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24th February 2026 Comment off

Spoils shared once more at the Varsity Match

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday, 21st February 2026 Bob Dolby reports: Last year’s Men’s Varsity Match was close, with Oxford just one point up after the Singles and Cambridge pulling back 8 points in the Doubles. This year’s contest was not quite as tight in the end but the mathematical remarkableness continued, with the Doubles […]
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17th February 2026 Comment off

Oxford and Cambridge: The Past versus Present 2026

St Paul’s School, Barnes and  the University Sports Centre, Cambridge Saturday, 14th February 2026 Nick Whitney reports from Oxford: The 40th edition of the Oxford Past vs Present match took place at St Paul’s School on Saturday, 14th February, a week before the 96th Varsity Match. In the Men’s match, the top eight were closely […]
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26th January 2026 Comment off

A double double for Low and Vernacchio at the Universities Championships

Oundle School Saturday/Sunday, 24-25 January 2026 STOP PRESS Organiser Cameron Low did the double at this year’s British Universities Championships, winning the Singles against Gwydion Wiseman in the final, then picking up the Doubles title with his partner from Bristol University, Theo Vernacchio, at the expense of Warwick’s Patrick Harrison & Isaac Weaver. Theo and […]
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25th February 2025 Comment off

Close contests at the 95th Varsity Match

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday, 22nd February 2025 Bob Dolby reports: In the Men’s Match Cambridge had the better of the Singles, winning 5 of the 8, but so tight were 6 of the games that Oxford came out a single point ahead, by 96-95.   The Doubles proved equally close particularly in the top […]
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3rd February 2025 Comment off

News from the British Universities Men’s and Women’s Championships

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday/Sunday, 1-2 February 2025 STOP PRESS With players from 9 universities — Bristol, Cambridge, Derby, Durham, Edinburgh, Oxford, Oxford Brookes, Warwick and West of England — co-organisers Andrew Boyd and Ben Jourdan achieved a long overdue double, with Andrew winning the Open Singles title at the expense of defending champion Marcus […]
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22nd February 2024 Comment off

The Varsity Match 2024

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday, 17th February 2024 Oxford Men’s captain, Vivek Thakrar, was able to introduce two schools champions, Shiloh Wu and Genesis Nsenga, plus an accomplished Basque pelota player, Ander Iraizoz, as his top three Singles players, with last year’s captain, Teddy Monro-Davies, at number 4. This made for very close games in […]
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21st October 2023 Comment off

Entries open for National Singles Championship

National Singles Championship Regional qualifying events – November 11/12; Final at St Paul’s School, Barnes, December 2/3 Entries for the National Singles Qualifiers are now open. The regional tournaments will be held on the weekend of November 11th/12th in London, Rugby and Edinburgh. Please contact organiser Charlie Brooks if you would like to play, as […]
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