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UNDER 13s CHAMPIONSHIPS St Paul’s School, Barnes, March 15th Organiser Peter de Winton writes: With 36 competitors from six schools, it was a healthy field of players, with all the usual competitive spirit and enthusiasm. We missed having boys from Rossall and Derby Moor, but once again welcomed Shrewsbury House School, who in spite of […]

WINCHESTER FIVES OPEN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Winchester College, March 15th Harry Akerman reports: It took just under 12 hours at this year’s Barnes Bridge for Dan Grant and Dan Tristao to emerge as first-time winners, and in doing so, become the first players to beat Will Ellison and Hal Mohammed in the tournament since 2008. This […]

RFA v BUSF REPRESENTATIVE MATCH Cambridge University Sports Centre, 8th March 2015 David Barnes writes: A British Universities team weakened by the unavailability of three top players was well beaten by a strong RFA VI in the annual Representative Match, held for the second year running at the Cambridge Sports Centre. In the singles, National […]

Bedford, 8th March 2015 This year’s U18 competition, played at Bedford Modern School with a field of 26 players from 5 schools, produced a clean sweep of both Cups and both Plates for the Derby Moor squad. Robert Whitehorn completed a hat-trick of wins in the Singles and, likewise, in the Doubles, this year partnered […]

Winchester, March 8th 2015 STOP PRESS: Tessa Mills achieved the Double at the Ladies Winchester Fives championships, winning the Bradfield Bowl with Kathleen Briedenhann, and then going on to beat her partner in “one helluva final” by 7-15, 16-14, 16-15 to win the Crayke Cup. It is Tessa’s first senior Singles title. For a flavour […]

NORTH OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS Durham, Feb 28th/March 1st Following a couple of mid-week changes to the draws, writes organiser Julian Aqulina, it was with great anticipation that 21 players descended on the courts at Durham to battle it out in the singles. To kick things off, Beswick, George, Russell and Tilston all came through the […]

NATIONAL SCHOOL GIRLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Marlborough College, Sunday April 19th Organiser Alex Smith is now accepting entries for this year’s Rugby Fives National School Girls’ Tournament, which takes place at Marlborough College again this year, on Sunday 19th April, starting at 10 am. This is a significant year, as Louise Matthias of Christ’s Hospital, runner-up in […]

NATIONAL VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPS Marlborough College, April 25/26th 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 25/26th, the tournament will include both singles and doubles championships. John Minta is the defending singles […]

NATIONAL MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP Marlborough College, April 25th David Bawtree is now accepting entries for the National Masters Championship, which is being held at Marlborough College on Saturday 25th April (start time approx. 11am) and will be played at the same time as the National Veterans Singles tournament, which starts at noon and is organised by […]

The 85th Varsity Match St. Paul’s School, Saturday February 21st, 2015 They say that records are made to be beaten, and a powerful Cambridge side duly set themselves the target of exceeding the margin of Oxford’s 300-38 victory in the 2010 Varsity Match. This they managed to do, allowing Oxford just 23 points, not only […]