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1st December 2014 Comment off

Entries invited for 2014 President’s Cup

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, […]
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26th November 2014 Comment off

Draw published for last 16 of National Singles Championship

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 […]
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24th November 2014 Comment off

BUSF – titles for Grant, Beltrami & Shaw

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 […]
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16th November 2014 Comment off

Entry form for National Ladies’ Championships

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 […]
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10th November 2014 Comment off

Winchester Fives title for Derby Moor

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 […]
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9th November 2014 Comment off

British Universities Championships details

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 […]
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2nd November 2014 Comment off

Winchester U14s do the double!

National Under 14 Championships St. Paul’s, Saturday and Sunday November 1st and 2nd 2014 At the National U14 Championships postponed from April boys from Winchester College won both the Singles and the Doubles titles. In the Plate competitions there were successes for Alleyn’s, Whitgift and St. Olave’s. 43 players contested the U14 Singles. From the […]
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30th October 2014 Comment off

New rankings: Significant change at the top!

The latest rankings for Singles and Doubles, compiled by Dave Hebden after the West of England Open Championships, show a significant change at the top of the Singles rankings: with his victory at that tournament Will Ellison has overtaken Dan Tristao and now heads both the Singles and the Doubles rankings. Dan Grant has also […]
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27th October 2014 Comment off

Titles in the West of England for Ellison, Grant & Tristao

WEST OF ENGLAND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Clifton College, Bristol, 25/26th October 2014 On a long and gruelling weekend 18 players contested the West of England Singles and 17 pairs the Doubles at Clifton College. The weather was kind, the courts were clear and traffic conditions on the relevant motorways relatively benign. The early rounds of the Singles […]
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