News

News
13th October 2014 Comment off

Results from the Yorkshire Open

YORKSHIRE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Giggleswick, October 11/12th STOP PRESS Hamish Buchanan and Will Ellison retained their doubles title in a repeat of last year’s final, resisting a comeback from Dan Tristao and Gareth Price at the end of the third game, winning 16-14 15-16 15-13 in an epic. Dan Tristao won the singles, reversing a 15-9 […]
Read more
News
11th October 2014 Comment off

Entries being accepted for West of England Championships

WEST OF ENGLAND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Clifton College, Bristol, 25/26th October 2014 Simon Werkshagen is now accepting entries for the West of England Open Championships. However, rather than producing an entry form for players to download and send in, he has followed Tom Maconie’s example and set up a dedicated website, where players can enter the […]
Read more
News
6th October 2014 Comment off

National Student Fives Championships entry form

BUSF Championships Sherborne School, 21st/23rd November The organisers are now accepting entries for the British Universities & Student Fives (BUSF) Championships, which will be held at Sherborne School from November 21st to 23rd. As previously announced, these will be the first student championships for some time to be held without the support of BUCS, but […]
Read more
News
6th October 2014 Comment off

Ellison and Tristao top latest rankings

6th October 2014 Dan Tristao and Will Ellison confirmed their positions at the top of the game in the latest rankings, prepared for the RFA by Dave Hebden. Dan remained at the top of the singles rankings, while Will kept his top spot in the doubles rankings. These rankings take into account results at the […]
Read more
News
28th September 2014 Comment off

Old Paulines successfully defend the Owers Trophy

OWERS TROPHY St Paul’s School, Barnes, September 27th The Old Paulines reconfirmed their position as the top club in Rugby Fives, successfully defending the Owers Trophy in emphatic fashion. Sadly, some last-minute withdrawals meant that just four teams contested the event – the Paulines, the Old Eastbournians, the Old Wykehamists and the Alleyn Old Boys […]
Read more
News
15th September 2014 Comment off

Ellison and Tristao win London titles

LONDON OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS St. Paul’s School, Barnes, 13/14th September 2014 After a successful inaugural South East Open last month, the Big Guns returned to the fray at the London Open, and it turned up some great matches, as well as some very interesting results. In the singles, the upsets came as early as the Round of […]
Read more
News
9th September 2014 Comment off

Changes to the British Universities Championships

On the 1st of August 2014 BUCS posted the following statement on their website: BUCS Statement on Removal of Sports from Programme During the BUCS AGM on Thursday 10 July at Swansea University and following extensive consultation with BUCS members, BUCS Sports Advisory Groups and National Governing Bodies of sport it was noted that BUCS […]
Read more
News
29th August 2014 Comment off

Joan Wood

The RFA is sad to announce the death of Joan Wood. In the words of her son Reeve “Joan passed away peacefully on Sunday 17 August 2014 and is now gardening and gallivanting, jam making and junketing and looking for more interesting quiz questions elsewhere. We hope the bush telegraph is working and Tom and Freddie […]
Read more