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  10th May 2026
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  National Vintage Championships
  17th May 2026
  Cambridge University Sports Centre
  This event is for players aged 55 and over – all of whom will belie their age with a fiercely . . . . . .
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  Women’s Winchester Fives Championships
  30th May 2026
  Malvern College
  The Women’s Winchester Fives Singles and Doubles Championships are being held at Malvern College. This event is great fun and . . . . . .
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  National Open Mixed Doubles Championship
  13th June 2026
  Alleyn's School
  Sign up for an action-packed day of fast-paced Rugby Fives at the National Open Mixed Doubles Tournament at Alleyn’s School . . . . . .
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  National Schools Mixed Doubles
  14th June 2026
  Alleyn's School
  This is a relatively new event for the RFA schedule, first run at Oundle in 2023, but heading to South . . . . . .
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Tournaments

News Tournaments

30th June 2025 Comment off

Val Fikhter & Richard Christie win the 21st Derby Invitational Doubles

Derby Moor Academy, Littleover Sunday, 29th June 2025 Organiser Brian Kirk believes in getting plenty of Fives for your money (not that there’s an entry fee for the Derby Invitational Doubles!), and so it was for the 9 pairs who contested the 21st edition of this unique Club tournament. In the initial Group stage it […]

News Tournaments

16th June 2025 Comment off

National Open Mixed Doubles title for Camille Beattie and Ed Kay

Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Saturday, 14th June 2025 STOP PRESS 7 pairs contested a single round robin, at the end of which a final was held between the two most successful pairs. This involved Camille Beattie & Ed Kay versus Shinan Zhang & Penn Chai, already beaten in the group stage by Camille & Ed. […]

News Tournaments Womens

31st May 2025 Comment off

News from the Women’s Winchester Fives Championships

Bradfield College Saturday, 31st May 2025 Stop Press Shinan Zhang wins her third Women’s Winchester Fives Singles title, beating Helena Tunks in the final. In the morning the two of them had teamed up to win their third Doubles title together, this time against Kirsten Bell & Lizzie Ware. Report to follow Singles […]

News Tournaments

22nd May 2025 Comment off

Penn reports on the 2025 Multicourt Masters

The 2025 Multicourt Masters: Chaos. Cramping. Champions. Six sports. Ten competitors. One very questionable scoring system. The inaugural Multicourt Masters has wrapped, and what began as a simple idea to pit friends against each other in glorious multi-sport battle quickly devolved into a saga of delayed arrivals, injured hamstrings, Eton Fives trauma, and car breakdowns. […]

News Tournaments

19th May 2025 Comment off

A Good Day for Pringle and Spillane at the Vintage Championships

Cambridge University Sports Centre Sunday, 18th May 2025 A historic day for Andy Pringle and Morgan Spillane, who faced each other in the final of the Over 55s championship, with Andy there claiming his first Singles title. They then went on together to win their third successive Doubles title. Andy did it the hard way, […]

News Tournaments

5th May 2025 Comment off

Firsts for Grant and Keates at the Scottish Open

Fettes College, Edinburgh Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 May 2025 Stop Press It was a weekend of firsts at the Scottish Open Championships. Dan Grant achieved a well-deserved and long-awaited first regional Singles title, beating Universities Singles champion Andrew Boyd in the final, and Penn Chai & Lewis Keates teamed up to win the Doubles title, against Andrew […]

News Schools Tournaments

28th April 2025 Comment off

Alleyn’s achieve clean sweep in the Schools Mixed Doubles at Oundle

Oundle School Sunday, 27th April 2025 Stop Press With just three schools represented in this second staging of the final schools championship of the season, it was Alleyn’s who dominated in both categories, providing both finalists in each competition and also winning the two Plates. Seniors (U18) Knockout Semi-finals: E Erdmeier & Y Negyal (Alleyn’s) […]

News Tournaments

27th April 2025 Comment off

Three in a row for the Old Paulines at the Wood Cup

St Paul’s School, Barnes and Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Saturday, 26th April 2025 Tom Maconie reports: The Old Paulines retained The Wood Cup after a long day of fives played across two venues in London: Alleyn’s and St Paul’s School. A variety of factors, a transatlantic flight and a sauna booking among them, meant that the games […]

News Tournaments

16th April 2025 Comment off

New champions in the Masters and Grand Masters

Marlborough College, Dorset Saturday, 12th April 2025 STOP PRESS It was all change in the Masters (65+) and Grand Masters (75+) as we saw competitions without the late Tony Hamilton, his long-standing partner Spencer Beal and multiple title-holder Bernard Atkinson. This opened the door to Stuart Kirby & organiser Brian Kirk to win the Masters […]

News Tournaments

14th April 2025 Comment off

It’s a double for Tom Maconie at the Veterans Championships

Marlborough College, Dorset Saturday/Sunday, 12-13 April 2025 STOP PRESS Tom Maconie did the double at this year’s Over 45 Championships, winning the Singles in a final against three-time champion John Minta on Saturday, then on Sunday the Doubles, with Tim Hebblethwaite, versus defending champions Andy Pringle & Morgan Spillane. Both Plates went to the Marlborough […]