the biggest event in the Fives world – the Executioners’ end-of-season doubles tournament. Unbelievable scenes as eleven players turned up within half […]

The Rugby Fives Association June 20th 2017 The RFA is delighted to publish the end-of-season rankings for Women’s Fives. They show the continued see-sawing at the top between our closely matched champions Tessa Mills and Kathleen Briedenhann, and also the close rivalry between Maddy Raynor and Alexandra Steel just below them. After Kathleen had garnered […]

Dan Tristao and Will Ellison continue their battle at the top in the newly published End of Season Rankings. Dan regains top spot in the Singles while Will retains his dominance in the Doubles. With Will winning 6 out of 9 of the open Singles events on offer, some might have expected to see Will […]

Girls’ South East Regional Fives Tournament Christ’s Hospital, Horsham Thursday, 23 March 2017 Ed Hatton reports: Three schools gathered at Christ’s Hospital on Thursday 23rd March for the first ever South East Girls’ Regional Fives Championships. With the success of the National Girls Championships the schools and their players felt that the time was right to […]

Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles Championship Bradfield College, Berkshire, May 7th 2017 Six pairs took to the courts at Bradfield for the 2017 Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles Championship. And, if there was any slight disappointment at a relative lack of numbers, that was more than made up for by the quality of play on show during […]

SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Loretto School, Musselburgh, April 29/30th STOP PRESS Will Ellison enjoyed another successful trip to Scotland this weekend, picking up this third Scottish Open Singles title. However, there was plenty of Scottish interest at the sharp end of the event, with the runner-up being local player Richie Murby, while the runner-up in the […]