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RFA CLUB PRESIDENT’S CUP Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood, 14th December 2014 The 2014 President’s Cup was a classic President’s Cup, full of close matches, played in a great spirit and with some very worthy winners of all ages. Sadly, though, it also must go down as the first President’s Cup to be held since the […]

NATIONAL SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP (Final rounds) Y Club, Manchester, December 6/7th Will Ellison fought his way to his first National Singles title, in his fifth consecutive final; in doing so he became the first ever Wykehamist to triumph. His opponent this year was Dan Grant, in his debut Jesters Club Cup final. Will had breezed through […]

12:36. Final – Ellison bts Grant 10-15 15-10 15-3 Daniel Grant comes out all guns blazing, capitalising on a slightly nervous start from Will. A flurry of volleys and nicks lead him to a 13-2 lead. Will then found a bit of form and slowly clawed back, but Grant closed it out 15-10. The second game […]

RFA CLUB PRESIDENT’S CUP Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood, 14th December 2014 Following the success of the email-based entry system which has been used over the last few years, we will be continuing with it for this year’s RFA Club President’s Cup. The entry form is being distributed by email and here on the RFA website, […]

NATIONAL SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP December 6/7th, Manchester Y Club The draw for the National Singles Finals has now been made, and it promises to be a fantastic weekend. They will be held on December 6th/7th in Manchester, with players from five regions joining the four automatic entrants. The regional winners (Ollie Arnold – West, Dave Butler […]

BUSF CHAMPIONSHIPS Sherborne School, 21st/23rd November The 55th championships were the first to be held totally under the auspices of the RFA, writes David Gardner, since BUCS recently adopted a policy of getting rid of minority sports which could not command a large entry, in order to concentrate on major-participation events. Such a move has […]

LADIES’ NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS St Paul’s School, Barnes, 7th December 2014 Organiser Alex Steel is now accepting entries for the 2014 Ladies National Championships. To be held at St Paul’s School, both singles and doubles events will be played on the same day, with plenty of Fives guaranteed for all and all standards of players encouraged […]

RFA Schoolsʼ Winchester Fives Doubles 2014 Winchester College, 9th November 2014 1st Round: Winchester III bt Bedford Modern 15-9, 15-11; St. Paulʼs II bt Derby Moor III 15-6, 15-3; Derby Moor II bt Winchester II 15-6, 11-15, 15-9; St. Paulʼs III bt Marlborough 15-10, 15-6. Quarter-finals: Derby Moor I bt Winchester III 15-8, 15-2; Winchester […]

BUSF Championships Sherborne School, 21st/23rd November The organisers of the British Universities & Student Fives (BUSF) Championships – as previously announced, the first such event to be held for some time without the support of BUCS – which will be held at Sherborne School have great pleasure in publishing full details of the tournament, including […]

Winchester College, 2nd November 2014 Harry Akerman reports: We had a cracking match at Winchester today between the RFA and the WFA. Last year we lost by 20 points and although this time we lost by 27 points there were many many good games. Only in four of the 20 matches did the losing pair not […]