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Womens

1st March 2025 Comment off

Alleyn’s dominate at the Girls’ South East Regional Championships

Christ’s Hospital, Horsham Thursday, 27th February 2025 A small but traditionally enjoyable tournament with three schools competing in three age categories, dominated this year by young players from Alleyn’s School. Several of those involved will compete in the Girls Schools National Championships at Marlborough College in late March. Selected Results U18 Singles Winner: T-R Foo […]

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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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28th January 2025 Comment off

A Women’s National Championships to remember

Oundle School Saturday/Sunday, 25-26 January 2025 Bob Dolby reports : Despite the absence of a number of leading players like multiple champion Louise Mathias (working in Australia), former Schools champions Martha Nugent (studying in the USA) and Ibby Lee, as well as Martha’s sister Holly and Phoenix Fleming, the general standard of play at this […]

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16th December 2024 Comment off

A mixed pair wins the President’s Cup a third time

Marlborough College Sunday, 15th December 2024 STOP PRESS Tim Hebblethwaite won the President’s Cup for a second time, having won with Emrys Thursfield in 2021, and Shinan Zhang became the third woman to have held the trophy after Martha Nugent in 2018 and Helena Tunks in 2022. In a traditionally long and full day of […]

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1st December 2024 Comment off

University players dominate the Durham Women’s Championships

Durham University Saturday/Sunday, 30th November-1st December 2024 STOP PRESS Players from the City of Durham Fives, the University Club and the Edinburgh Academy contested this year’s Durham Women’s Championships. The event was played out in festive mood, with ample sustenance and characteristic good spirits. The Open Singles was dominated by the two players from the […]

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6th November 2024 Comment off

New champions at the U25 Championships for Women

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday/Sunday, 2-3 November 2024 STOP PRESS An entry of 10 for the Singles, including a squad of 5 from Cambridge Past and Present, contained neither of the winners from the past two years, Zara Elliot and Camille Beattie, both still eligible but not entered. A new name was therefore bound to […]

News Womens

14th August 2024 Comment off

End-of-Season Women’s Rankings 2023-2024

Rugby Fives Association 14th August 2024 We are delighted to publish End-of-Season Women’s Rankings for 2023-2024, as kindly compiled by Chris Burrows. They incorporate performance in events staged since the National Schools Girls’ Championships in April, principally the Ladies’ Winchester Fives Singles and Doubles Championships at Bradfield College in June. There is little movement in […]

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18th June 2024 Comment off

New champions at the National Open Mixed Doubles

Cambridge University Saturday, 15th June 2024 STOP PRESS 9 pairs contested the Rugby Fives National Open Mixed Doubles Championship on the courts at the Cambridge University Sports Centre. After group matches were completed two tightly contested semi-finals were played, from which Shinan Zhang & Penn Chai emerged to play Camille Beattie & Theo Parker in […]

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3rd June 2024 Comment off

Champions again at the Women’s Winchester Fives Championships

Bradfield College Sunday, 2nd June 2024 STOP PRESS It was a repeat of 2022, with Shinan Zhang winning the Singles, having earlier paired up with her opponent Helena Tunks to win the Doubles — for the second time in both cases. Rachel Wood and Freya Butler achieved an impressive treble, Rachel winning the Singles and […]

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1st May 2024 Comment off

Updated Women’s Rankings

The Rugby Fives Association 1st May 2024 The RFA is delighted to publish updated Women’s Rankings, with a change at the top in Singles, where new Women’s National Singles Champion Camille Beattie, from the City of Durham Fives Club, takes advantage of Louise Mathias’s temporary absence from the game to claim the Number One spot, […]