Rugby, Eton & Winchester, 27th November 2011
Members of Marlborough Town Fives Club successfully completed their self-styled 'Fives McNab' on November 27th. Having left their home town at 6.15am, the 16 (14 men and 2 women) played tournaments at Rugby, Eton and Winchester before returning home for a well-earned pint and curry that evening.
The first shots were hit just after 8.30am at Rugby, where Master-in-charge Trevor White was on hand to welcome the players (and provide bacon sandwiches), and the final winner of the final final was struck some 10 hours later at Winchester, where their Master-in-charge Giles Munn welcomed the 16 competitors. Inbetween there was some 150 miles driving, punctuated only by a tournament at Eton College, where Mark Williams gave the intrepid 16 a tour of the school, including the original 'court' on the wall of the College chapel, as well as lunch in the school dining room.
A full report on the day's event will appear in the next Fives Federation newsletter, due out in February 2012, and we hope to have photos of the day on this website very soon.
Click here to see a selection of photos from the day
And click here to see a video of the day's events
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