Year: 2019

South West Open Championships Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon, July 6/7th Organiser Wayne Enstone is now accepting entries for the South West Open Championships. Held at Blundell’s School in Tiverton, Devon, the tournament has both singles and doubles tournaments started on the Saturday, with only the finals played on the Sunday morning. As usual, there will be […]

The end of season 2018-19 rankings have thrown up a few interesting results. It has certainly been a year where the spoils have been shared around a little more widely than is usual, perhaps something that is good for the game. Ellison, Tristao, and Kay emerge as the dominant forces in fives, but many others […]

WINCHESTER FIVES MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Bradfield College, Berkshire, May 12th As the dust settled on the end of a record-breaking Premiership football season, so Bradfield College witnessed a Mixed Doubles tournament that was packed with every bit as much drama and tension. The Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles tournament has grown in stature in recent years, […]

Loretto School, Musselburgh Saturday/Sunday, 4-5th May 2019 18 players contested the Singles at Musselburgh this year and another 6 joined the fray on Sunday for the Doubles. In the lamented absence of Neil Roberts, the Doubles were run by Richie Murby in the style of the President’s Cup. In Saturday’s Singles it was good to […]

The National Schoolgirls’ Championships Marlborough College, Wiltshire Sunday, 28th April 2019 With a late Easter and public examinations looming in England and Scotland there was some worry about potential numbers for this ever more popular event, now in its 10th year, but in the end 9 schools attended, their coaches bringing 63 girls in all. […]

NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP St Paul’s School, Barnes, London, 27 April 2019 Six teams took to the courts at St Paul’s to compete for the national club championship and in the end, it was the West of England Club that made history by winning the famous Wood Cup for the first time. It was a hard-fought […]

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 […]

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 […]

National Doubles Championship for the Cyriax Cup Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Saturday/Sunday, 13-14 April 2019 STOP PRESS: Ed Kay won his first National Doubles title, partnering defending champion Dan Tristao, in a match against Charlie Brooks & Will Ellison that went to three games. For Dan it was his 4th title and for Will it was […]

National Veterans’ Championships Marlborough College, Wiltshire Saturday/Sunday, 6-7 April 2019 STOP PRESS: It was 4th time in a row for Matt Cavanagh in the Singles; 3rd time of winning the Doubles for John Minta (twice previously with Andy Pringle); and first time for Dave Fox as he paired up with John. Tim Widdop did the double […]