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2004 Aberconway CupMike Fenn reports:The Fourteenth Championship took place at Eton College on a miserable windy and rainy day much to the chagrin of the organiser and few spectators brave enough to …

Kinnaird Cup 2004ForewordAnother Kinnaird and another low entry despite the efforts of several parties to drum up support. This said, we were a third up on last year with 24 pairs and, to be fair, se…

2004 Mixed ChampionshipsHoward Wiseman reports:This event was run along side the Ladies Nationals. Whilst in recent years it has been possible to run these two events through to their conclusion on o…

2004 Ladies ChampionshipsDominique Redmond reports:The day started bright and early with a total entry of thirteen pairs. The event was split into two pools with roughly 6-7 pairs in each with the to…

Mark Williams reports: This year a record 350 pairs were entered for the Championships from a record 32 schools. First timers playing out of Westway included Sion Manning, Fulham Cross, Holland Park…

2003/04 Keeling CupRichard Tyler reports:The Individual Tournament was notable this year both for the number of five game matches and for some results which might seem surprising, even to the seasone…

2004 Prep Schools' TournamentGerald Barber reports:It was particularly sad that we did not have entries from Berkhamsted this year, however 32 keen and enthusiastic pairs took part in the Prep School…

2004 EFA TrophyT Walters reports:The EFA Trophy Competition took place on Sunday 15th February this year with six teams battling it out for the Cup. It was great to see a couple of new teams entering…

In the second round the Old Edwardians, seeded four, were beaten at home by a strong Old Harrovians side with all three matches going to four games. As expected the third seeded Old Olavians took adv…

2004 Varsity MatchRodney Knight reports:An Honourable WinIn a match involving six pairs, it might be thought that, if each side achieves three wins, the result would be declared an honourable draw! B…

2004 Williams Cup

2004 Northern TournamentAndrew Mitchell reports:After the usual last minute entries, withdrawals and travel problems, a total of thirty-eight pairs arrived for the tournament, split equally between t…

2004 Ipswich TournamentPeter Boughton reports:For those unfamiliar with the Ipswich Tournament, it is organised on an individual entry basis with pairings determined by the organiser with the intenti…

2003/04 County ChampionshipsDan Hawkins & Seb Cooley report:Qualifying Round - Eton Sunday 16th November 2003Kent, Sussex, Warwickshire, and an amalgamated Suffolk/Essex team were represented at the …

2003/04 Turnbull Trophy

2003 London TournamentHoward Wiseman reports:Seventy-two players entered the London Tournament this year. Twenty-four pairs entered the Festival, with twelve extremely strong pairs entering the Main …

EFA League Tables 2003/04

Charterhouse International TournamentMartin Powell reports:This is the first international tournament held at Charterhouse and was arranged by the Brigands in close association with the Zuoz Fives Cl…

Fives in JerseyThis article by James Woodcock & Christopher Journeaux (Jersey Heritage Trust) originally appeared in the 2003-2004 EFA Annual Report).

2003 Aldenham TournamentGraham Pulsford reports:At 10.30 on a warm and sunny spring morning the competitors were ready. (All but two, who were transporting a barrel of Scholey's Finest Ale from the c…

2003 Veterans TournamentGraham Pulsford and Jo Seelig report:A cool May day at Eton saw twelve pairs contest this enjoyable highlight of the Fives calendar. Familiar faces predominated, including def…

2003 Aberconway CupMike Fenn reports:The Thirteenth Championship contained five new pairs contributing to over half the entry. Some eight Clubs/Schools were represented with players from Eton, Shrews…

Kinnaird Cup 2003ForewordWe had an extremely disappointing entry this year at only eighteen pairs which meant that we dispensed with Eton on the Saturday and went straight into a knockout competition…

2003 Mixed ChampionshipsOlly Cooley reports:The mixed competition began, as many Fives tournaments seem to, late. Most of the players who had arrived at the Westway either had a partner in the ongoin…

2003 Ladies ChampionshipsAnthony Theodossi reports:Well with Howard's new baby in the picture now, he was desperate to get someone to run the Ladies Championship and so it fell to me (a mistake he wi…

