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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 […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

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 […]

News Tournaments University Womens

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 […]

Mens News Womens

4th November 2022 Comment off

We have a New Community Fives Club — The Stoke Newington Swifts!

The Rugby Fives Association 4th November 2022 In exciting news the RFA is delighted to announce the opening of a new weekly community Fives club: The Stoke Newington Swifts, hosted by Stoke Newington School from 7pm to 9pm on Tuesdays. The first session will take place on Tuesday 8th November from 7pm to 9pm. Access will be […]

Mens News Tournaments Womens

24th October 2022 Comment off

Kay, Arnold & Beltrami weather the storm at the West of England Open

Sherborne School, Dorset Saturday/Sunday, 22-23 October 2022 STOP PRESS The wrong kind of weather = sweating courts, the organiser’s nightmare. But they got through it with the help of heaters and dehumidifiers and the customary sawdust. Ed Kay eventually beat Dan Tristao to retain his Singles title, while the long-standing pairing of Ollie Arnold & […]

News Tournaments Womens

16th October 2022 Comment off

Young players dominate the Lady’s Cup

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday, 15th October 2022 Bob Dolby reports: 13 pairs contested the Lady’s Cup, with competitors from Durham, London, Stamford and Cambridge in this event designed to encourage young or inexperienced female players. Among those players we had three mums, three Cambridge students, 7 schoolgirls ranging from 14 to 18, and two […]

Mens News Tournaments Womens

6th October 2022 Comment off

West of England championships entries open

West of England Championships Sherborne School, Dorset; October 22nd/23rd Organiser Ollie Arnold is now accepting entries for this year’s West of England Open Championships through a dedicated website. Here, as well as entering the championships, players will also be able to find out everything they need to know about the event and see the singles […]

Mens News Tournaments Womens

28th August 2022 Comment off

New title-winners in the SE Open at Christ’s Hospital

Horsham; Saturday, 27th August 2022 STOP PRESS Organiser Ed Hatton managed to break new ground at this year’s South East Open on the FIVE COURTS at Christ’s Hospital by fitting in both Singles and Doubles in one day’s play and coming up with a first time Singles Champion in Ollie Arnold and a first time […]

Mens News Schools Tournaments University Womens

25th August 2022 Comment off

Summer Festival of Fives at Alleyn’s School

Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Saturday/Sunday, 20-21 August 2022 Following the success of last summer’s belated and partially retrospective National Schools Championships organised by Hamish Buchanan and Dave Butler, it was decided to offer this year’s school leavers and interested university students the chance of a similar weekend of play on the courts at Alleyn’s, with Hamish […]

International Mens News Tournaments Womens

18th August 2022 Comment off

Squash court Fives tournament held in Spain

I.Bizkaia Rugby Fives Challenge 2022, Bilbao, Spain 8 August 2022 On August 8th, the Basque Association of Beach Tennis and Minority Sports organised the I.Bizkaia Championship of Rugby Fives. Again, the event took place on the squash court of Sports Centre of San Ignacio (in Bilbao, Basque Country), and eight players participated: Unai, Raymond, Luis, […]