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LONDON OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Alleyn’s School, Dulwich, September 12/13th 2015 The draws have been published for the London Open Championships, which are being organised for the first time by National singles and doubles champion Will Ellison – who is also defending both titles in this event. The tournament will take place at Alleyn’s School in Dulwich, using the […]

The RFA is sad to report the death in August of John Howe, National Singles champion in 1966 and 1968 and National Doubles champion in 1967 and 1968 with Stan Holt. John was also National Veterans Singles champion from 1988 to 1993, winning the Veterans Doubles three times with Geoff Sherratt and once with David […]

The Owers Trophy St Paul’s School, Barnes. Saturday 26th September 2015 Organiser Alex Smith is now accepting entries for this year’s Owers Trophy – for teams of Old Boys. As already announced, the competition has been revamped this year, and will be played between teams of three, which can include men and women, as well […]

Yorkshire Open Fives Tournament Giggleswick School, October 10/11th Organiser John Hawke is now accepting entries for the Yorkshire Open Fives tournament. After the success of last year’s event, which included a singles championship for the first time, the 2015 tournament will again feature both singles and doubles championships. However, in contrast to most other Fives tournaments, the doubles […]

South East Championships Christ’s Hospital, 22nd/23rd August 2015 A strong entry of 19 contested the singles this year, including 5 of the top ten and 8 of the top twenty in the land, writes organiser Ed Hatton. The second-round matches went according to seedings, although James Tilston pushed his long-standing partner Julian Aquilina hard in […]

South East Championships Christ’s Hospital, 22nd/23rd August 2015 After the briefest of summer breaks, tournament action returns to the Rugby Fives calendar this weekend. Organiser Ed Hatton has just published the draw for the singles tournament at the South East Championships, and it looks like being a superb, high-quality affair. Throughout the draw, there are […]

Will Ellison took advantage of Dan Tristao’s absence from the South West Championships to regain top spots in both Singles and Doubles in the first rankings updates for the new 2015-16 season. Will won the Singles comfortably but the event did throw up one or two surprises. Julian Aquilina and Anthony Goodwin both had good […]

The Owers Trophy St Paul’s School, Barnes. Saturday 26th September 2015 The RFA has today announced a change in the format of the Owers Trophy, the Old Boys tournament, which has been played since 2004. Thus far, the competition has been contested by four-man teams, but in recognition of the fact that getting four players […]

SOUTH EAST OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, August 22nd/23rd 2015 Following a successful first running of the event last year, organiser Ed hatton is now accepting entries for the 2015 South East Open Championships. To be held at Christ’s Hospital School, near Horsham, over the weekend of August 22nd/23rd, the event will include singles and […]

‘Cuppers Fives’ – i.e. an inter-college competition –  finally returned to Cambridge this season after more than a decade where the magnificent 1930s trophy remained uncontested. Organised by Wilson Lau the tournament attracted 7 college teams: Ben Beltrami’s III from Selwyn, Jacob Ader’s from Pembroke, Aurelien Gueroult’s side from Corpus, Wilson Lau’s from Trinity, Cameron […]