Year: 2019

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The National U13 Championships St. Paul’s School Sunday, 17th March 2019 STOP PRESS:  Players from 7 schools and clubs contested this year’s National U13 Championships. Among them was a first ever contingent from Stamford School, plus one young player, Camille Beattie, from the new City of Durham Club, who distinguished herself in the Singles by […]

South East Schools’ Regional Fives Championships Christ’s Hospital, Horsham Saturday, 9th February 2019 Whitgift, Tonbridge, Eastbourne and Christ’s Hospital took part. Results were as follows: U18 Singles: N.T.Jerome (W) bt D.Ahmed (W) U18 Singles Plate: M.Dare (CH) U18 Doubles: Christ’s Hospital I (M.Dare & O.Heath) bt Whitgift I (N.T.Jerome & S.S.Kendrick) U18 Doubles Plate: Whitgift […]

Will Ellison regains top spot in the new Doubles Rankings published today, replacing Dan Grant who drops down a place after his much enjoyed three month reign as number one. This change follows Will’s win with Charlie Brooks in the North West. These rankings reflect results from the North West, Under 25s, and the North […]

The Winchester Fives Open Doubles Championship Winchester College, Sunday, 10th March 2019 Organiser Harry Akerman reports: 16 pairs entered this year’s ‘Barnes Bridge’ and despite the post-storm British Rail excuses of ‘trees on the line’ and ‘scaffolding on the line’, all 32 players made it safely to Winchester College for what could be the last […]

National Doubles Championship Alleyn’s School, Dulwich; Sat/Sun April 13/14th Organiser Hamish Buchanan is now accepting entries for the 2019 National Doubles Championship, which will be held at Alleyn’s School. However, rather than publishing a physical entry form for players to fill in and return, Hamish is running the event through a dedicated website, which you […]

Rugby Fives Mixed Doubles tournament Alleyn’s School, Dulwich, Sunday April 14th For the first time, there’s going to be a Mixed Doubles Rugby Fives tournament – and entries are now being accepted. It’s organised by Ladies National Champion Louise Mathias (pictured above, when winning the Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles title last year) and will take […]