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Womens

14th March 2026 Comment off

Report from the National Girls Schools Championships

Oundle School Sunday, 15th March 2026 An impressive performance by the girls from Alleyn’s School in winning all six titles, Singles and Doubles, in the U18, U16 and U14 age-groups. Likewise an encouraging display from the U13 players from the Edinburgh Academy, who won the Singles and Doubles titles in their category. There were […]

News Schools Tournaments Womens

27th February 2026 Comment off

Titles for Alleyn’s at the Girls’ South East Regional Championships

Christ’s Hospital, Horsham Thursday, 26th February 2026 26 players from three schools took part in this year’s Girls’ SE Regional Championships. Contests in the three age-groups were dominated by the 11-strong squad of players from Alleyn’s School, who won all 6 titles on offer. Several of the players from Eastbourne and Christ’s Hospital were near-beginners, […]

News Tournaments Womens

9th February 2026 Comment off

Titles for familiar names at the Women’s National Championships

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday/Sunday, 7-8 February 2026 STOP PRESS Camille Beattie made it 3 in a row in beating 4-time champion Louise Mathias in the very hard fought final of the Women’s National Singles Championship. In the early rounds most victories were relatively comfortable with the exception of a mighty 3-game tussle between Maddy […]

News Tournaments Womens

24th November 2025 Comment off

Back to winning ways in the Durham Women’s Championships

City of Durham Fives Club Saturday/Sunday. 22-23 November 2025 The 7th Durham Women’s Fives Championships, organised by Julie McIntyre and Tom Wakelam, featured 30 players, who completed a total of 105 matches in three age categories over the course of two days. Louise Mathias returned to competitive action, winning her second Singles title after a […]

News Tournaments Womens

20th October 2025 Comment off

Results from the Women’s National U25 Championships

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday, 17 October 2025 There was a disappointingly small entry for this event, which was compounded by an injury to one of players early in the proceedings. However, the 2024 Singles champion Kirsten Bell was outstanding in defence of her title, beating Lena Barton and Savanna Leboff with relative ease in […]

News Tournaments Womens

6th October 2025 Comment off

News of the inaugural Women’s Scottish Open

The Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh Sunday, 5th October 2025 Organiser Louise Mathias reports: The inaugural Women’s Scottish Open has started the Women’s Fives calendar year off with a bang! With 16 players from Scotland and Durham, it was an action-packed day of both Singles and Doubles competitions, all with brand new shiny silverware to be won. […]

News Womens

4th August 2025 Comment off

End-of-Season Women’s Rankings published

The Rugby Fives Association 3rd August 2025 The end-of-season Women’s Rankings as kindly compiled by Chris Burrows demonstrate the clear existence of a Big Three: Camille Beattie, Shinan Zhang and Helena Tunks, who occupy the top three slots in both Singles and Doubles. The Women’s U25 Singles and Doubles champion Kirsten Bell sits at number […]

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 Womens

4th April 2025 Comment off

Young players progress in the updated Women’s Rankings

Rugby Fives Association 4th April 2025 New Women’s Rankings in Singles and Doubles, kindly compiled by Chris Burrows, reveal significant gains by young players after the recent National Schools Girls Championships. Jemima Mitchell from Blundell’s School, twice a winner of the Singles and Doubles competitions, enters the Top 10 in Singles at #9 and rises […]

News Schools Womens

25th March 2025 Comment off

Report on the National Schools Girls Championships

Marlborough College Sunday, 23rd March 2025 STOP PRESS The senior pair from Blundell’s, Mitchell and Talbot, did the double once more, winning the Singles and Doubles as they had done last year at Oundle. The substantial squad from Alleyn’s dominated the three younger categories, winning Singles and Doubles titles at U16, U14 and U13. Congratulations […]