Month: May 2016

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First ever end-of-season rankings for Women’s Fives

The Rugby Fives Association, 17th May 2016 The RFA is delighted to publish end-of-season rankings for Women’s Fives for the first time. These are the third set of rankings to be published since the inception of Women’s Rankings in March of this year. They show Ladies National Champion Kathleen Briedenhann, who recently won the Winchester […]

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Ellison heads the End of Season Rankings 2015-16

Will Ellison finishes the 2015-16 season at the top of both the Singles and Doubles rankings following some great results over the year, including wins in both the National Singles & National Doubles. This is the first time that Will has headed both lists at end of season. Dan Tristao achieved that distinction last season, […]

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Report from record-breaking mixed doubles championship

Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles Championship Bradfield College, Berkshire; Sunday May 8th Two new names will be engraved on the Mixed Doubles trophy this year, after Ben Beltrami and Kathleen Briedenhann emerged as champions from a record-breaking field of 11 pairs – and Kathleen set a record of her own. Now that she holds this title […]

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Women’s Rankings — the latest set is published

The Rugby Fives Association, May 2016 The RFA is delighted to publish the second set of Women’s rankings below. The rankings have been prepared by a director of the RFA, Chris Burrows, using a specially designed programme. They are up-dated after each of the 7 ranking events which we have identified: The Ladies National Singles and […]

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Titles at Loretto for Butler, Sinton & McCreath

The Scottish Open Championships at Loretto School, Musselburgh Saturday-Sunday, 30th April and 1st May 2016 The Scottish Open 2016 demonstrated its international appeal by attracting entrants not only from the traditional Scottish and English powerhouses of Fives but also players from Spain and the United States, writes organiser Neil Roberts. It also showcased the emerging […]