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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 …