BUSF Championships Sherborne School, 21st/23rd November The organisers are now accepting entries for the British Universities & Student Fives (BUSF) Championships, which will be held at Sherborne School from November 21st to 23rd. As previously announced, these will be the first student championships for some time to be held without the support of BUCS, but […]
6th October 2014 Dan Tristao and Will Ellison confirmed their positions at the top of the game in the latest rankings, prepared for the RFA by Dave Hebden. Dan remained at the top of the singles rankings, while Will kept his top spot in the doubles rankings. These rankings take into account results at the […]
Entries are invited for the first Lady’s (Doubles) Cup, to be held on the new Cambridge University courts on Saturday October 18th. Each pair should contain at least one school girl or recent leaver or one female beginner. The partner may be of any standard and either sex. If you do not have a partner […]
OWERS TROPHY St Paul’s School, Barnes, September 27th The Old Paulines reconfirmed their position as the top club in Rugby Fives, successfully defending the Owers Trophy in emphatic fashion. Sadly, some last-minute withdrawals meant that just four teams contested the event – the Paulines, the Old Eastbournians, the Old Wykehamists and the Alleyn Old Boys […]
LONDON OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS St. Paul’s School, Barnes, 13/14th September 2014 After a successful inaugural South East Open last month, the Big Guns returned to the fray at the London Open, and it turned up some great matches, as well as some very interesting results. In the singles, the upsets came as early as the Round of […]
On the 1st of August 2014 BUCS posted the following statement on their website: BUCS Statement on Removal of Sports from Programme During the BUCS AGM on Thursday 10 July at Swansea University and following extensive consultation with BUCS members, BUCS Sports Advisory Groups and National Governing Bodies of sport it was noted that BUCS […]
The RFA is sad to announce the death of Joan Wood. In the words of her son Reeve “Joan passed away peacefully on Sunday 17 August 2014 and is now gardening and gallivanting, jam making and junketing and looking for more interesting quiz questions elsewhere. We hope the bush telegraph is working and Tom and Freddie […]
Stop Press: The first ever South East Championships – organised by Ed Hatton – were enjoyed by a good turn-out of 13 players in the singles and seven pairs in the doubles. These included a crop of young players and several faces new to the tournament circuit. It was some of the young players who […]
RFA member Dave Parlby rode the London 100 Race on 10 August in honour and memory of his great friend and Fives partner (and former RFA Deputy President) Jeremy Schroeter, who tragically died of bowel cancer last year at the very young age of 60. Dave secured a place on the Beating Bowel Cancer team led by […]