Year: 2017

The RFA is sad to report the death, at the age of 77, of Eric Marsh. One of a generation of leading Fives players to emerge from St. Dunstan’s College in the late 1950s, Eric was Amateur Singles Champion in 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963. He was three times runner-up: in 1959 to Jonathan Smith; in […]

Schools’ Winchester Fives Doubles Championship Winchester College, Sunday 5th November 2017 David Barnes reports: Ten pairs, the same number as last year, contested the sixteenth edition of the Schools’ Winchester Doubles. Marlborough and Radley each brought two pairs, and the rest of the entry came from St. Paul’s and Winchester. A last-minute gap in the […]

British Universities & Student Fives Championships Marlborough College, Wiltshire, Friday-Sunday November 17-19th The organisers have published the draws for the 2017 Student Championships – which can be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate links below – and it looks like being a cracking tournament. Much will be expected of the Cambridge squad, which has had […]

Updated rankings reflecting results from the Yorkshire and West of England Championships held in October have now been posted. These rankings will be eagerly awaited by some since they form the basis for seeding the forthcoming National Singles Qualifiers. Since the end of 2013 Dan Tristao and Will Ellison have occupied the top 2 positions […]

Clifton College, Bristol Saturday/Sunday, 28/29 October 2017 STOP PRESS: It was the same four players who figured in the last stages of the Singles and in the final of the Doubles: Will Ellison, Dan Grant, Ed Kay and Dan Tristao. As it was last year. But not entirely the same outcome. In the Singles Will […]

National Singles Championship Qualifying – various dates and locations. Finals: Manchester Y Club, December 2/3rd Charlie Brooks is now accepting entries for this year’s Jesters Club Cup, to crown the National Singles Champion 2017. As ever, there will be qualification events around the country – in Edinburgh, Manchester, Cambridge, Bristol and London – to decide […]

October 2017 The RFA is sad to announce the death of Denise Hall-Wilton, following a short illness caused by a brain tumour. A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Denise Hall-Wilton was held in Bradfield College Chapel on Saturday, 10th March 2018. Many fives players and friends came to celebrate her life, recognising her immense contribution to […]

Winchester College Sunday, 22nd October 2017 Victory for the RFA team in this annual fixture means the score now stands at 4-3 to the RFA. For the results in previous years  see end of this post. Harry Akerman reports : Our annual match against an RFA team that seems to be getting stronger every year […]

Yorkshire Open Championships Giggleswick and Manchester, October 14/15th Organiser John Hawke writes: After the usual intimidation by the organiser, an excellent entry was forthcoming for the tournament. Unfortunately, he had obviously not put as much effort into control of the weather, so an extremely wet Friday coupled with a rapid increase in temperature left the […]

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday, 21st October 2017 Bob Dolby reports :  12 pairs vied this year for the Lady’s Cup, presented 80 years ago in memory of National Champion Philip Malt but played for these days as part of the RFA programme of Ladies’ Fives events. It was the fourth time that players had […]