Season Archives

Adams Cup Attracts Record EntryJohn Reynolds reports:07/05/18: The 125th birthday edition of the Adams Cup attracted a record 34 entrants and was won by Nick Gill and Massimo Melessaccio, who hasn't …

Veterans Tournament 2018: Old Hands Win The DayGraham Pulsford reports:30/04/18: If you are over 40 and haven’t played and experienced the welcoming and generous atmosphere of the last major fives co…

Hucks ReduxJRR Scoones reports:30/04/18: It began with the presenting of trophies. Three* were given to the Old Citizens, great sportsmen and players of the game. And twenty-three**, twenty-three wer…

EFA Awards 2018: Vote Now!As is now traditional, the EFA Dinner on May 11th will see the presentation of the EFA Awards for the following categories: Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Tea…

Cooleys Win The Mixed Again23/04/18: In a desperate bid to win more trophies in the season than their father, Seb & Charlotta Cooley won a seventh straight mixed title at Eton yesterday beating Karen…

Dan's The New Man At WestwayPaul Bowden reports:20/04/18: Daniel Thackeray has just started in his new role as Fives and Wallball Manager/Coach at Westway.

Old Millhillians Win Division One19/04/18: Congratulations to the Old Millhillians, who clinched top spot in Division 1 last night in a tense title showdown with the Old Harrovians.

Duncan Beardmore-Gray 1927-201818/04/18: The Eton Fives community was saddened to hear of the recent death of Duncan Beardmore-Gray at the age of 90.

Family Fortunes: Number Eight for the HughesChris Hughes reports:16/04/18: We gathered at Eton on 15th April for the Aberconway cup. We had 19 confirmed pairs, up until a few days before the competit…

Holyport Staff and Pupils Take to the CourtsFaye Kerr reports:18/04/18: Holyport College hosted their inaugural Boys, Girls and Beaks Eton Fives Competition at Eton on Tuesday.

Eight In A Row For Cooley & Dunbar16/04/18: Seb Cooley and Tom Dunbar retained the Kinnaird Cup at Eton on Sunday with a resounding victory over first time finalists Jonny Ho and Riki Houlden.

Hird & Cooley Defend Their Title16/04/18: Karen Hird & Charlotta Cooley won their sixth ladies title in succession at Eton last weekend, defeating Ashley Lumbard & Emily Scoones 3-1 in an exciting an…

James Toop and Fives in the TES07/04/18: This week's Times Educational Supplement features an interview with four time Kinnaird Cup winner James Toop in which Fives features pretty heavily.

Kinnaird and Ladies Finals at Eton on Sunday05/04/18: This Sunday sees the final of the two Eton Fives national championships with 2017 champions Tom Dunbar & Seb Cooley and Karen Hird & Charlotta Co…

2018 Richard Bourne TrophyRod Smart reports:04/04/18: Congratulations to Stuart Clark who played out of his skin at Charterhouse last week, to win the coveted Richard Bourne Trophy - the internal han…

Tony Baden Fuller (1938-2018)Nick Preston writes:Tony Baden Fuller saved the game of Eton Fives from disappearing into an abyss when the game’s sole manufacturer and supplier of balls suddenly collap…

Record Turnout For Easter LadderPhil Lyndon reports:02/04/18: Congrats to Chris Austin who won a ladder competition between players from Aldenham and North Oxford on Easter Sunday. Southpaw Chris man…

St.Olave's Win Schools' Open Title27/03/18: St.Olave's won the Open title at the National Schools' Championships for the second successive year at Eton yesterday as Kieran Walton & James Tate beat Et…

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Kinnaird Cup Semi-Finals: New Faces To Take On Defending Champions26/03/18: Yesterday's Kinnaird Cup semi-finals at Eton produced two tremendous matches, entertaining a good-sized crowd, with the end…

Ladies Championships Semi-Finals: Top Two Through Again26/03/18: This year's Ladies final will be a rematch of last year's contest, as the top two seeded pairs both made it through their semi-finals …

2018 Marsh National Schools' Championships24/03/18: This year’s Marsh Schools’ Championships, played at Eton College, maintained a long-standing tradition of the breaking the record in terms of overa…

New Sports Centre Development at Eton21/03/18: Eton College is planning to build a large new School Sports Centre (“SCC”) that will replace all the buildings that adjoin the Fives Courts. This will h…

Cardinal Vaughan Impress at Schools' NationalsRichard Black reports:20/03.18: On Monday 19th March ten pupils from Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School made their debut in the Under 16 competition of the…

