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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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14th February 2024 Comment off

News from the Oxford and Cambridge Past versus Present

Oxford and Cambridge Universities Saturday, 10th February 2024 The 2024 Oxford University Past vs Present match took place at St Paul’s School on Saturday, 10th of February. This was the 38th edition and was the best attended event in the fixture’s history, with 50 Past and Present players involved throughout the day. This allowed […]

News Tournaments University

6th November 2023 Comment off

News from an action-packed British Universities Championships

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday/Sunday, 4-5 November 2023 STOP PRESS A new Singles champion emerged from an entry of 32 players, with Cambridge’s Marcus Cloke Browne beating Shiloh Wu from Oxford in the final. There were two Plates, one for men, won by Aaditya Deshmukh, who beat fellow Oxford player Alikhan Murat in the final, […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

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 […]

Mens News Tournaments University

7th October 2023 Comment off

Latest RFA rankings published

Rugby Fives Association, 7th October 2023 The RFA today published its latest rankings, which take into account events up to last month’s Yorkshire Open Championship and will be used to set the seedings for this weekend’s London Open. However, with relatively few of the highest-ranked players making the trip to Derby Moor, there’s little movement […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

22nd June 2023 Comment off

Official 2022/23 End-of-season Rankings published

Rugby Fives Association, 22nd June 2023 Dan Tristao finishes the 2022/3 season on top of the official RFA singles rankings, with Will Ellison leading the Doubles standings. Ed Kay, Will, Ben Beltrami and Julian Aquilina complete the top five spots in Singles, with Julian climbing from seventh last year. In the Doubles, Ben (up to […]

Mens News University Womens

22nd February 2023 Comment off

Successes shared in the Oxford and Cambridge Varsity Match

The 93rd Varsity Match St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday, 18th February 2023 After several seasons of comfortable victories for the Oxford Men and the Cambridge Women respectively this year’s contests produced much closer results. In the Men’s Match Oxford posted a lead of just 19 points after the eight Singles matches, then went on to […]

News University

13th February 2023 Comment off

News of the Cambridge and Oxford Past versus Present

London and Cambridge Saturday, 11th February 2023 Nick Whitney reports for Oxford University: The 37th Oxford Past v. Present match took place at St Paul’s School on Saturday with fixtures for the Men’s VIII, Beavers IV, and a Women’s VI. Proceedings started with Singles for the Men’s VIII. All 8 games were closely contested — […]

News Schools University Womens

10th December 2022 Comment off

Durham & Edinburgh girls win at Ladies U23 Championships

The National Ladies U23 Championships St Paul’s School; Saturday, 11th December 2022 STOP PRESS St Paul’s witnessed a superb Ladies U23 tournament this weekend, with players from all over the UK converging on London in possibly the strongest entry in this event’s short history. No less than 13 players took part in the Singles, and […]

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 […]