Year: 2018

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 […]

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 […]

Dan Tristao retains his lead in the new Singles Rankings, but we see a change in the Doubles, with Dan Grant taking over from Will Ellison at the top. These rankings reflect the first four events of the 2018-19 season. Normally I would have issued an interim rankings update but house-moving has preoccupied me somewhat […]

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday, 20th October 2018 Bob Dolby reports: The magnificent trophy which Mrs Malt gave in memory of her husband Philip Malt AOB on his death in 1937 has finally returned to Alleyn’s School, won by pupils Martha Nugent & Gwydion Wiseman in a thrilling final played against Ibby Lee & Dick Warner. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Owers Trophy St Paul’s School, Barnes, September 29th The Old Paulines reinforced their position as the country’s premier Old Boys team with another victory in the Owers Trophy. It was their ninth win in the last 11 years, and one of the most emphatic. To be honest, the result was no great surprise, but as […]

Whitgift School, Croydon Saturday/Sunday, 15-16 September 2018 STOP PRESS: Ed Kay successfully defended his Singles title and then went on, despite twisting his ankle in the second game, to win the Doubles with partner Dan Grant. In the Singles Ed brought to an end an 11-month unbroken run of titles for Dan Tristao, while in […]