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EFA Awards 2014As is now traditional, the EFA Dinner on May 10th will see the presentation of the EFA Awards for the following categories: Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Team of the Ye…

Aberconway Cup 2014: Williams G-Force Win AgainMike Fenn reports:This year’s Fathers & Sons Championship took place at Eton College on the same day as the Kinnaird National Championships final. This …

Kinnaird Cup Final 2014: Dunbar and Cooley Pass Tough TestT.Dunbar & S.Cooley (1) beat J.Toop & M.Wiseman (3) 3-0 (14-12, 12-4, 12-7)Tom Dunbar and Seb Cooley continued their four year unbeaten strea…

April 2014: Cooleys have the Mixed in the BagThe 2014 Mixed Tournament was won once again by Seb and Charlotta Cooley at Eton yesterday as the Olavian siblings proved to be head and shoulders above t…

2014 Kinnaird Cup Semi-Finals: Dunbar/Cooley and Toop/Wiseman into the finalMark Williams reports:T.Dunbar & S.Cooley (1) beat H.Wiseman & E.Taylor (5) 3-0 (12-7, 12-6, 12-5)J.Toop & M.Wiseman (3) be…

March 2014: Marsh National Schools' Championships - Rydal Make HistoryMark Williams reports: After their fine performance in the earlier rounds last week, Rydal reached their first National Fives fin…

Read on to see the winners from the 2014 Schools' Championships at Eton Under 12 final: Highgate 1 (J Avigdor & A Sharp) beat Highgate 2 (J Sochor-Grethe & C Coleman) Under 13 final: R/rydal Penrhos…

March 2014: Highgate edge out Summer Fields in the U12sMark Williams reports:A remarkable 89 pairs from 11 schools entered the Under 12s competition in the Marsh Insurance National Schools' Champions…

Kinnaird Cup 2014The 2014 Kinnaird Cup Qualifying Rounds and Festivals took place in glorious sunshine at Eton over the weekend. 30 pairs took part in the main draw, with the first two rounds played …

March 2014: Berko Back with a BangBerkhamsted 1 have now officially regained the EFA League Division 1 title, finishing their successful campaign with a 2-1 win over nearest challengers the Old Harro…

March 2014: A Spring in Their Step at Shrewsbury Mark Yates reports: A beautiful sunny morning greeted the participants for the Spring Festival of Fives held on Sunday at Shrewsbury School. Sadly Ry…

March 2014: Highgate Girls Win the U15sMark Williams reports:The first competition in the 2014 Marsh National Schools' Championships took place at Eton yesterday with the Ladies U15 tournament.

March 2014: Eton retain the Williams CupMark Williams reports:Seven schools entered the Williams Cup this year, and so it was a round-robin event with each pair playing 2 games up to 9 in each match.…

2014 Ladies Championships: A Festival of FivesMandie Barnes reports:The 2014 Ladies National Championships saw a pleasing increase in size of entry with 29 pairs taking part this year; for the first …

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…

EFA Dinner 2011

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 …

Ipswich Tournament 2014: Any Port in a StormThe 2014 Ipswich Tournament took place at the weekend, with the usual assortment of Ipswichians past and present plus guests taking part in a splendid week…

London Tournament 2013: Last Hurrah for HighgateThe weekend of December 7/8 saw the end of an era as the top courts at Highgate were used for the final time before being knocked down. The 2013 London…

2013/14 Turnbull Trophy - Olave's and Shrewsbury in the FinalThe 2013 Graham Turnbull Trophy took place at Eton on Sunday 17th November with 28 pairs from 8 different schools taking part. The standar…

2013 Black Cup: Highgate Girls Back in BlackThe Richard Black has been going now for five years and is well established as one of the highlights of the Fives calendar, providing an EFA Trophy style c…

November 2013: Cambridge Courts Officially OpenedSaturday Nov 9th marked a red letter day in the history of Eton Fives, as after the near 20 wait since the demolition of Portugal Place and after a hu…

November 2013: New Home for the EFA ArchivesHighgate have recently converted part of one of their former boarding houses into a brand new Archives Room and happily they have been able to take on the …

Midlands Tournament 2013: Young at HeartThe 2013 edition of the Midlands Tournament took place at Repton over the weekend of November 2nd/3rd. Presided over as usual in their own inimitable style by …

2013 Jesters Universities TournamentThe 2013 Jesters Universities tournament took place at Eton last weekend and featured 29 pairs representing 16 different universities, with first time appearances …

2013: St.Olave's retain the Richard BarberGrant Williams reports:Sunday 13th of October, venue Eton College, the fourth incarnation of The Richard Barber Cup, the tournament that pitches schoolboys/g…

2013 Under 25sA record entry of 29 pairs took part in the Under 25s tournament at Eton on Sunday, with an extremely high standard of Fives across the board. The men were competing for the newly prese…

Autumn Fives Festival – Sunday 22nd September 2013 – Shrewsbury SchoolMark Yates reports:A beautiful sunny day witnessed the first competitive Fives for many of the players at this year’s Autumn Five…

September 2013: Zuoz at 50 - A Personal PerspectiveGrant Williams gives his personal reflections on ZFCZ'z 50th birthday celebrationsLeaving the third world depravity that we English know as Luton Ai…

September 2013: Zuoz Fives Club Zurich - 50 Not OutJohn Reynolds reports:The half century of the Zurich branch of Zuoz fives was celebrated, appropriately, by some 50 players (and their ages spanned …

EFA League Tables 2013/14

EFA League Division 1 results 2013/14

EFA League Division 3 results 2013/14

EFA League Named Players 2013/14

August 2013: EFA President Rides London To Raise Money For Cambridge CourtsEFA President Richard Barber successfully completed the 100 mile RideLondon bike ride last weekend, raising money for the ne…

July 2013: Westway Fives Festival Is A Huge SuccessPaul Bowden reports:The First Westway Fives Festival at Eton CollegeOn Wednesday 17th July, 112 ten and eleven year olds from three schools took par…

Cambridge Playathon players go the distanceRobert Wilson reports:On Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June, Cambridge University Eton Fives Club played a twenty-four hour sponsored match on the court at …

Aldenham Tournament 2013: Pulsford and Malik triumphPlayed at Aldenham on Sunday 9th JuneGraham Pulsford reports:The courts were buzzing well before the start with players warming up and practising t…