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Draw for the Men’s National Singles

With the qualifying events all finished organiser Charlie Brooks is delighted to report a record entry of 59 players across the five venues. This exceeds the 55 of last year and the previous record of 56 in 2013 Qualifiers were held in Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Edinburgh and London. 4 players are automatic by reason of […]

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Entry form for Ladies’ National Championships

Ladies’ National Championships St, Paul’s School, Barnes, Sunday January 17th 2016 Organiser Alex Steel is now accepting entries for the Ladies National Championships. Having been moved from their traditional place in the calendar, they will now be played in January. However, the venue and format remain the same: singles and doubles championships taking place on […]

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Change of venue for Winchester Fives Championship

Winchester Fives Championship Malvern, Sunday March 13th 2016 Players who are planning well ahead should note organiser Harry Akerman’s announcement that the Barnes Bridge (Winchester Fives Championship) is going to be moved from Sedbergh School to Malvern College for the 2016 championship. The reason for this is that Malvern will not be able to host it […]

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Colquhoun Trophy titles for Malvern and Blundell’s

Colquhoun Trophy Sherborne, Dorset, Sunday November 15th The Colquhoun Trophy benefitted from its new timing in November with a record number of players, and in the end boys from Malvern and Blundell’s took away the day’s big prizes. The move from March to November was planned partly in response to fixture congestion in March, but […]

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Full details for BUSF Championships

2015 BUSF Championships Cambridge University Sports Centre, Friday-Sunday November 27th-29th STOP PRESS The organisers have published full details of the forthcoming BUSF student championships, which – as per yesterday’s announcement – will be played solely on the courts in Cambridge. Click on the following links to see details of: Singles draw Doubles draw Competition rules General information […]

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‘Winchester Fives Association’ defeats the RFA

RFA v ‘Winchester Fives Association’ Winchester College, Sunday November 1st Harry Akerman writes: We had a cracking match at Winchester, with the RFA sending a strong team to try and repeat their victory from last year against the ‘WFA’. This has proved to be a tightly fought match over recent years with the RFA winning […]

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Two titles for Tristao at West of England Championships

West of England Championships Clifton College, Bristol; October 24/25th There was a strong entry of 29 singles players in the championships, which were held over the weekend of 24/25th October at Clifton College, Bristol. Notable absentees from previous years were James Toop, John Minta and Matt Cavanagh, providing evidence of the march of time. In […]