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News Tournaments

20th March 2024 Comment off

Beltrami & Parker win the Barnes Bridge 2024 at Malvern

Malvern College Sunday, 17th March 2024 STOP PRESS For Ben Beltrami it was a second success after his victory in 2017 with Dave Butler; for Theo Parker it was his first win in this annual event. In the final Ben and Theo beat previous winner Dave Butler and his new partner, Sam Russell. Penn Chai […]

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19th March 2024 Comment off

Alex Wilson 1963-2024

The Rugby Fives Association March 2024 The RFA is sad to report the death recently of Alex Wilson, who for many years was a an accomplished and committed member of the fives community, both as a player and as a coach and administrator. We reproduce here a brief tribute from one player, Dave Hebden, who […]

News Schools Tournaments

18th March 2024 Comment off

Large entry at the Midlands Schools Championships

Oundle School Saturday, 16th March 2024 STOP PRESS An entry of 23 players from 6 Midlands schools, 18 of them in the U18 section, saw a long and competitive day of Fives, organised by Alex Smith and kindly hosted by Oundle School. The honours were shared, with Rugby School U18s winning titles at the expense […]

News Schools Tournaments

12th March 2024 Comment off

News from the National U13 Championships

St Paul’s School, Barnes Sunday, 10th March 2024 STOP PRESS 36 players entered from 9 schools: Alleyn’s and Alleyn’s Juniors, Berkhamsted, Merchiston Castle, St Paul’s and St Paul’s Juniors, Stamford, Stoke Newington and Whitgift. As usual a Plate and a Bowl competition were held in both Singles and Doubles, guaranteeing all those participating a full […]

News Schools Tournaments

11th March 2024 Comment off

Players from Winchester dominate the Colquhoun Trophy

Marlborough College Sunday, 3rd March 2024 STOP PRESS All four finalists in this event for South West schools were from Winchester College. Plum Mannion-Miles beat Theo Munaretto Day in the U16 final; and Anthony Cloke Browne overcame Arthur James-Duff in the U18 final. Jamie McManus reports: This year saw the third playing of the Colquhoun […]

News Tournaments Womens

11th March 2024 Comment off

New champions at the Women’s U25 Championships

Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Saturday, 9th March 2024 STOP PRESS With just 5 competitors for the Singles a round robin was held, from which Zara Elliot, who now plays her Fives with the Executioners, emerged the clear winner. The organiser and Captain of the Oxford University Women’s team, Lena Barton, took the silver and Phoenix Fleming […]

News Tournaments

4th March 2024 Comment off

Titles for Tristao, Beltrami and Watkinson at the North of England Championships

Durham University Courts Saturday/Sunday, 2-3 March 2024 STOP PRESS Dan Tristao won a sixth North of England Open Singles title at the expense of Ben Beltrami. Ben won the Doubles once more, this time with a new partner, Tom Watkinson. The Singles Plate was won by a resurgent Dave Butler, the Doubles Plate by home […]

News Schools Tournaments

26th February 2024 Comment off

Report from the Scottish Schools U18 and U16 tournaments

Fettes College, Edinburgh February/March 2024 Hector McFarlane reports: U18 Singles — A full day of high-quality Fives took place on Fettes’ courts as 14 players battled it out in the 7th edition of this Singles competition, playing to lift The Boyd Trophy and The McKeown Plate. Two late withdrawals left the draw with two groups […]

News Tournaments

25th February 2024 Comment off

Gwydion Wiseman wins the Challenger at Rugby School

Rugby School Saturday, 24th February 2024 13 players contested this Challenger event, open to players outside the top 16, which was played on the courts at Rugby School. A previous winner of a Challenger on the Cambridge courts, Anthony Goodwin, was seeded highest but was knocked out in the semi-final by Gwydion Wiseman, twice the […]

News University

22nd February 2024 Comment off

The Varsity Match 2024

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday, 17th February 2024 Oxford Men’s captain, Vivek Thakrar, was able to introduce two schools champions, Shiloh Wu and Genesis Nsenga, plus an accomplished Basque pelota player, Ander Iraizoz, as his top three Singles players, with last year’s captain, Teddy Monro-Davies, at number 4. This made for very close games in […]