2002/03

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