Month: March 2017

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Results from the National Schools Competition at St. Paul’s

National Schools’ Championships 2017 St. Paul’s School, 27-30 March 2017   Organiser Peter King reports : This year’s tournament was again played over four days with three age-groups; nineteen schools were represented, and it was great to see a strong showing from north of the border, if sad to have no representatives from a few […]

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Stuart Kirby does the double at the Vintage Championships

Cambridge University Sports Centre Sunday, 19th March 2017 STOP PRESS After many years of playing in competitions at all levels Stuart Kirby finally, and deservedly, has won his first national title in Rugby Fives: the Vintage Singles. And having achieved this, Stuart then went on to win the Doubles with his opponent in the Singles final, […]

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Entries invited for the Wood Cup 2017

Rugby Fives Association, March 2017 Organiser Tom Dean is inviting entries for this year’s Club Knock-out for the Wood Cup. As he puts it: It’s that time of year…The final rounds of the Wood Cup take place on the weekend of 22/23 April, so I need your Club’s entry. You have until the end of March to get […]

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Alleyn’s do the double at the National U13s

National U13 Rugby Fives Championships St. Paul’s, Sunday 12th March 2017 STOP PRESS After the disappointment of losing both finals last year when a year young, Gwydion Wiseman this year carried off both Singles and Doubles titles. With more players and schools wishing to enter than could be catered for at St. Paul’s, a high-quality […]

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New names on famous Barnes Bridge trophy

Winchester Fives Championship Sedbergh School, Cumbria, Sunday March 12th Harry Akerman writes: With four pairs withdrawing in the final few days before the tournament, the organisers decided to play the tournament as two groups of six pairs in a round-robin format, with the top two pairs going through to the semi-finals. A plate was then […]

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National Doubles — Entries Open

The Nationals Doubles is fast coming up and this year we’re hoping to run a really fun event for everyone. You’ll be guaranteed several games and a masterclass with the top players, there’ll be food, other outdoor games (weather permitting) and you can even get an official shirt! Because we want to make this year’s […]

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The Universities VI does it again!

Cambridge, Sunday 5th March 2017 After their unaccustomed success in last year’s fixture against the RFA, the representative side from the British Universities had the great satisfaction of repeating their victory this year by a comfortable margin. It was the 50th of these encounters, each of them run by David Gardner. It also turned out to […]

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News from the South East Regionals and the Scottish Schools

South East Schools Regional Tournament  Tonbridge School, Saturday February 4th 2017 Whitgift and Tonbridge dominate South East Schools tournament With the courts at Whitgift unplayable there was a late transfer to the courts at Tonbridge for this year’s event. Results: U18 Singles:  C. Low (Whitgift) bt H. Anbukumar (Whitgift) 11-2, 11-1 U18 Plate Singles:  G.Boyle (Christ’s […]