RICK WILSON (1940-2017) The Rugby Fives Association, February 2017 The RFA is sad to report the death at the age of 76 of FRF (‘Rick’) Wilson. Player, coach and stalwart of the Alleyn Old Boys Fives Club, though himself an Old Bedfordian, Rick was President of the RFA 1991-1993. At Bedford School, where he excelled at […]
Updated rankings reflecting results from the North West Championships held in January and the Under 25 event held earlier this month have now been posted. There are no changes in the order of the top 10 singles players, with Dan Tristao and Will Ellison still very closely matched at the top. NW finalist and U25 […]
St. Paul’s School 18th February 2017 STOP PRESS In the 87th Varsity Match Cambridge University won a predictable victory, their 7th in a row, by 293-94 to take the Jock Burnet Cup. Their success was built largely on the strength of their top IV, which consisted of four National Schools Champions, three of them Full […]
The Rugby Fives Association 16th February 2017 The RFA is delighted to publish the fourth set of rankings since the inception of Women’s Rankings in March 2016. They show new Ladies National Singles Champion Tessa Mills having overtaken her regular Doubles partner Kathleen Briedenhann at the top after her success at St. Paul’s in January. […]
NATIONAL VETERANS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Marlborough College, April 1st/2nd Organiser John Hawke is now accepting entries for the National Veterans’ (over 45s) Championships, which are making a return to Marlborough College this year. To be held over the weekend of April 1st/2nd, the tournament will include both singles and doubles championships. Matt Cavanagh is the defending singles […]
Oundle School, 4-5 February 2017 STOP PRESS Normal service was resumed when Ed Kay won his third successive National U25 Singles title, beating Ben Beltrami in the final. Ed then went on to win his third successive Doubles title with Matt Shaw, beating Ben Beltrami & Ollie Arnold in the final. It is Ed’s sixth […]
Ladies’ Winchester Fives Championships Malvern College, Malvern; Sunday March 5th 2017 Organiser Maddy Raynor is now accepting entries for the 2017 Ladies Winchester Fives Championships, which will be held at Malvern College on Sunday March 5th. Both singles and doubles titles will be contested on the same day, with players of all ages and abilities […]
2017 Jesters tour to Scotland Edinburgh/Musselburgh, Friday-Sunday 13-15th January 2017 Frank and Harry Akerman write: The 27th Jesters Tour weekend to Edinburgh proved again to be a big success, with 34 tourists representing the Jesters in the 26 matches, and this despite the date clashing with the 50th North West tournament in Manchester and with […]
In October 2016 Neil Butterfield went back to New England to revisit courts he had first played on in 1982 and to seek out a privately owned Singles court in Maine. See this link to read his report: Neil Butterfield revisits Fives USA ******* The years between 1979 and 1994 were a time of close ties […]