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14th March 2026 Comment off

Report from the National Girls Schools Championships

Oundle School Sunday, 15th March 2026 An impressive performance by the girls from Alleyn’s School in winning all six titles, Singles and Doubles, in the U18, U16 and U14 age-groups. Likewise an encouraging display from the U13 players from the Edinburgh Academy, who won the Singles and Doubles titles in their category. There were […]

News Schools Tournaments

10th March 2026 Comment off

Berkhamsted dominate the National U13 Championships

St Paul’s School, Barnes Sunday, 8th March 2026 37 players, from 8 schools, competed in this year’s championships: Alleyn’s, Berkhamsted, Bloxham, City of London, Goodrich Primary, Merchiston Castle, Stoke Newington and UCS. The defending champion from Berkhamsted retained his title and then did the same in the Doubles with a new partner; in the Doubles […]

News Schools Tournaments

4th March 2026 Comment off

Six schools contest the Colquhoun Trophy

Marlborough College Sunday, 1st March 2026 With the RFA’s thanks to organiser Giles Munn, to the various coaches and staff who brought their squads, and to our kind hosts, Marlborough College. Giles Munn reports: In this year’s Colquhoun Trophy tournament, despite some last minute drop-outs, we had a total of 25 players from 6 different schools: […]

News Schools Tournaments

3rd March 2026 Comment off

News of the Scottish Schools U18 and U16 Championships

Fettes College, Edinburgh March 2026 The Boyd Trophy for Scottish Schools U18 Singles is retained after a superb day of Fives Hector McFarlane reports: 15 boys from three schools (Edinburgh Academy, Merchiston Castle and Fettes College) entered the 9th edition of the Scottish Schools’ U18 Singles. The morning’s play consisted of 4 groups of […]

News Schools Tournaments Womens

27th February 2026 Comment off

Titles for Alleyn’s at the Girls’ South East Regional Championships

Christ’s Hospital, Horsham Thursday, 26th February 2026 26 players from three schools took part in this year’s Girls’ SE Regional Championships. Contests in the three age-groups were dominated by the 11-strong squad of players from Alleyn’s School, who won all 6 titles on offer. Several of the players from Eastbourne and Christ’s Hospital were near-beginners, […]

News Schools Tournaments

25th February 2026 Comment off

Sedbergh dominate the Northern Schools Championships

Durham, City of Durham Club Sunday, 1st February 2026 As usual Sedbergh School brought a team to the Durham University Fives Courts to join players from the City of Durham Fives Club in the Northern Schools Fives Championships. At U16 level it was Sedbergh’s Fred Leslie who won the Singles and then joined up with […]

News Schools Tournaments

10th February 2026 Comment off

Tonbridge and Alleyn’s win titles at the South East Schools Championships

South East Regional Schools Championships Tonbridge School Saturday, 7th February 2026 STOP PRESS Four schools contested this event, held this year at Tonbridge School and organised by Henry Swales, to whom many thanks for taking on this task and providing such a comprehensive report. Henry Swales reports: The South East Regional Schools’ Championships […]

News Schools Tournaments

10th February 2026 Comment off

Titles for Rugby and Stamford at the Midlands Schools Championships

Oundle School Sunday, 8th February 2026 Stop Press: Titles for Rugby School in the U18s, winning both Singles and Doubles. In the U15s Stamford School did the same double, winning the Singles and the Doubles. There were plates for Stamford in the U18 Singles and U15 Singles, while the Derby Moor U18 pair retained the […]

News Schools Tournaments

19th January 2026 Comment off

St Paul’s dominate the West of England Schools Championships

Sherborne School, Dorset Saturday/Sunday, 17-18 January 2026 STOP PRESS St Paul’s repeated last year’s performance in winning the U18 Singles, U18 Doubles and U16 Singles, while Alleyn’s displaced Winchester as winners of the U16 Doubles. History was made by the Hammond Giles family, with Freddie winning the U18 Singles title for the third year in […]

News Schools Tournaments

27th November 2025 Comment off

Title retained at the Schools Winchester Fives Doubles

Winchester College Sunday, 16th November 2025 St. Paul’s 1st pair, Ferro & Hammond Giles, retained their title at the expense of the Winchester College 1st pair, winning the final 15-2, 15-4. A healthy 13 pairs from 5 different schools contested this year’s Schools Winchester Fives Doubles Championship on the new courts at Winchester College. The […]