Summer Fields Win The 2018 Prep Schools' TournamentGuy Smith-Bingham reports:20/03/18: The 2018 Preparatory Schools' Fives Tournament was won by Summer Fields in a tightly contested final against Ber…

Old Salopian Fives Weekend Grant Williams reports:19/03/18: The third weekend in March saw the gathering of 56 Old Salopians, Shrewsbury Students, and friends of fives for a fixture that filled all f…

Marsh National Schools' Championships Update 19/03/18The main week of the 2018 Marsh National Schools' Championships is up and running. Yesterday coaches, organisers and players alike braved the arct…

Hughes Cup: Eton Retain The Title14/03/18: Eton retained the Hughes Cup yesterday with a 2-1 victory on the Eton courts against Highgate in this year's final.

Kinnaird Cup 2018: Wet Weather Fails To Dampen Spirits12/03/18: The Kinnaird Cup qualifying rounds took place at the weekend with a good-sized field surviving slippery courts on the first morning to …

Berkhamsted and Ludgrove Through To Under 11 Final09/03/18: The National Schools' Under 11 competition took place at Eton last Thursday, with a healthy entry from a wide variety of schools. Berkhamst…

Williams Cup Shared by Eton and St.Olave'sMark Williams reports:06/03/18: Eton and St Olave's shared the 2018 National Schools three pair team competition for the Williams Cup, where each school play…

Varsity Match 2018: Dark Blue DelightNigel Cox reports:05/03/18: On a cold day, mercifully free from interruptions by snow, a strong Oxford team inflicted the most one sided defeat on Cambridge in li…

Ladies Championships 2018: Top Four Seeds Through To The Semis26/02/18: In arctic conditions at Eton on Saturday, the top four seeded pairs made it comfortably through the group and quarter-final sta…

London Universities vs Cambridge UniversityNathan Turnbull & Sahil Shah report:20/02/18: The inaugural match between Cambridge University and the combined London Universities took place at the weeken…

International Wallballers Try Eton Fives20/02/18: The 2018 UK Open Wallball tournament took place at Westway over the weekend, with four days of successful competition. Some of the top international …

EFA Trophy: Oxford Continue Perfect Season19/02/18: This year's Oxford University story has been one of one success after another, with men's and women's Universities titles, the mixed universities t…

  They have now won the competition 18 times in the last 19 years and their 19 victories overall puts them only four behind the Cholmeleians record of 23. The first modern-era Olavian win in this com…

Jesters Universities Mixed: Oxford On Top12/02/18: Oxford University's golden season continued as they dominated the eighth edition of the Jesters Universities mixed tournament at a bitterly cold Eto…

The final will be at Eton next Sunday afternoon at the same time as the final of the EFA Trophy, whose semi-finals take place in the morning (North Oxford v Oxford University and Old Ipswichians v Ol…

Berkhamsted Win Inaugural Girls U14 CompetitionMark Williams reports:09/02/18: An excellent entry of 36 pairs from 7 schools meant that the inaugural Girls’ U14 competition was a thoroughly worthwhil…

2018 Schools' Championships Up And RunningUnder 13 competitionMark Williams reports:07/02/18: A healthy entry of 65 pairs from 13 schools arrived at Eton on a bitterly cold Monday morning, and we wer…

New North Faces As Cooley & Dunbar Regain TitleWatch the final here: GAME 1, GAME 2, GAME 305/02/18: The top line might have been a familiar one, with Tom Dunbar & Seb Cooley winning their seventh ti…

Girls Festival 2018Paul Bowden reports:01/02/18: It was extremely disappointing that the weather conspired to force us to cancel the first attempt at a girls festival this year. Faye Kerr had managed…

Under 21s 2018: Dark Blue Domination29/01/18: Oxford University EFC followed up their pre-Christmas double at the Universities tournament with another successful day in the U21s at Eton yesterday, wi…

Howard's Way: An Introduction to CoachingPaul Bowden reports:28/01/18: Howard Wiseman ran a Training Session for coaches on Saturday 27th at Eton. Nine coaches attended, ranging from the very experie…

Richard Barber Cup 2017/18: Seven Up For St.Olave's15/01/18: St.Olave's retained their Richard Barber Cup title at Eton yesterday, but were pushed incredibly hard by both Shrewsbury and Westminster b…

Cooley Banks Ipswich Tournament09/01/18: The Fives players of Ipswich celebrated the New Year in the style to which they have become accustomed over the years with the annual running of the Graves Cu…

London Tournament 2017: Groundhog Day at Harrow05/12/17: Tom Dunbar & Seb Cooley started the eighth year of their record-breaking partnership at Harrow last weekend in much the same way as they have …