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4th May 2018 Comment off

Latest Women’s Rankings now available

Rugby Fives Association 4th May 2018 The latest rankings, compiled by Chris Burrows, show a gradual narrowing of the gaps at the top, with Maddy Raynor and Alexandra Steel closing in on the long-standing leaders Kathleen Briedenhann and Tessa Mills as a result of their success in the Ladies National Doubles in January and in […]
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1st May 2018 Comment off

Ladies’ Winchester Fives titles for Raynor and Steel

Bradfield College Sunday, 15th April 2018 In the enforced absence of defending champions Kathleen Briedenhann and Tessa Mills new champions were bound to emerge from this rearranged fixture. Organiser Maddy Raynor reports:  The Ladies Winchester Fives Championships were held on Sunday, 15th April at Bradfield College. This was a rearranged date due to the competition […]
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28th April 2018 Comment off

News from the Scottish Schools’ Championships

Fettes College, Edinburgh Thursday, 26th April 2018 Merchiston win the Boyd Trophy and retain the McKeown Plate in the second-ever Scottish Schools’ Singles tournament  Richie Murby reports:  Due to the mid-March snow the Boyd Trophy tournament was moved to late April, but the players seemed not to have lost any momentum in the interim, with […]
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24th April 2018 Comment off

Results from the National Schoolgirls’ Championships

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 […]
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15th April 2018 Comment off

Dans Grant and Tristao win second National Doubles title

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 […]
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10th April 2018 Comment off

Entries open for Scottish championships

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 […]
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9th April 2018 Comment off

Beal & Hamilton are the Masters!

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 […]
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