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24th October 2017 Comment off

The RFA win this year’s fixture against the Winchester Fives Association

Winchester College Sunday, 22nd October 2017 Victory for the RFA team in this annual fixture means the score now stands at 4-3 to the RFA. For the results in previous years see end of this post. Harry Akerman reports : Our annual match against an RFA team that seems to be getting stronger every year […]

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23rd October 2017 Comment off

Tristao and Kay win Yorkshire Open titles – in Manchester!

Yorkshire Open Championships Giggleswick and Manchester, October 14/15th Organiser John Hawke writes: After the usual intimidation by the organiser, an excellent entry was forthcoming for the tournament. Unfortunately, he had obviously not put as much effort into control of the weather, so an extremely wet Friday coupled with a rapid increase in temperature left the […]

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21st October 2017 Comment off

The Lady’s Cup goes Rugby’s way once more

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday, 21st October 2017 Bob Dolby reports : 12 pairs vied this year for the Lady’s Cup, presented 80 years ago in memory of National Champion Philip Malt but played for these days as part of the RFA programme of Ladies’ Fives events. It was the fourth time that players had […]

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16th October 2017 Comment off

West of England Championship 2017: details for entry

West of England Championships Clifton College, Bristol; October 28/29th PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF ORGANISER Organiser Ollie Arnold is now accepting entries for the West of England Open Championships. There is a dedicated website, where players can enter the competition and where the draws will be published in due course. The competitions will be played over the weekend of […]

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16th October 2017 Comment off

Cambridge ‘Cuppers’ unites the two fives codes

Cambridge, 14th October 2017 Ever inventive — last year it was Mixed Cuppers — the Cambridge University Rugby Fives Club this year organised a Joint Mixed Cuppers with their male and female friends in the CU Eton Fives Club, playing the event across both codes. Captain Matt Shaw reports : Saturday October 14th marked the […]

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10th October 2017 Comment off

BUSF Student Championships: entry form and details

British Universities & Student Fives Championships Marlborough College, Wiltshire, Friday-Sunday November 17-19th The organisers have now published the official entry form for the 2017 Student Championships, and it can be downloaded by clicking on the link below. 2017 Student Championships entry form [PDF, 208KB] —————————————– This follows on from the publication of preliminary information for […]

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3rd October 2017 Comment off

Ladies — it’s time to play for your Cup, the Lady’s Cup

Holders: Freya Harrison & Dick Warner Entries are invited for the fifthLady’s (Doubles) Cup, to be held on the Cambridge University courts on Saturday October 210th Each pair should contain at least one school girl or recent leaver or one female beginner. The partner may be of any standard and either sex. If you do not […]

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1st October 2017 Comment off

Wykehamists win the Owers Trophy

The Owers Trophy St. Paul’s School, Barnes, Saturday, September 30th 2017 After a week in which the number of expected entrants once rose as high as 10, in the end, seven teams took the courts at St Paul’s for the annual Owers Trophy event for teams of Old Boys. And, the first shock was that […]

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19th September 2017 Comment off

Rankings following the South West, South East and the London Championships

These rankings reflect the changes resulting from the first three championships of the 2017-18 season. Dan Tristao consolidates his position at the top of the Singles rankings following his wins in the South West and South East events. But the main interest at the top is Ed Kay’s rise to threaten Will Ellison’s no. 2 […]

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17th September 2017 Comment off

Entries being accepted for Owers Trophy

The Owers Trophy Saturday, September 30th 2017 St. Paul’s School, Barnes Organiser Alex Smith is now accepting entries for this year’s Owers Trophy tournament for teams of old boys (and girls!). And, with the great success of the three-person format in the last two years, he is continuing with that system this year and hoping […]