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News Tournaments

5th December 2022 Comment off

A 7th National Singles title for Dan Tristao

Oundle School Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 December 2022 STOP PRESS No three-gamers until the final, but two upsets of the seeding in the round of 16, with Dan Grant beating 8th seed Sam Russell and Ben Kirwan defeating 6th seed Ollie Arnold. The four top seeds then duly reached the semi-finals where number 1 seed Ed Kay […]

Mens News Schools Tournaments Womens

5th December 2022 Comment off

Simon Beattie wins the 5th Challenger at Oundle School

Oundle School Sunday, 4th December 2022 Bob Dolby reports: 12 players contested the Challenger at Oundle School, forming four groups of 3 from which eight players emerged to contest the title, while the remaining four played for the Plate along with quarter-final losers. There were six players from Stamford School, whose most experienced player, Chase […]

News Schools Tournaments

28th November 2022 Comment off

Winchester retain the Schools Winchester Fives Doubles title

Winchester College Sunday, 29th November 2022 Jamie McManus reports: Unfortunately two pairs had to pull out at short notice but the 7-team round-robin worked well: of the 21 games played in the round robin 5 finished with a score of 15-14…! Winchester I had too much experience and guile for the other teams but, more […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

21st November 2022 Comment off

New Champions at the British Universities Championships 2022

Marlborough College, Wiltshire Saturday/Sunday 19-20 November 2022 Bob Dolby reports: With Andrew Boyd unable to defend his Singles title and Theo Parker no longer eligible we expected new champions to emerge from this year’s British Universities Championships. Injury prevented organiser Ben Jourdan (Edinburgh University) from competing in the Singles and illness robbed us of […]

News Tournaments

18th November 2022 Comment off

Draw for the National Singles 2022 published

The National Singles Finals; Saturday/Sunday 3-4 December 2022 The RFA is delighted to announce that the players who will contest the National Singles finals are: Kay, Tristao, Ellison and Beltrami by right; plus those 12 who have qualified at regional events — Arnold, Brooks, Grant, Jourdan, Keates, McIntyre, Murby, Parker, Russell, Shaw, Watkinson, Wiseman. Reserves […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

14th November 2022 Comment off

Entries open for December Challenger tournament

Challenger Tournament Oundle School; Sunday, 4th December Entries are now open for this year’s Challenger Tournament — the fifth time we have run the event, with Anthony Goodwin (pictured above, right) taking the title last year. This tournament is different to other RFA ranking events, in that it is not open to those who qualified […]

News Tournaments University Womens

10th November 2022 Comment off

Feast of Fives at the Durham Ladies Championships

Durham University Fives Courts Saturday/Sunday, 6-7 November 2022 STOP PRESS Players from Durham University, the City of Durham Fives Club and the Edinburgh Academy came together for the 4th staging of this ranking women’s tournament, played at the University Fives courts. With a small entry and a range of ages it was possible as usual […]

Mens News Tournaments Womens

24th October 2022 Comment off

Kay, Arnold & Beltrami weather the storm at the West of England Open

Sherborne School, Dorset Saturday/Sunday, 22-23 October 2022 STOP PRESS The wrong kind of weather = sweating courts, the organiser’s nightmare. But they got through it with the help of heaters and dehumidifiers and the customary sawdust. Ed Kay eventually beat Dan Tristao to retain his Singles title, while the long-standing pairing of Ollie Arnold & […]

News Tournaments

21st October 2022 Comment off

Entries for the National Singles Qualifiers are now open!

21st October 2022 Entries for the National Singles Qualifiers are now open! The regional tournaments will be held on the weekend of November 12th/13th in London, Tiverton, Derby and Edinburgh. Please contact organiser Charlie Brooks if you would like to play, as well as the regional organisers: South West: Blundell’s School, Tiverton – […]

News Tournaments Womens

16th October 2022 Comment off

Young players dominate the Lady’s Cup

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday, 15th October 2022 Bob Dolby reports: 13 pairs contested the Lady’s Cup, with competitors from Durham, London, Stamford and Cambridge in this event designed to encourage young or inexperienced female players. Among those players we had three mums, three Cambridge students, 7 schoolgirls ranging from 14 to 18, and two […]