Year: 2015

West of England Championships Clifton College, Bristol; October 24/25th There was a strong entry of 29 singles players in the championships, which were held over the weekend of 24/25th October at Clifton College, Bristol. Notable absentees from previous years were James Toop, John Minta and Matt Cavanagh, providing evidence of the march of time. In […]

14 pairs lined up for this second playing of the Lady’s Cup. They came from Rugby, Christ’s Hospital, Aldenham, Edinburgh, Cambridge and Eastbourne; comprised pupils, students and adults of both sexes; and ranged in age from early teens to nearly senior citizenry. Given the wide range of ability it made little sense to construct a traditional draw, especially […]

West of England Championships Clifton College, Bristol; October 24/25th Simon Werkshagen is now accepting entries for the West of England Open Championships. However, rather than producing an entry form for players to download and send in, he has followed last year’s example and set up a dedicated website, where players can enter the competition, and […]

National Singles Championship Qualifying – various dates and locations. Finals: St Paul’s School, December 5/6th Charlie Brooks is now accepting entries for this year’s Jesters Club Cup, to crown the National Singles Champion 2015. As ever, there will be qualification events around the country – in Edinburgh, Durham, Cambridge, Bristol and London – to decide […]

Yorkshire Open Fives Tournament Giggleswick School, October 10/11th For the second year, writes organiser John Hawke, the tournament comprised both singles and doubles, with doubles played on Saturday and singles on Sunday. Late entries ensured a quality field for both days, with participants travelling from London, Scotland and the Borders, Derby and even some from […]

British Universities & Student Rugby Fives Championships Cambridge/Oundle, 27/29th November 2015 The organisers are now accepting entries for the 2015 British Universities & Student Rugby Fives Championships, details of which were announced last month. The tournament will include both singles and doubles championships, and on the first day will be played over two venues. However, […]

Schools’ Winchester Fives Championship Winchester College, November 8th 2015 Organiser David Barnes has published the entry form and details for the 2015 Schools’ Winchester Fives Doubles Championship, which will be held in Winchester on November 8th. Each school may enter up to two pairs (or, if there is a small entry, three pairs) for the event, which […]

The Yorkshire Open Fives Championship at Giggleswick School, Settle Saturday and Sunday October 10-11 For the Doubles draw (played on Saturday) go to https://therfa.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/10/2015-Yorkshire-Open-Doubles-Draw.pdf and for the Singles draw (played on Sunday)  https://therfa.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/10/2015-Yorkshire-Open-Singles-Draw.pdf  

Owers Trophy St Paul’s School, Barnes, 26th September 2015 The new three-player format was greeted with interest and enthusiasm, writes organiser Alex Smith, and with nine teams, we had three groups of three in the group stages. This allowed a lot of socialising, tea-drinking and spectating as there was always one team not playing as […]

Will Ellison remains at the top of the new Singles and Doubles rankings, but after Dan Tristao’s win in London, the gap at the top of the Singles is very much smaller. Ed Kay (semi-finalist in both the South East and London) moves up two places to occupy no. 4 position. Elsewhere in the top […]