Season Archives

Geoffrey Bolt (1923-2000)Geoffrey Bolt as Master-in-Charge of Fives at Aldenham and latterly, Cranleigh, will be remembered as an outstanding coach. He brought out the maximum talent in his players t…

2000 Universities TournamentJames Toop reports:The first year of the new British Universities Eton Fives Championships saw ten pairs from four different universities, Cambridge, Loughborough, Oxford …

Marlborough Millenium TournamentHoward Wiseman reports:This event was a one-off! Organised over one year ahead of time, Julian Pinner entered for the wrong year! The aim was to unite, in the year of …

2000 Under 25 TournamentWith temperatures hovering around zero 12 pairs braved the cold and icy roads to gather at Eton for the Year 2000 Under 25's National Championships on Sunday 19th December. It…

EFA League Tables 2000/01

Martin Shortland-Jones (1930-2000)(extract from the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 2000/01)The untimely death of our President, has left the Eton Fives' world bereft.

Fives Goes TravellingA visit to Engadin, Zuoz July 2000 This report by Paul Thompson first appeared in the Eton Fives Association Annual report 2000/01Some had thought that it was mighty ambitious tr…

Jack Gaywood (1914-2000)Jack Gaywood was, for many years, Honorary Secretary of the Old Cholmeleian Fives Club, later President, a member of the EFA Committee and at one time the EFA's Honorary Audit…

2000 Aldenham TournamentGraham Pulsford reports:The year 2000 Heath Tournament took place at Aldenham School on Sunday 16th April in ideal conditions for fives. The sun shone brightly and thanks to t…

Torry Hill's 75th AnniversaryMike Fenn reports:On the 5th May 2000 the Charitable Trust held its twenty-second committee meeting at Torry Hill Estate, Sittingbourne, Kent as guests of the Patron of t…

2000 Veterans TournamentPeter Knowles reports:The sixteenth Over 40s Tournament took place at Eton on Sunday 7th May. Like several other tournaments this year the entry was down on previous years, pe…

Fives at High ElmsThis Article by Alan Chadwick (Old Olavian) first appeared on the original EFA website in April 2000When his sons returned from Eton enthusing about a new game they had discovered S…

2000 Aberconway CupMike Fenn reports:The Tenth Championship was held on a sunny day at Eton on Sunday 30th April, a few weeks later than usual following a late Easter. Unfortunately the late Easter, …

Kinnaird Cup 2000ForewordThe preliminary and second rounds, quarter-finals and Pepperpot Trophy Festival took place at Eton this year on 8th and 9th April. Whilst, sadly, the overall entry was down t…

2000 Mixed ChampionshipsHoward Wiseman reports:Without any hard work being involved by the competition organiser, twenty pairs appeared at Highgate on a very sunny Sunday in May, to compete for the t…

2000 Ladies ChampionshipsHoward Wiseman reports:Twenty-four ladies took part this year, which included four players from Zuoz school in Switzerland. The Tournament date had been moved so that the Swi…

1999/00 Keeling Cup: The Tony Hughes MemorialMalcolm Keeling reports:This year's tournament was named 'The Tony Hughes Memorial' and dedicated to the most enthusiastic supporter of the Individual Cha…

Mark Williams reports: Open Competition Harrow 1 (T G Dunbar & P R Dunbar) beat Shrewsbury 1 (J J Walters & W J Chiang) 12-9, 12-1, 15-12 Under 16 Competition Highgate 1 (A S Varma & O D Rodwell) b…

2000 Prep Schools' Tournament

2000 EFA TrophyEd Taylor reports:Thankfully this year, the second weekend in February didn't fall in the destructive path of a certain Mr. Valentine, allowing a record entry of twelve sides.....the c…

I hope in years to come, with the renewed efforts of the EFA, the Eton Fives Coaching Agency and many keen individuals, a new generation of players will emerge from schools where the game has momenta…

2000 Varsity Match 7th March - EtonCambridge University beat Oxford University 2-1

2000 Williams Cup

2000 Northern TournamentAndrew Mitchell reports:Late entries reached ridiculous proportions this year, with over half the eventual entries received less than three days before the tournament, making …

2000 Ipswich TournamentSteve Burnell reports:The Ipswich Tournament, as has become customary in recent years, was again held early in January and this year attracted thirteen pairs, with an overwhelm…

1999/00 County ChampionshipsJamie Fleming reports:Aaaah, the County Championships.OK, so it's had a bit of a poor record of late, and it hasn't been the most widely supported competition on the circu…

Tony Hughes first came to notice in Eton Fives upon reaching the final of the Public Schools Competition in 1957 when he and fellow Edwardian, J. C. Green, lost to Aldenham (G. B. Vine and D. R. Ba…

1999/00 Turnbull TrophyGraham Dunbar reports:The Graham Turnbull Trophy was played at Harrow School on Sunday 9th November, 1999.Thirteen pairs, from Lancing, Westminster, Sunningdale, Orley Farm, Ha…

1999 London TournamentHoward Wiseman reports:In the third year since its successful relaunch in 1997, the London Tournament returned to Highgate's courts. Once again, it proved a competitive and well…

EFA League Tables 1999/00

J.S.O.Haslewood(extract from the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 1999/00)

1999 Aldenham Tournament

1999 Veterans Tournament

1999 Aberconway CupMike Fenn reports:The ninth Championship was held at Eton on Sunday 18th April. Sixteen pairs, ideal for the organiser, entered with newcomers Simon Sherrard (first Fives in twenty…

1999 Mixed Championships

1999 Ladies Championships