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Womens

11th March 2022 Comment off

RFA Dinner to be held in April

RFA Dinner, The Queen’s Club, London 23 April 2022 The RFA is to hold a formal dinner on the evening of Saturday April 23 at The Queen’s Club in Baron’s Court, west London. The date has been chosen to coincide with the National Club Championship, which is being played at St Paul’s School in Barnes […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

1st March 2022 Comment off

Kay, Arnold and Beltrami retain North of England titles

Durham University Fives Courts Saturday/Sunday, 26-27 February 2022 After a covid-induced hiatus of two years the North of England championships took place once more on the courts of Durham University, with a Singles entry of 26, and 13 pairs contesting the Doubles. There were players from the two local clubs — the University Club and […]

News Schools Tournaments Womens

21st February 2022 Comment off

Entries open for 2022 National Schools Tournament

National Schools Tournament, St Paul’s School, Barnes 26-28 March 2022 The organisers are now accepting entries for the National Schools Tournament, which will run from Saturday 26th to Monday 28th March at St Paul’s School in Barnes, London. The U16s and U18s categories will run over all three days of the tournament, with the U14s […]

Mens News Womens

15th February 2022 Comment off

Oxford and Cambridge each play out their Past versus Present

Saturday, 12th February 2022 St Paul’s School and the Cambridge University Sports Centre Nick Whitney reports for Oxford: After an enforced break in 2021, the 36th Oxford Past vs Present match took place at St Paul’s School on Saturday. Despite the Present missing several key players with covid we were able to contest a full […]

Mens News Tournaments Womens

8th February 2022 Comment off

Medals for City of Durham and Sedbergh at the Northern Schools Championships

Northern Schools Championships The Race Course, Durham Saturday/Sunday 5-6 February 2022 Julie McIntyre reports: It was a Covid-hit competition for the second Northern Schools tournament, meaning a few players were missing, and Rossall were unable to compete this year. However, there was still a strong showing from both Sedbergh School and the City of Durham Juniors, […]

Mens News Schools Tournaments University Womens

31st January 2022 Comment off

Beltrami and Arnold dominate the National U25s at Cambridge

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday/Sunday, 29-30 January 2022 STOP PRESS Ben Beltrami won his second U25 Singles title and then partnered Ollie Arnold to win their third consecutive Doubles championship in two days of full-on Fives going into the early hours of the evening. It was pleasing to see the increased participation of women in […]

News Tournaments Womens

25th January 2022 Comment off

Hat-trick for Louise and Shinan at the Ladies’ Nationals

Manchester Y Club Saturday/Sunday, 22-23 January 2022 STOP PRESS Denied the chance by covid in 2021, Louise Mathias now won her third successive National Ladies’ Singles title and then, with Shinan Zhang, their hat-trick of Doubles titles also. We missed Alexandra Steel, Maddy Raynor and Katie Sumner among others but had a strong field of […]

Mens News Womens

22nd January 2022 Comment off

Fives on the radio

RFA media coverage Manchester, 22 January 2022 The RFA is delighted to report that Rugby Fives has had some excellent coverage on the radio ahead of this weekend’s National Ladies Championships. In fact, no less than two sections of the Stacey Copeland show on BBC Radio Manchester were devoted to the game. In the first, […]

Mens News Schools Tournaments University Womens

8th January 2022 Comment off

Change of venue for Under 25s Championships

Under 25s Championships Cambridge University Sports Centre, Saturday/Sunday 29/30th January Competitors are advised that, unfortunately, due to Covid restrictions Oundle School is no longer able to host the Under 25s Championships at the end of this month. Instead, the event is taking the short trip from Northants to Cambridgeshire, and will now take place at […]

Mens News Tournaments University Womens

4th January 2022 Comment off

Latest RFA rankings revealed

RFA Rankings 4 January 2022 Naturally, after a couple of months packed with important Fives tournaments, the new year brings new official RFA Open Singles and Doubles Rankings (which you can see on the Rankings page on this website), along with the following update from the RFA’s Rankings Tsar, Dave Hebden: The New Year rankings […]