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Ladies Championships 2016: A Record-Breaking EntryIan Mitchell & Mandie Barnes report:On a bracing February morning, 37 pairs – continuing the record-breaking trend – assembled for the 2016 Ladies Et…

Kinnaird Cup 201622/02/16: The qualifying rounds of the 2016 Kinnaird Cup took place at Eton over the weekend; 29 pairs entered the main tournament and the depth of quality of the entry was the best …

Universities Mixed 2016: Roses Are Red, Trophies Are Dark Blue15/02/16: What better way to spend Valentine's Day than playing mixed Fives? None according to the pairs who made it to Highgate on Sunda…

A Fives RevolutionEleven-time Kinnaird Cup winner John Reynolds give his verdict on the 2016 Barber Cup final and how the game has changed in recent years:The game of Eton fives is undergoing many ch…

Dunbar and Cooley Show Northern Composure08/02/16: The 2016 Northern Tournament took place on Saturday and Sunday with 55 pairs braving the traditional Shrewsbury cold, wind and rain to produce the e…

At third pair, Howard Wiseman and Dave Mew were too strong for Henry Lewis and Chris Hughes and won comfortably in 3 games. The second pair match was the best contest, with all three games being har…

Under 21s: All The Young Dudes01/02/16: The 2016 Under 21 tournament took place at Eton yesterday and was an absolute cracker, with heroes everywhere. The star man of the men's tournament was James P…

Feb 2016: Third Berkhamsted Girls FestivalPaul Bowden reports:On Tuesday 26th January 2016 44 girls from seven different schools gathered for the third Girls’ Fives Festival at Berkhamsted. Oakham an…

EFA Trophy 2016: Slippery When Wet25/01/16: The qualifying rounds for the 2016 EFA Trophy took place at Eton on Sunday with the damp and slippery courts almost giving Fives a bad name and the ten tea…

Jan 2016: Homerton Win Cambridge CuppersRiki Houlden reports:On Sunday 24th January, 15 players came to the Cambridge University Sports Centre Eton Fives courts for Eton Fives Cuppers 2016, the tourn…

Olavians and Salopians in the Barber Cup Final againCongratulations to the Olavians and the Salopians, who won their respective Barber Cup semi-finals at Eton yesterday and who will meet again in thi…

Gray and Watts Win in IpswichThe 2016 edition of the Ipswich Tournament was won by OIs Oli Watts and James Gray, who beat Seb Cooley and his Ipswich schoolboy partner Tom Conway in the final after an…

James Leonard: An ObituaryJan 2016: James Leonard was a remarkably gifted man, both intellectually and athletically. He was undoubtedly one of the best Eton Fives players never to have won the Kinnai…

\"Age shall not weary them...\"Simon Woolfries reports:09/12/15: The most recent edition of the VOI v VOW* fixture produced a successful evening yesterday at Westminster with the VOI six winning 3-0 …

London Tournament 2015: A Shuffling Of The Pack But Cooley And Dunbar Are Still The Aces07/12/15: The 2015 London Tournament at Harrow at the weekend was a huge success with a total of nearly 50 pair…

Cambridge Past v Present Finishes All Square01/12/15: Cambridge University Past took on Cambridge University Present last Saturday with honours ending up even after a 2-2 draw. The match was mastermi…

John Lyon’s Charity awards the EFA £105,000 grant for Fives development at WestwayThe EFA is delighted to announce that John Lyon’s Charity has made available a grant of £35,000 per year for three ye…

Turnbull Trophy 2015: St.Olave's On TopAnthony Theodossi reports:16/11/15: On a rather windy day at Eton the 2015 Turnbull Trophy took place. By Friday evening there was a healthy entry of 18 pairs, …

Yet Another Title for Highgate09/11/15: The Richard Black Cup is now in its seventh year and the numbers of participants, the standard and the strength in depth all continue to rise, making the 2015 …

Midlands 2015: Redemption for Barker and Houlden02/11/15: Repton was once again the host for the 2015 Midland Tournament at the weekend with another good turnout of over 30 pairs taking part in one o…

Universities 2015: Oxford and Durham Take the Honours24/10/15: The 2015 Jesters Universities Tournament took place at Eton on Saturday with a terrific turnout of 29 pairs from 17 different universiti…

Richard Barber Cup 2015: Olave's On Top AgainGrant Williams reports:12/09/15: Five teams entered the Richard Barber Tournament at Eton on Sunday, which was won once again by St.Olave's. The format of…

Aldenham Ladder: One for the boysPhil Lyndon reports:Aldenham Fives Club staged its first ladder competition with boys from the school last night (6 October 2015). Six schoolboys joined 14 AFC player…

Welsh Tournament 2015: A Sissons Clean Sweep22/09/15: The third annual Welsh Tournament was played at Rydal Penrhos School in Colwyn Bay at the weekend, with the usual mixture of school pupils, staff…

2015 Under 25s: Andrew and Riki Re-Joyce at Houlden the Trophy14/09/15: The 2015/16 Fives season got underway at Eton yesterday with the first major tournament of the year played out amid a pleasing …

The players were split, as usual, into two pools of five pairs, with the organiser making up the fifth pair in pool B by playing on his own. Pool A In pool A, Ed Rose and schoolboy Kotka Lim swiftly…

EFA League Tables 2015/16

EFA League Division 1 results 2015/16

EFA League Division 2 results 2015/16

EFA League Division 3 results 2015/16

EFA League Named Players 2015/16

Jimmy Biggs - A TributeJuly 2015: It is with a deep sense of shock and sadness that we record the death of four-times Kinnaird Cup winner, Jimmy Biggs, in a tragic car accident.

UK Youngsters Head to SwitzerlandHoward Wiseman & Dominique Redmond report:Nineteen young Fives players from Emanuel School, Alleyn's School and St. Olave's Grammar School, all took part in this year…

WSSL 2015 Final: Highgate Win a ThrillerJulian Black reports:Tuesday saw the Finals and 3rd/4th playoff of the Westway 2015 Summer Superleague, and thus the culmination of two months of competition.

June 2015: Fives Fever in GenevaJohn Reynolds reports:A truly international Eton fives tournament involving players from at least a dozen countries took place in Geneva at the weekend.

June 2015: Aldenham Tournament - Rennie & Pulsford win (but it wasn't a fix, honestly...)Graham Pulsford reports:Played at Aldenham on Sunday 14th June 2015The courts were buzzing well before the sta…