Winchester College
Sunday, 21st October 2018
The spoils in this year’s intercode contest went to the VIII representing the Winchester Fives Association. Harry Akerman, unavailable to play but supportive of his side as ever, reports below.
Despite Dan Tristao and Will Ellison missing this fixture for the first time we had an excellent match on Sunday at Winchester College. The RFA have got the better of the Winchester Fives Association the last couple of years but this time the WFA edged out the opposition in a very evenly matched game. No pair won all its games and all pairs won some. There were four old Bradfieldians on show for the WFA, with James Birch the dark horse, hitting the ball as cleanly as ever. Old pairings of James Marshall & Ed Ronan plus Kieran Mackinson & Tom Kidner (last year’s Schools champions) were reunited, so the WFA were able to use their home advantage well. The overall score in this excellent tight series now stands at 4-4, with the total of points won by the RFA 1,963 against 1,943 won by the WFA ….. 20 points over eight years! The hard work of all was once again rewarded by lunch in the sunshine at The Queen.
Teams
RFA
Ed Kay & Peter Hanton
Theo Parker & Sam Russell
Hamish Buchanan & Gareth Price
Tom Watkinson & Nick Whitney
WFA
David Butler & James Birch
Giles Munn & Ed Hawke
James Marshall & Ed Ronan
Kieran Mackison & Tom Kidner
Scores
RFA I | RFA II | RFA III | RFA IV | Total | |
WFA I | 8-11, 11-6 | 11-4, 4-11 | 11-0, 11-1 | 11-3, 11-1 | 78-37 |
WFA II | 6-11, 11-9 | 11-4, 5-11 | 11-4, 11-0 | 11-5, 11-0 | 77-44 |
WFA III | 11-9, 6-11 | 11-8, 7-11 | 11-4, 9-11 | 11-5, 11-7 | 77-66 |
WFA IV | 11-9, 8-11 | 6-11, 4-11 | 8-11, 6-11 | 4-11, 7-11 | 54-86 |
Total | 72-77 | 59-71 | 78-42 | 77-43 | 286-233 |
WFA won by 286-233
Results of the previous years:
2011 WFA win 248-217
2012 WFA win 252-223
2013 RFA win 237-217
2014 RFA win 258-230
2015 WFA win 266-257
2016 RFA win 249-214
2017 RFA win 289-230