Tournaments

20th October 2021 Comment off

2021 BUSF Student Championships entry open

British Universities & Student Fives Championships Marlborough College, Wiltshire, Saturday/Sunday November 20th/21st The organisers have now published the official entry form for the 2021 Student Championships, and it can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page. The event is open to men and women in full-time Higher Education at […]

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17th October 2021 Comment off

Cambridge hosts a day of fun at the Lady’s Cup

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday, 16th October 2021 Organiser Bob Dolby reports: 16 pairs contested the annual Lady’s Cup competition on the new courts at Cambridge University. There were students from three universities including Cambridge and from three schools, travelling from East Anglia, London, Bedford, Stamford and even Edinburgh. There was as usual a wide […]

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11th October 2021 Comment off

Derby Moor win the Owers Trophy!

St Paul’s School, Sunday 10th October 2021 It was a first team trophy for the Derby Moor Fives Club, founded in 2003 when the old Derby Mercia Club ceased to play on the courts at Denstone College and undertook refurbishment of two courts at the Derby Moor Community College in order to set up a […]

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30th September 2021 Comment off

Entries open for the 2021 Owers Trophy

The Owers Trophy Sunday October 10th 2021 St. Paul’s School, Barnes The Owers Trophy returns after a two-year break, but following the great success of the three-person format that has been used over the last few years, organisers Alex Smith and Ben Hale are continuing with that system this year and hoping to get even […]

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27th September 2021 Comment off

Ellison and Tristao retain their titles at the London Open

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday/Sunday 24-25 September 2021 STOP PRESS Will Ellison successfully defended his title from 2019, the fifth time he has won the Singles, and then won the Doubles with Dan Tristao for the sixth time together, making it 9 London Doubles titles in all. In the Singles final Will defied the seeding […]

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16th September 2021 Comment off

New RFA Singles & Doubles Rankings published

RFA Rankings 16 September 2021 After so long without tournament Fives, the RFA is delighted to be in a position to publish new Singles and Doubles rankings today. Naturally, a huge amount of thought has had to go into how to calculate these latest figures, given the extraordinary times we have lived through in the […]

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13th September 2021 Comment off

Kay and Arnold dominate the Yorkshire Open

The Yorkshire Open Championships, Derby Moor Academy, Saturday/Sunday, 11-12 September 2021. STOP PRESS: Ed Kay successfully defended his Yorkshire Open Singles title but not without a tough challenge from first-time regional finalist Julian Aquilina. Ollie Arnold, beaten by Ed in the quarter-final, went on to win the 2nd Singles Plate, then teamed up with Ed […]

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6th September 2021 Comment off

Official RFA rankings – an update

RFA Rankings 6 September 2021 Now that the 2021/22 season is in full swing, we’re sure all you wannabe Stattos will want to know what’s going on with the RFA Singles and Doubles rankings. So here is an update from the RFA’s Rankings Tsar, Dave Hebden: “I’ll produce new rankings during the week starting Sept […]

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28th May 2021 Comment off

Tournaments are Back this Summer!

Summer Tournaments. Following on from the welcome return to fives playing at locations throughout the UK since 17th May, the RFA can now bring the exciting news that a number of tournaments will be taking place during the summer. These are: 2nd to 4th July – University Tournament in Durham, run by Michael Suddaby (contact […]

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24th April 2021 Comment off

National Schools tournaments announced

National Schools Tournament Alleyn’s School, Dulwich, 14-22 August 2021. The RFA is delighted – ecstatic, even – to announce that it is planning to hold a tournament later this year. In fact, it is planning to hold several tournaments. The National Schools Tournaments are to be held at Alleyn’s School in Dulwich, London, in mid-August, […]