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8th February 2018 Comment off

Ladies Winchester Fives Championships – entries now open

Ladies’ Winchester Fives Championships Bradfield College, Berkshire; Sunday March 4th 2018 Organiser Maddy Raynor is now accepting entries for the 2018 Ladies Winchester Fives Championships, which will be held at Bradfield College on Sunday March 4th. Both singles and doubles titles will be contested on the same day, with players of all ages and abilities […]

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5th February 2018 Comment off

Clean sweep for Kay and Shaw at the National U25s

Oundle School, Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 February 2018 STOP PRESS: Organiser (for the last time) Ed Kay went out on a high by defending his Singles title once more against Ben Beltrami — that makes four in a row; and then Ed and Matt Shaw went on to win their fourth Doubles title in as many years, beating […]

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3rd February 2018 Comment off

Entries open for 2018 Winchester Fives Championship

Winchester Fives Championship Bradfield College, Sunday March 11th Organiser Harry Akerman has now published the entry form and details for the 2018 Winchester Fives Championship (current holders David Butler and Ben Beltrami, pictured above). The event – for the famous Barnes Bridge trophy – will take place at Bradfield College, near Reading, and Harry is […]

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1st February 2018 Comment off

Entry opens for 2018 North of England Open

North of England Championships Durham, Saturday/Sunday February 24/25th Organiser Julian Aquilina (pictured, above, flanked by last year’s 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 online – […]

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27th January 2018 Comment off

Report from the Jesters Fives Tour to Scotland 2018

Edinburgh, 18-20 January 2018 The 28th Jesters Fives Tour to Edinburgh proved to be the biggest ever, with 38 players in total, including 8 undergraduates, 2 postgraduates and 2 ladies, themselves students. This year the tour was run by Ben Hale and Dave Butler, having taken over from Frank Akerman and his son Harry, who […]

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22nd January 2018 Comment off

Schools Champion Bob Dorey, O.B.E. (1939-2018)

The RFA is sad to report the death this month of Alleyn Old Boy fives player Bob Dorey. Bob (second from the left above) is shown in 1955 as one of the 1st IV at Alleyn’s School. In 1957 he won the Public Schools Singles at Whitgift School. A left-hander of notable elegance, Bob Dorey went […]

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21st January 2018 Comment off

Results from the Ladies’ National Rugby Fives Championships

LADIES’ NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS St. Paul’s School, Barnes, Sunday, 14th January 2018 STOP PRESS: A change of names on both trophies this year as Kathleen Briedenhann regained the Singles title she had previously won three times, while Alexandra Steel & Maddy Raynor finally secured the Doubles title in their 4th consecutive final. Organiser Alexandra Steel reports: […]

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16th January 2018 Comment off

Silverware returns home at the North West Open

Manchester Y Club, Saturday/Sunday 13/14 January 2018 STOP PRESS: In a repeat of the recent National Singles final, played on the same courts, Dan Tristao beat Will Ellison once more but this time not before Will was receiving at 11-5, 10-10. In the Plate, Cambridge student Andrew Boyd claimed the prize, beating the defending plate-holder […]

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8th January 2018 Comment off

Entries open for 2018 Under 25s championships

Under 25s Championships Oundle School, Saturday/Sunday February 3rd/4th Ed Kay – organising the tournament for the third time, and defending both the singles and doubles titles for the second time – is now accepting entries for the National U25s championships. However, rather than publishing a physical entry form, which players need to complete and return, […]

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8th January 2018 Comment off

Results from the West of England Schools Championships 2018

Sherborne School, Dorset 6-7 January 2018 STOP PRESS: There were victories for players from Winchester College and Alleyn’s School in the U18s and the U16s respectively. Players from 9 schools took part. The Organisers report: The tournament was held at the Sherborne courts over a pleasantly dry and sometimes sunny weekend and the Fives drew […]