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23rd June 2017 Comment off

Compton & Webster triumph at heated Executioners’ event

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 […]
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20th June 2017 Comment off

Tussle at the top in the end-of-season Women’s rankings

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 […]
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15th June 2017 Comment off

Results from the Girls’ South East Regional Fives Tournament

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 […]
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8th May 2017 Comment off

Arnold and Mills win Mixed Doubles title

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 […]
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1st May 2017 Comment off

Third Scottish Open singles title for Ellison

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 […]
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25th April 2017 Comment off

Results from the National Girls’ Championships at Marlborough

Marlborough College Sunday, 23rd April 2017 65 girls contested this year’s event, just three down on last year’s record entry. We missed Sedbergh who were unable to send a contingent, but we welcomed two schools from Edinburgh (nearly 400 miles as the crow flies?). With masters and mistresses-in-charge, drivers, parents, friends and local enthusiasts it […]
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24th April 2017 Comment off

The Old Paulines regain the Wood Cup

St. Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday-Sunday, 22-23 April 2017 With 12 out of the 33 players contesting the final rounds of this year’s Club Knock-out being Old Paulines it felt from the outset as if the OPs would have the last say. And indeed it was so, as they progressed to an increasingly comfortable win in the […]
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21st April 2017 Comment off

Latest Women’s Rankings show change at the top

Rugby Fives Association Friday, 21st April 2017 The latest Women’s Rankings take into account results in the Ladies Winchester Fives Championship held in March at Malvern College. Kathleen Briedenhann beat Tessa Mills in the final to win the Singles title at that event, a result which enables Kathleen to return to the top of the […]
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17th April 2017 Comment off

Entry form for 2017 Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles Championship

NATIONAL WINCHESTER FIVES MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Bradfield College, Sunday May 7th Organiser Alex Steel is now accepting entries for the National Winchester Fives Doubles Championship, a title which is currently held by Kathleen Briedenhann and Ben Beltrami (pictured above). In recent years, this has become one of the most fun and enjoyable events on the […]
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