2016/17

The Cox Self-Invitational Eton Fives Challenge29th December 2016: match report by various CooleysAs 2016 drew to a close, an intrepid band of fives players and assorted hangers-on dodged Christmas re…

EFA ArchivesMost of you will by now be familiar with the new EFA website. You may not have realised that the website now contains an extensive and ever-increasing digital archive of reports, photos, …

EFA Trophy 2017: Bad Weather Fails to Rain on the EFA Trophy Parade16/01/17: For the second year in succession, wet weather and tricky conditions affected the qualifying rounds for the EFA trophy, bu…

New Innovations in Fives Court Building TechnologyJan 2017: The search has been on for a while for a cheaper alternative method of building Fives courts. Could Karen Hird have found the answer?

2017 Ipswich Tournament: Lyle and Lumbard Leave Graves Challengers Dead and Buried09/01/17: With 2016 finally consigned to the scrap heap of history, January 2017 saw the Graves Cup sailing towards t…

Training Day for CoachesPaul Bowden reports:09/01/17: On Sunday 8th January Howard Wiseman ran a four hour training session for those fairly new to Fives coaching in schools.

Festive FivesRalph Morgan reports:23/12/16: On Sunday 18th December, the Old Citizens held their Festive Fives event at Highgate, welcoming strong contingents from the City of London School and the C…

All at C: Fancy Dress Fives at AldenhamPhil Lyndon reports:21/12/16: Players at the Aldenham Heath Fives Club turned out in fancy dress last night (Tuesday 20 December) for an evening of fun and frol…

Three is the Magic Number...19/12/16: Sunday saw the Fives players of North Oxford take on their biennial Three Code Challenge for the third time, with 16 players playing Eton Fives at Eton, Rugby Fi…

2016 Turnbull Trophy: Five in a Row for St.Olave's12/12/16: The Olavian pair of Seb Cooley and Tom Gallagher piled on the records in the 2016 Graham Turnbull Trophy at Eton yesterday with a fifth con…

London Tournament 2016: Harrow - is it three you're looking for?05/12/16: The London Tournament has been back at Harrow for three years now, and 2016 saw a third win out of three for Seb Cooley and T…

150 Up for REFCA28/11/16: Two more hugely successful REFCA junior tournaments took place over the weekend, with Sunday's U12 Individual Tournament their 150th competition.

REFCA Youngsters Aim HighHoward Wiseman & Dominique Redmond report:Nov 2016: The season has got off to a great start and November is a busy month for REFCA's school tournament scene.

150 Years of Fives at Uppingham15/11/16: Nearly 100 OUs and partners gathered in Uppingham on Saturday 12th November to celebrate 150 years of Eton Fives at the School. The game was introduced to Upp…

Fives Stars: Five in a Row for Highgate at the Black Cup14/11/16: Highgate completed a nap hand of successive wins in the Richard Black Cup at Eton yesterady, defeating perennial rivals North Oxford …

Midlands 2016: Phil-Ant-Trophy or the cup that keeps on giving...31/10/16: The 10th anniversary of the reinstituted Midlands Tournament took place at Repton at the weekend, with 29 pairs from all ove…

2016 Universities Tournament: Double Delight for the Dark Blues24/10/16: The 2016 Jesters Universities Tournament took place at Eton on Saturday and was another hugely successful day of Fives. 26 pai…

100 year anniversary of Fives at Aldenham schoolJack Travers reports:October 2016: Aldenham celebrated the centenary of the Fives Courts this half term. The courts have produced many fine players ove…

Hoskins and Wagland end the OI Trophy DroughtTim Gregory reports:11/10/16: The Old Ipswichian Fives Club trophy cabinet has lain empty for some time. This year being the 50th Anniversary of the club,…

Terry Shaw (1939-2016)Dale Vargas writes:Terry Shaw, for many years a stalwart of the Old Harrovians Eton Fives Club, has died aged 77.

Richard Barber Cup: Six of the Best for St.Olave's10/10/16: St.Olave's won the Richard Barber Cup - the three pair competition for schools with each pair featuring one former and one current pupil - …

2016 Under 25s: The Next Generation26/09/16: A slightly smaller field than usual gathered at Eton yesterday to contest the 2016 Under 25 tournament. Although there were plenty of potential entrants n…

Wily Waglands Win in Wales19/09/16: Saturday and Sunday saw the latest edition of the season-opening Welsh Invitational tournament at Rydal Penrhos school in Colwyn Bay. Now a well-established weeken…

Westminster Cup 2016: Patel & Merrett Win a ThrillerLaurie Brock reports:THE ANDREW AITKEN TROPHY: Shaneil Patel and Ben Merrett beat Laurie Brock and Alex Wessely 15-1411/09/16: On a glorious Septem…