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2013 Northern Tournament: Dunbar and Cooley unchallengedFor the second time in three years, the final of the 2013 Northern Tournament at Shrewsbury turned out to be something of an anticlimax. Two ye…

2013 Under 21 Tournament: Wilson and Abbott Double UpThe 2013 EFA Under 21 Championships took place at Eton at the weekend. The size of the draw was slightly disappointing but was more than made up f…

In the first pair Wiseman and Toop quickly established commanding leads in the first two games, but Dunbar and Shaw rallied strongly to produce a tight finish to both games, but narrowly lost both. I…

2013 Ipswich Tournament: Fletcher and Clarke are Different GravyThe 2013 Ipswich Tournament for the Graves Cup took place at the weekend with the usual assortment of OIs, current Ipswichians and rand…

Fancy Dress Aldenham-style Dec 2012Phil Lyndon reports:Congratulations to Graham Pulsford who won Aldenham Fives Club's fancy dress Fives Christmas competition last night (18 December). Players were …

North Oxford at the Treble Dec 2012A grand total of 17 North Oxford players and 3 spectators took on the Fives equivalent of the Three Peaks Challenge on Sunday, playing Rugby Fives at Rugby, Eton Fi…

The last two years have seen the Olavians take on the Old Salopians in the final but this year the return of Peter Dunbar meant that the Old Harrovians were able to put together a team strong enough …

Festive Fives at Wrekin 2012Mark Yates reports:Wednesday afternoon saw Festive Fives taking place on the recently refurbished courts at Wrekin College. This was the first ever all ladies fixture betw…

Nov 2012: Nothing Amis(s) as Campbell and Dunbar dominate London Field2012 has been a spectacular year of sport in London and with the Olympic and Paralympic warm-up acts out of the way, all eyes tur…

2012/13 Turnbull Trophy: Olave's and Berkhamsted into the FinalDominique Redmond reports:Last Sunday 20 pairs from St Olave's Grammar School, Wolverhampton GS, Berkhamsted, Emanuel School, City of Lo…

The Etonians were the first club through and they will now play old rivals the Harrovians, who came through a potentially tricky away tie against the Berkhamstedians, with both Dunbar brothers in fi…

Nov 2012 REFCA Under 14 Tournament: Inspiring the Stars of the FutureDominique Redmond reports:REFCA's well established U14 competition took place at Harrow on Sunday and was one again a huge success…

2012 Richard Black Cup: Highgate Perform Black MagicThe 2012 Richard Black Cup was claimed in fine style at Eton yesterday by Highgate School who overcame a strong field of seven teams in the biggest…

Midlands Tournament 2012: O'Neill and Theodossi rule at Repton?40 pairs took part in the 2012 Midland Tournament at Repton over the weekend, an event that is always one of the highlights of the Fives…

2012 Jesters Universities Tournament: Blue is the ColourThe 2012 Jesters University Tournament took place at Eton on Saturday with a total of 28 pairs taking part representing 17 different Universiti…

Twenty years later and the two clubs have slipped down the Barber Cup pecking order, with both unseeded this year, but they met again at Wolverhampton at the weekend and it was once again the Old Wul…

2012 Richard Barber Cup: Olave's win the Barber (Part 1)The Alan Barber Cup has been the blue riband event for Old Boy club Fives for many years; in the last couple of seasons it has been joined by t…

Sep 2012: Midlands Schools' LadderMark Yates reports:The Autumn Ladder took place at Shrewsbury school on Sunday 30th September 2012, sadly the number of schools turning out was lower than last year …

2012 Ranking Tournament: Cohen ranks highlyGuy Chapman reports:The second ever EFA Rankings Tournament took place at Eton on Sunday. We had a very strong set of ten players taking part, albeit withou…

2012 Under 25s: Defending Champions reign supremeThe Men's and Ladies' National Under 25 titles were retained by last year's winners Andrew Joyce and Laurie Brock and Karen Hird and Emily Scoones at …

September 2012: Courts re-opened at Rydal PenrhosFives at Rydal Penrhos School in Colwyn Bay has been on the up over the last few years and Sunday saw the official re-opening of two courts at the sch…

EFA League Preview 2012/13The 2012/13 EFA League season is already underway and here is the Fivesonline guide to this year's runners and riders.

EFA League Tables 2012/13

EFA League Division 1 results 2012/13

EFA League Division 2 results 2012/13

EFA League Division 3 results 2011/12

EFA League Named Players 2012/13

2011/12 Club Reports

Read on to find out how the Fives-playing schools saw their 2011/12 season... Aldenham A total of 12 school matches produced 2 draws and just 1 win but that masks a good number of individual perfor…

Spring 2012: State school to build three new Eton Fives courtsPictured: St Barts requisitioning officer Tina Smart on the site of the new courtsSt Bartholomew's School in Newbury, Berkshire, is to bu…

2012 Geneva Tournament: Brits grab Euro Fives gloryJohn Reynolds reports:Three players based in England were among those who shared the European Fives Championships which has just been held in Geneva.

  Round 1 Old Emanuels lost to Old Etonians (3) at Emanuel 06/10/12: A.Theodossi & T.McCahon lost to J.Hindle & H.Mackenzie 1-3 (12-5, 0-12, 8-12, 4-12) J.Fagan & R.Malacrida lost to F.von Guio…

2012 Aldenham Tournament: Pulsford and Patel make a Perfect PartnershipPhil Lyndon reports:The 2012 Heath Tournament was played on Sunday 13th May amidst bright sunshine. Most competitors were member…

EFA Dinner and Awards: A Night to RememberThe 2012 EFA Dinner took place in London on Saturday night, with a new venue and a new format, both of which proved to be big hits. The biggest attendance at…

May 2012: Golden Oldies in action at WestminsterSimon Woolfries reports:The third annual match between the veterans of the OWs and the OIs took place at Westminster on Tuesday 8th May.

Record Draw at 2012 Adams CupJohn Reynolds reports:Several generations of Fives players were represented at the Old Citizens' annual trophy, for the Adams Cup, at the weekend. The oldest player on co…