2010s

March 2014: Girls' Festival at BerkhamstedFollowing on from the highly successful Ladies Championships at Eton at the weekend, it was great to see nineteen pairs of girls from Berkhamsted, Aldenham a…

March 2014: New Patron for the EFAMarch 2014: Ian Davis has been delighted to accept the EFA's invitation to be the Association’s new Patron in succession to Lord Kingsdown who sadly died last Novemb…

EFA Trophy Final 2014: Super Salopians Strike AgainThe 2014 EFA Trophy was retained by the Old Salopians at Eton yesterday after a pulsating day of Fives, which saw four well-matched teams battling i…

2014 Varsity Match: Champagne FivesRodney Knight reports:If victory in this historic encounter were to be measured in bottles of Pol Roger Champagne, the laurels this year would go to Oxford 9-3. The…

2014 Jesters Universities Mixed: London Lay Down the LawThe Jesters Universities Mixed pairs tournament is a fairly recent addition to the Fives calendar, created in 2011 by Elli Hullis, and this, th…

2014 EFA Trophy Qualifiers: Harrow to the rescueThe qualifying rounds of the 2014 EFA Trophy took place at Harrow yesterday and produced a highly enjoyable day's Fives, with eight teams taking part a…

Under 21s 2014: Wilson and Abbott win again; Highgate's girls prove unstoppableThe 2014 Under 21 Tournament took place at Eton at the weekend, with 20 pairs braving the flood waters around Eton to co…

Northern Tournament 2014: Cooley and Dunbar win again but are pushed all the wayThe 2014 Northern Tournament saw a record (surely?) 72 pairs take part over the weekend in the main tournament, the fes…

Peter KnowlesJan 2014: It is with great sadness that we report the death last week of Peter Knowles. Peter was one of the great servants of the game, as a player then as a coach, especially at Highga…

At first pair, Toop and M.Wiseman started strongly and won the first game convincingly. Worth and Griffiths got into the second game and fought hard, but lacked the consistency to rally and challenge…

Roddy Forman: An ObituaryJan 2014: Roddy Forman was master in charge of Fives at Eton for several years and, in retirement, was an ardent coach at Summer Fields, Oxford. He was the ideal person to in…

Jan 2014: Lord Kingsdown - A TributeGordon Stringer writes:Lord Kingsdown, KG, PC (1927 – 2013)It is with a great sense of loss that we record the death of Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Lord Kingsdown, who …