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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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11th April 2017 Comment off

Entries being accepted for 2017 Scottish Championships

SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Loretto School, Musselburgh, April 29/30th Organiser Neil Roberts is now accepting entries for the Scottish Open Championships, which will be held at their traditional time, over the first May Bank Holiday weekend. The event – played using the Cliff ball – includes both singles and doubles championships, but as is usual in […]

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10th April 2017 Comment off

Five in a row for Ellison at National Doubles

Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Saturday-Sunday, 8-9 April 2017 STOP PRESS: There had been mutterings among the game’s Grandees that this season was something of a ‘Changing of the Guard’, but there was precious little evidence of that at the sharp end of this year’s National Doubles Championship. The final was a repeat of last year – […]

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6th April 2017 Comment off

Beal and Hamilton are the New Masters!

The National Masters’ Championships Marlborough College, Saturday 1st April 2017 Organiser David Bawtree reports: 10 stalwarts entered the Masters’ competition on Saturday 1st April at Marlborough College. Our President, Bernard Atkinson, was a participant and also presented the winners with the Admiral’s Cup. Each pair played the other pairs one game to 15 and the […]