Month: April 2019

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Entries open for 2019 Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles tournament

NATIONAL WINCHESTER FIVES MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Bradfield College, Sunday May 12th Organiser Alex Steel is now accepting entries for the National Winchester Fives Doubles Championship, a title which is currently held by Louise Mathias and Ollie Arnold (pictured above, flanking Bradfield’s Fives Master, Jeremy Ball). In recent years, this has become one of the most […]

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Results from the inaugural Rugby Fives Mixed Doubles Championship

National Rugby Fives Mixed Doubles Championship Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Sunday, 14th April 2019 STOP PRESS Eight pairs contested the inaugural Rugby Fives Mixed Doubles championship at Alleyn’s School. The event was won by Helena Tunks, who learned her Fives at Cambridge University, partnered by Douglas Law of the Durham University Fives Club; in the final […]

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Was there ever such a day! The Masters and the Grand Masters

The National Masters’ Doubles and the inaugural National Grand Masters’ Doubles Marlborough College, Wiltshire Saturday, 6th April 2019 Bernard Atkinson reports: Was there ever such a day…..? I suspect that the answer is no, there never has been a single day when three National Tournaments were taking place on the same courts. This is what happened […]

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RESULTS FROM THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS

National Schools Championships St. Paul’s School, Barnes Monday/Thursday 1-4 April 2019 STOP PRESS 101 players from 17 schools took part this year, with welcome entries from Merchiston Castle School, Loretto School, St. Dunstan’s College and UCS, Hampstead. Titles were won by players from Sedbergh (Open Singles), Merchant Taylors’ (Open Doubles), Merchiston Castle (U16 Singles and […]

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Draws published for National Veterans’ Championships

NATIONAL VETERANS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Marlborough College, April 6/7th As the dust settles on the Schools’ Championships in London, attention moves to the west and to some rather more, err, seasoned players of our great game. Organiser John Hawke has just published the draws for this weekend’s National Veterans’ (over 45s) Championships, and both the singles and […]

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New Vintage champions in 2019

Cambridge University Sports Centre Sunday, 31st March 2019 A few accidents and injuries, including a broken leg for organiser Brian Kirk, reduced this year’s entry in both Singles and Doubles, but the enthusiasm for non-stop, all-day Fives was in no way diminished. The new ball largely behaved itself on the glass-backed Cambridge courts, though not […]