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25th November 2021 Comment off

Entries open for second RFA Challenger tournament

RFA Challenger Tournament Cambridge University Sports Centre, Sunday December 5th Entries are now open for this year’s Challenger Tournament – the second time the RFA has run the event after a successful 2019 debut, when the competition was won by Christian Blackaby (above). This tournament is different from other RFA ranking events, in that it […]

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10th November 2021 Comment off

Entries open for Ladies U23 Championships

Ladies Under 23 Championships St Paul’s School, Barnes, Saturday December 11th Entry is now open for the Ladies U23 Rugby Fives Championships. These will be held at St Paul’s School in South West London on Saturday 11th December 2021 (a week later than previously advertised). Both singles and doubles competitions will be played on the […]

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9th November 2021 Comment off

Honours shared at the Durham Ladies Championships

Durham University Sports Ground Saturday/Sunday 6-7 November 2021 The 3rd Durham Ladies Championships were played on the University Courts over the first weekend of November, featuring 14 players from the University, the City Club and the Edinburgh Academy. This is the first of the ranking events this season, to be followed in December by the […]

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9th November 2021 Comment off

Updated singles and doubles rankings published

RFA Rankings 9 November 2021 Now that tournament Fives is back up and running again, the RFA has today published the latest 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: This update reflects the singles […]

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20th October 2021 Comment off

2021 BUSF Student Championships entry open

British Universities & Student Fives Championships Marlborough College, Wiltshire, Saturday/Sunday November 20th/21st The organisers have now published the official entry form for the 2021 Student Championships, and it can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page. The event is open to men and women in full-time Higher Education at […]

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17th October 2021 Comment off

Cambridge hosts a day of fun at the Lady’s Cup

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday, 16th October 2021 Organiser Bob Dolby reports: 16 pairs contested the annual Lady’s Cup competition on the new courts at Cambridge University. There were students from three universities including Cambridge and from three schools, travelling from East Anglia, London, Bedford, Stamford and even Edinburgh. There was as usual a wide […]

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30th September 2021 Comment off

Entries open for the 2021 Owers Trophy

The Owers Trophy Sunday October 10th 2021 St. Paul’s School, Barnes The Owers Trophy returns after a two-year break, but following the great success of the three-person format that has been used over the last few years, organisers Alex Smith and Ben Hale are continuing with that system this year and hoping to get even […]

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27th September 2021 Comment off

Ellison and Tristao retain their titles at the London Open

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday/Sunday 24-25 September 2021 STOP PRESS Will Ellison successfully defended his title from 2019, the fifth time he has won the Singles, and then won the Doubles with Dan Tristao for the sixth time together, making it 9 London Doubles titles in all. In the Singles final Will defied the seeding […]

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16th September 2021 Comment off

New RFA Singles & Doubles Rankings published

RFA Rankings 16 September 2021 After so long without tournament Fives, the RFA is delighted to be in a position to publish new Singles and Doubles rankings today. Naturally, a huge amount of thought has had to go into how to calculate these latest figures, given the extraordinary times we have lived through in the […]

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13th September 2021 Comment off

Kay and Arnold dominate the Yorkshire Open

The Yorkshire Open Championships, Derby Moor Academy, Saturday/Sunday, 11-12 September 2021. STOP PRESS: Ed Kay successfully defended his Yorkshire Open Singles title but not without a tough challenge from first-time regional finalist Julian Aquilina. Ollie Arnold, beaten by Ed in the quarter-final, went on to win the 2nd Singles Plate, then teamed up with Ed […]