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Rugby Fives Association Friday, 21st April 2017 The latest Women’s Rankings take into account results in the Ladies Winchester Fives Championship held in March at Malvern College. Kathleen Briedenhann beat Tessa Mills in the final to win the Singles title at that event, a result which enables Kathleen to return to the top of the […]

NATIONAL WINCHESTER FIVES MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Bradfield College, Sunday May 7th Organiser Alex Steel is now accepting entries for the National Winchester Fives Doubles Championship, a title which is currently held by Kathleen Briedenhann and Ben Beltrami (pictured above). In recent years, this has become one of the most fun and enjoyable events on the […]

SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Loretto School, Musselburgh, April 29/30th Organiser Neil Roberts is now accepting entries for the Scottish Open Championships, which will be held at their traditional time, over the first May Bank Holiday weekend. The event – played using the Cliff ball – includes both singles and doubles championships, but as is usual in […]

Alleyn’s School, Dulwich Saturday-Sunday, 8-9 April 2017 STOP PRESS: There had been mutterings among the game’s Grandees that this season was something of a ‘Changing of the Guard’, but there was precious little evidence of that at the sharp end of this year’s National Doubles Championship. The final was a repeat of last year – […]

The National Masters’ Championships Marlborough College, Saturday 1st April 2017 Organiser David Bawtree reports:  10 stalwarts entered the Masters’ competition on Saturday 1st April at Marlborough College. Our President, Bernard Atkinson, was a participant and also presented the winners with the Admiral’s Cup. Each pair played the other pairs one game to 15 and the […]

National Veterans’ Championships Marlborough College, Wiltshire, April 1st/2nd 2017 STOP PRESS The record books will show that 2016’s champions retained their titles at the 2017 Veterans’ Championships, but that basic fact hides the struggle they faced to do so. Indeed, some results in the earlier rounds had seasoned observers of the game muttering about a […]

National Schools’ Championships 2017 St. Paul’s School, 27-30 March 2017   Organiser Peter King reports : This year’s tournament was again played over four days with three age-groups; nineteen schools were represented, and it was great to see a strong showing from north of the border, if sad to have no representatives from a few […]

Cambridge University Sports Centre Sunday, 19th March 2017 STOP PRESS After many years of playing in competitions at all levels Stuart Kirby finally, and deservedly, has won his first national title in Rugby Fives: the Vintage Singles. And having achieved this, Stuart then went on to win the Doubles with his opponent in the Singles final, […]

Rugby Fives Association, March 2017 Organiser Tom Dean is inviting entries for this year’s Club Knock-out for the Wood Cup. As he puts it: It’s that time of year…The final rounds of the Wood Cup take place on the weekend of 22/23 April, so I need your Club’s entry. You have until the end of March to get […]

National U13 Rugby Fives Championships St. Paul’s, Sunday 12th March 2017 STOP PRESS After the disappointment of losing both finals last year when a year young, Gwydion Wiseman this year carried off both Singles and Doubles titles. With more players and schools wishing to enter than could be catered for at St. Paul’s, a high-quality […]