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Blundell’s School, Tiverton 9-10 July 2016 SOUTH WEST OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPs 2016 Organiser Wayne Enstone reports: Spectators were treated to some wonderful performances on both day’s at this year’s championships in both the singles and doubles competitions. Saturday began with young Craig Baxter (Derby Moor) beating local Keith Kennerley 12-10 in the third. In other first […]

Derby Moor Community Sports College Sunday June 26th, 2016 Lewis Keates should be doing the Pools this week: he clearly knows how to pick a winner! Will Ellison in the Mate’s Plate; now Hamish Buchanan in the DM Doubles. Or perhaps it’s time to lower his handicap. 9 pairs contested this year’s “Premier Fives Event […]

Under ‘Upcoming Events’ you can see the list of Tournaments planned for next season. Get your Calendar out and start PLANNING! Please note change of venues in some cases: The London Open at Whitgift School BUSF Championships at St. Paul’s School The Ladies’ Winchester Fives Championships at Malvern College The National Winchester Fives Doubles at […]

The Rugby Fives Association, 17th May 2016 The RFA is delighted to publish end-of-season rankings for Women’s Fives for the first time. These are the third set of rankings to be published since the inception of Women’s Rankings in March of this year. They show Ladies National Champion Kathleen Briedenhann, who recently won the Winchester […]

Will Ellison finishes the 2015-16 season at the top of both the Singles and Doubles rankings following some great results over the year, including wins in both the National Singles & National Doubles. This is the first time that Will has headed both lists at end of season. Dan Tristao achieved that distinction last season, […]

Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles Championship Bradfield College, Berkshire; Sunday May 8th Two new names will be engraved on the Mixed Doubles trophy this year, after Ben Beltrami and Kathleen Briedenhann emerged as champions from a record-breaking field of 11 pairs – and Kathleen set a record of her own. Now that she holds this title […]

The Rugby Fives Association, May 2016 The RFA is delighted to publish the second set of Women’s rankings below. The rankings have been prepared by a director of the RFA, Chris Burrows, using a specially designed programme. They are up-dated after each of the 7 ranking events which we have identified: The Ladies National Singles and […]

The Scottish Open Championships at Loretto School, Musselburgh Saturday-Sunday, 30th April and 1st May 2016 The Scottish Open 2016 demonstrated its international appeal by attracting entrants not only from the traditional Scottish and English powerhouses of Fives but also players from Spain and the United States, writes organiser Neil Roberts. It also showcased the emerging […]

Marlborough College, Wiltshire Saturday, 23rd April 2016 STOP PRESS Martin Wilkinson and Dave Hebden successfully defended the Master Doubles title they first won together last year, but for Martin it was his fifth in a row, having previously won three years in succession in tandem with John East. Runners-up were Bernard Atkinson and John Ogle. One piece […]

South West Open Championships Blundell’s School, Tiverton, July 9/10th Organiser Wayne Enstone is now 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, there will be a […]