2002/03 Keeling CupRichard Tyler reports:The individual Tournament produced some very close matches this year and a nail biting climax at Ludgrove at the end of March. Twelve matches produced no less…

Mark Williams reports: Results Open Eton 1 (C.P.A.Nissen & E.F.J.Nissen) beat Harrow 1 (P.R.Dunbar & C.Bowen) 12-6, 12-2, 12-5.  Under 16 Highgate 1 (A.A.O'Callaghan & M.R.Little) beat Shrewsbur…

2003 Prep Schools' TournamentGerald Barber reports:The Tournament returned to Eton this year where took to the courts. There was as wide a range of standard as ever, but much enjoyment was had by all…

2003 EFA TrophyT Walters reports:After a clash with another fixture, the date of the EFA trophy had to be rearranged at the last minute this year. The EFA and the Master i/c of Fives at Eton do appol…

Mark Williams reports: Ten teams produced a side in this year's competition, and the four seeded sides reached the semi-finals. Semi-finals Old Edwardians could not produce a third pair, and so o…

Lord Aberconway (1913-2003)Charles Aberconway died at the beginning of February, just a few months short of his 90th birthday. This is not a full obituary; that appeared in the Times. Rather I have a…

2003 Varsity MatchRodney Knight reports:Revenge with ChampagneThe generous support of Eton College allied to sponsorship from Pol Roger ensured that this year's needle match for both Varsity Clubs wa…

2003 Williams Cup

The Westway courts under constructionEccentric Sport Moves into the Inner CityArticle by David Milliken in Feb 2003Published by the kind permission of Reuters.ETON, England, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The anc…

2003 Northern TournamentAndrew Mitchell reports:Although numbers were disappointing this year, most of the familiar faces turned up to be greeted by a sunny and windless day.

2003 Ipswich TournamentPeter Boughton reports:Given the complexities and constantly changing circumstances to be taken into account when executing the pairing of entrants for the Ipswich Tournament, …

2002/03 County ChampionshipsJamie Fleming reports:Like a slow and lumbering Fives player, the momentum of the County Championship is gently gathering. There seemed a more enthusiastic response to thi…

They Think It's All OverRobin Mason reports:January 2003: If it hadn't been Mike Fenn on the other end of the 'phone, I would not have believed it. But it was Mike, and it was true that the BBC wante…

2002 London TournamentHoward Wiseman reports:The weather wasn't great - but the Tournament was! Very well attended again with eighty players, it was wonderful to see all eighteen Highgate School Five…

2002 Universities TournamentSanjaya Ranasinghe reports:Once again British Rail engineering works and unreliable trains led to a sudden depletion in pairs for these championships with pairs from Newca…

Marlborough TournamentHoward Wiseman reports:A wonderful sunny weekend in Marlborough - a truly beautiful market town. What a perfect back-drop for such a unique event - the Marlborough Fives Champio…

2002 Under 25 TournamentChris Cooley reports:This year's Under 25s tournament was, though depleted by several last-minute illness cancellations, a well-contested and good-spirited event. Played on a …

EFA League Tables 2002/03

2002 Aldenham TournamentGraham Pulsford reports:As usual the competitors were a combination of Heath 'regulars' and specially invited guest players. There were representatives from Aldenham, Berkhams…

2002 Veterans TournamentRichard Dennis reports:The Veterans competition took place on a helpfully warm and sunny afternoon and it was therefore slightly disappointing that, in the event, only seven p…

2002 Aberconway CupMike Fenn reports:The Twelfth Championship contained no pairs from the first year. Several regulars were absent with one or two fathers hanging up their gloves whilst others were u…

Kinnaird Cup 2002\"High Fives for game that needs no replays\"Giles Coren \"My Week\" Article in the Times Preliminary Round WeekendThis week has been all about sport. No, not the Champions League, t…

2002 Mixed ChampionshipsHoward Wiseman reports:The \"Wiseman\" mixed championship rule was used again this year - the man only being allowed to remain in the serving position for one rally before cha…