Month: October 2018

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Kay at the double in Marlborough

West of England Championships Marlborough College, Wiltshire; October 27/28th STOP PRESS With the help of Marlborough College, who agreed to host the event, organiser Ollie Arnold put on a superb event at the West of England Championships. And it was fellow Old Pauline Ed Kay who came away with perhaps the biggest smile on his […]

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Entry form for the 2018 National Singles Championship

National Singles Championship Qualifying – various locations, November 10th. Finals: Cambridge, December 1st/2nd Charlie Brooks is now accepting entries for this year’s Jesters Club Cup, to crown the National Singles Champion 2018. As ever, there will be qualification events around the country – in Edinburgh, Manchester, Cambridge, Tiverton and London – to decide the 12 […]

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Edinburgh Academy enjoy success in Durham

City of Durham Fives Club Saturday, 27th October 2018 Inaugural City of Durham Fives Club Ladies’ Invitation Tournament And what a success it was! 19 players from 12 years old upwards played out two separate Singles competitions over the course of the day. Nonstop fives masterminded by Tom Wakelam, players fuelled by a combination of […]

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Winchester Fives Association wins the annual inter-code contest

Winchester College Sunday, 21st October 2018 The spoils in this year’s intercode contest went to the VIII representing the Winchester Fives Association. Harry Akerman, unavailable to play but supportive of his side as ever, reports below. Despite Dan Tristao and Will Ellison missing this fixture for the first time we had an excellent match on […]

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West of England Championships open for entry

West of England Championships Marlborough College, Wiltshire; October 27/28th PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE Organiser Ollie Arnold is now accepting entries for this year’s West of England Open Championships through a dedicated website. Here, as well as entering the championships, players will also be able to find out everything they need to know about the event […]

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RFA members and their guests enjoy 90th Anniversary Dinner

The Alastair Mackenzie Anniversary Dinner The Queen’s Club, Barons Court, London, Saturday 13th October 2018 Some 75 members of the RFA and their guests gathered at the Queen’s Club in West London yesterday to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Association at The Alastair Mackenzie Anniversary Dinner. The guest list included everyone from greats of […]

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Titles for Butler, Arnold and Parker at the Yorkshire Open

Giggleswick School, Yorkshire Saturday/Sunday, 6-7 October 2018 STOP PRESS: In Saturday’s Doubles Ollie Arnold & Theo Parker regained the title they won in 2016, in a small but high quality field, by beating the former Barnes Bridge champion pairing of Ben Beltrami & Dave Butler in the final. Beltrami and Butler met in the Singles […]

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Ladies — it’s time to play for The Lady’s Cup!

Holders: Freya Harrison & Dick Warner Entries are invited for the fifth Lady’s (Doubles) Cup, to be held on the Cambridge University courts on Saturday October 20th Each pair should contain at least one school girl or recent leaver or one female beginner. The partner may be of any standard and either sex. If you do […]