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2011 Schools Mixed Championship: Shrewsbury on songMark Williams reports:Fifteen pairs from 5 schools entered t

2011 Kinnaird Cup Semis: Top seeds into the FinalMark Williams reports:Doug Foster and George Campbell started the first two games well against James Toop and Matt Wiseman, and tried to play forceful…

2011 Williams Cup: Show of strength from ShrewsburyMark Williams reports:Six schools entered this National competition for three pair school teams at Eton on Sunday 6th March. Each pair from each sch…

2011 Varsity Match: Cambridge edge historic contestRodney Knight reports:In fine but cold weather, the newly refurbished Eton College courts welcomed this historic Varsity Match first, courtesy of th…

2011 Kinnaird Cup: Top seeds looking strongThis year's Kinnaird Cup qualifying rounds took place at Eton over the weekend of 26th/27th February. The entry was disappointingly low this year, with 28 p…

2011 Ladies National Championships: Top seeds cruise through20 pairs took part in the qualifying rounds of the National Ladies Championships at Eton on Sunday. Half-term meant that unfortunately none…

2011 EFA Trophy: Berkhamsted pip the Salopians in epicThe semi-finals and final of the 2011 EFA Trophy took place at Eton at the weekend and produced a day of fiercely contested matches between four …

2010/11 Barber Cup Final: Olavians win againMark Williams reports:

2010 Geneva Tournament: Fives à la SuisseFilippo Variola reports:The 2010 Geneva Fives Tournament was played this year in Zürich at the Zuoz Fives Club Zürich to reduce the travelling distance for th…

2010/11 Under 21s: Joyce and O'Neill retain their titleThe second EFA Under 21 Championships took place at Eton yesterday, with a much larger entry than last year and a tremendous day's Fives.

2010/11 Under 21s: Mantle and Cutmore-Scott win all Oxford finalThe Under 21s Ladies Championships at Eton produced an increased entry compared to last year's competition, but suffered slightly from …

2011 Northern Tournament: Shrewsbury injury jinx hands title to Dunbar and CooleyThe Northern Tournament took place at Shrewsbury over the weekend with around 50 pairs taking part, split across the m…

2011 EFA Trophy QualifiersAlways one of the highlights of the Fives calendar, the EFA Trophy qualifying rounds took place yesterday. With 13 teams entered again this year, the tournament had to be sp…

2010/11 Barber Cup semi-finals: Olavians and Salopians through into the finalWho can stop the Old Olavians? The Kent side marched into the final again with a routine victory over a plucky but outclas…

Jan 2011: Antonia Bruch Memorial MatchEmily Scoones reports:On October 27th 2009, Antonia Bruch sadly passed away from Meningitis. Antonia had just left Highgate School and started at Oxford Universi…

2010/11 County Championships: Herts-ache for WarwickshireHertfordshire clinched the County Championship title yesterday at Eton for the fourth year in succession with a resounding 3-0 victory over Wa…

Graves Cup 2011: Here We Go Again...The 2011 edition of the Graves Cup was held over the weekend of 8th/9th January, with Seb Cooley and Cameron Lyle setting a record for having held the trophy for t…

Jan 2011: Cross Code New Year Fives-fest in MarlboroughFives history was made on Sunday Jan 2nd 2011, as North Oxford Eton Fives Club took on Marlborough Town Rugby Fives Club in a cross-code New Yea…

Toop and Wiseman win the 2010 LondonMatthew Wiseman and James Toop retained their London Tournament in fine style at Eton yesterday, defeating fellow Olavians Seb Cooley and Peter Cohen in a high qua…

2010/11 Turnbull TrophyDominique Redmond reports:This event had a fantastic turnout with 33 pairs (one of our highest ever entries) from ten different schools: Aldenham, Berkhamsted, Emanuel, Charter…

2010 REFCA Under 12s TournamentDominique Redmond reports:This year's competition was held at Eton College alongside the Graham Turnbull Trophy. This year we had a massive entry of 46 players from Ips…

2010 EFA Universities: A higher degree of successThe 2010 Universities Championships took place at Eton on Saturday 13th November, with a record 34 pairs representing 17 different universities in a f…

Nov 2010: EFA Ladies hit the Highgate high notesThe newly formed EFA Ladies team played their first ever match on Sunday and got their season off to a flying start with a fantastic eight pair fixture…

Midlands 2010: Ant and Ryan's Sunday afternoon Repton takeawayThe Midlands tournament took place at Repton over the weekend of 30th/31st October and produced a terrific weekend's Fives. Every game fr…

County Championships 2010/11Numbers were down on last year, but the competitiveness certainly wasn’t for the County Championships qualifying that took place at Eton on Sunday 24th October. Five teams…

Alan Barber Cup results 2010/11

Graves Cup 2010: The next generation...The 2010 Ipswich Tournament for the Graves Cup finally took place on the 16th/17th October, a mere 10 months later than scheduled and thankfully unaffected by s…

Opening of the Shrewsbury Fives Courts – 9th October 2010Richard Barber reports:The project to refurbish the School’s Fives Courts started in 2003 when the OSEFC brought to the then Headmaster’s atte…

Oct 2010: EFA hit the Rutland trailThe annual EFA mini-tour of Rutland took place at the weekend of October 9th/10th, with all the usual elements present and correct - a motley crew of EFA representa…

Rossall Schools Championships 2010 - All codes of Fives in perfect harmonyHoward Wiseman reports:The fourteenth Rossall Schools’ Championships took place on the 2nd and 3rd of October. 56 pupils ente…

EFA League Tables 2010/11

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2010 EFA DinnerThe annual end of season EFA Dinner took place at Eton on Saturday 8 May with nearly 60 guests present and proved to be the usual convivial occasion, splendidly organised by EFA Presid…

March 2010: OI and OW veterans battle it out on courtSimon Woolfries reports:The first ever match between the Very Old Ipswichians and the Very Old Westminsters creaked its way onto court at Westmins…

2009: Early courts at Uppingham get a makeoverMost people in the game are aware of Uppingham as a centre for Fives: the school has four courts and a long tradition of producing Fives players.

2010 Aldenham TournamentGraham Pulsford reports:Twenty four invited players battled for the Jim Fredenham Cup at the Aldenham Heath Fives Club on Sunday 9 May in the club's annual tournament. Congrat…