Womens

26th February 2023 Comment off

Schools Championships 2023 – full details

National Schools Championships St Paul’s School, Barnes, 25th-27th March Organiser David Butler is delighted to confirm full details for this year’s National Schools Championships, which are returning to their usual place in the calendar. The U14s, U16s and U18s categories will all be played at St Paul’s School, Barnes, between 25th and 27th March. The […]

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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 […]

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23rd January 2023 Comment off

Results from the Ladies’ National Championships

The Y Club, Manchester Saturday/Sunday, 21-22 January 2023 STOP PRESS Louise Mathias won her fourth consecutive Singles title and, with Shinan Zhang, their fourth consecutive Doubles title at this year’s Ladies’ National Championships at the Y Club in Manchester. For the first time Camille Beattie, the National U18 and U23 champion, reached the final to […]

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16th January 2023 Comment off

New Year Women’s Rankings are published

The Rugby Fives Association 15th January 2023 The RFA is delighted to publish the latest Women’s Rankings by courtesy of Chris Burrows. They have been updated with results from the Durham Ladies Championships in October and the National Ladies U23 Championships in December. 59 players are ranked in Singles and 63 in Doubles. There has […]

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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 […]

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9th December 2022 Comment off

Dan Tristao returns to top of singles rankings

Rugby Fives Association, 9th December 2022 Following his sixth consecutive National Singles title, Dan Tristao has returned to the top of the newly updated rankings, compiled by Will Ellison. Dan does just enough to overtake Ed Kay, who lost in the semi-finals at Oundle. There was some speculation about whether Ed’s conqueror, Ben Beltrami, could […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]