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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

2015 BUSF Championships Friday-Sunday November 27-29 Slightly reduced numbers entering for this tournament now make it possible for the organisers to hold the 2015 BUSF championships on the courts at Cambridge University only. There will be no play at Oundle School. A notice to this effect will be sent to all team captains.

RFA Schoolsʼ Winchester Fives Doubles Winchester College, Sunday November 8th 2015 David Barnes reports: Thirteen pairs from seven schools entered for the Schools Winchester Fives Doubles this year and all enjoyed a thoroughly good dayʼs fives. It was encouraging to see two pairs from each of Malvern and Radley in the draw as well as […]

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 […]

These rankings, which take account of results from the Yorkshire and West of England Championships, are the last rankings to be published ahead of the forthcoming National Singles Championships. As such, they determine the four players exempt from qualifying (Tristao, Ellison, Grant, and Kay), and will also be a primary input into the seeding for […]

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 […]

14 pairs lined up for this second playing of the Lady’s Cup. They came from Rugby, Christ’s Hospital, Aldenham, Edinburgh, Cambridge and Eastbourne; comprised pupils, students and adults of both sexes; and ranged in age from early teens to nearly senior citizenry. Given the wide range of ability it made little sense to construct a traditional draw, especially […]