Year: 2016

National Doubles Championship Alleyn’s School, Dulwich, April 9/10th On paper, the results may suggest that the 2016 National Doubles Championship was a rather uneventful affair, with no three-game matches and hardly any close games. However, there was no lack of quality on show, which was no great surprise, given that the field contained the top […]

SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Loretto School, Musselburgh, April 30/May 1st Organiser Neil Roberts is now accepting entries for the Scottish Open Championships, which will be held at their traditional time, over the first May Bank Holiday weekend. The event – played using the Cliff ball – includes both singles and doubles championships, but as is usual […]

St. Paul’s School, Barnes March 29-April 1st, 2016 Peter King reports:  This year’s tournament was again played over four days with three age groups; nineteen schools were represented, with over 110 competitors in all (the U14 entry being down on recent years) and although Winchester were again the dominant force across the three competitions there […]

The Rugby Fives Association, March 2016 The RFA is delighted to launch Women’s Rankings for Rugby Fives. The rankings have been prepared by a director of the RFA, Chris Burrows, using a specially designed programme, and will be up-dated after each of the 7 ranking events which we have identified: The Ladies National Singles and […]

National Doubles Championship Alleyn’s School, Dulwich, April 9/10th Organiser Hamish Buchanan is now accepting entries for the National Doubles Championship through a dedicated website, which you can access using the link at the bottom of this story. The tournament will take place on the courts at Alleyn’s School, and the entry fee is £20 per […]

National Vintage Championships at Cambridge Sunday, 20th March 2016 STOP PRESS: Ian Fuller retained both his Singles title and his Doubles crown with Dave Hebden. In the Singles final against Neil Roberts it was the story of cross-court angles and delicate dropshots from Ian doing the damage, while in the Doubles against Stuart Kirby & […]

The National U13 Championships at St. Paul’s School Sunday , 13th March 2016 Peter de Winton reports: With 46 competitors from nine schools, it was a healthy field of players, with all the usual competitive spirit and enthusiasm. We missed having boys from Shrewsbury House School, but welcomed St Olave’s and St Dunstan’s back and […]

WINCHESTER FIVES DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Malvern College, March 13th After the concerns of potential leaky roofs, wet courts and a possible late move of the competition to Bradfield we were greeted to a stunning day weather-wise at Malvern for the 35th Winchester Fives Barnes Bridge competition. The draw made a week in advance had 20 pairs […]

British Universities and Student Fives v. Rugby Fives Association Sunday March 6th, Cambridge Sports Centre STOP PRESS: For only the third time in the forty-nine year history of the event, a British Universities team has defeated a representative side from the Rugby Fives Association. With a convincing display on the Cambridge courts, one of the […]

Sedbergh School, Cumbria Saturday 5th March 2016 STOP PRESS On a snowy weekend in Cumbria, Kathleen Briedenhann was able to regain the Ladies Winchester Fives Singles title she lost to Tessa Mills last year at Winchester. It was her third Singles title. In the afternoon Kathleen and Tessa made a successful defence of their Doubles title […]