Season Archives

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…

2010 Adams Cup: Triumph after 30 years awayJohn Reynolds reports:Two players who were last on court together in 1976 have won this year's Adams Cup, the Old Citizens' trophy.

EFA League Division 2 2009/10: Berko boys bring it homeHaving set the pace at the top of the table for the vast majority of the season, Berkhamsted finally clinched the Division 2 title and the Aston…

2010 Mixed: No debate as Pete and Kerry get the Mixed voteDom Redmond reports:The Mixed Championships took place at Eton on Sunday May 2nd with 24 pairs enjoying a great day's Fives. The final was a …

2009 Midlands: Wiseman and Cooley reign at Repton Dominique Redmond reports:This year's Midland Tournament took place at Repton on the weekend of October 31stovember 1st. Nearly forty pairs made the …

2010 Prep Schools' Tournament - Highgate on topJames Woodcock reports:The 43rd Eton Fives Prep School Championships, sponsored by HSBC Insurance, took place at Harrow on Thursday 11th March.

2009/10 Richard Black Cup: Girl Power in actionThe inaugural Richard Black Cup was won by the EFA who defeated St.Olave's 3-0 in an exciting final.The tournament was held at Eton on Sunday March 28th…

2010: James Toop and Matthew Wiseman regain the Kinnaird CupThe Kinnaird Cup final took place at Eton on Sunday March 28th and was won by James Toop and Matthew Wiseman, who defeated holders Tom Dunb…

2010 Lancing TournamentThe inaugural Lancing Fives tournament took place over the weekend of April 17th/18th 2010 with over 30 players, including Lancing pupils, OLs and guests, enjoying two fantasti…

2010 Veterans Tournament: the Golden Oldies shine in the sun at EtonGraham Pulsford reports:The Veterans Tournament took place at Eton on Sunday 18th April with 17 pairs taking part in a veritable fe…

2010 Engadin Challenge: The hills are alive...with the sound of Fives ballsSeb Cooley reports:The 10th Engadin Challenge Tournament took place in Zuoz recently with a strong UK contingent joining in …

2009/10 Under 21s Tournament: First Ever WinnersThe first ever EFA Under 21s Tournament took place at Eton on Sunday 25th April, with some terrific Fives and two tremendously exciting finals, with th…

August 2010: A day to remember at Torry HillRodney Knight reports:Fives has been played on the court at Torry Hill, the home of our Patron Lord Kingsdown and Lady Rose, since 1924 when it was built b…

2010 Varsity Match: Light Blue skies over Eton The sunny but bitterly cold weather favoured Cambridge this year in an enjoyable and closely fought match at Eton, courtesy of the Provost and Fellows.

2010 Aberconway Cup - because they're Worth it...Mike Fenn reports:A record equalling number of 18 pairs entered the twentieth Championship which was played on a sunny spring day at Eton. The competi…

2010 Ladies Championships: Six in a row for Dom and KerryDom Redmond reports:The Ladies Championship was won at Eton on Sunday 11th April by Kerry White and Dominique Redmond, who beat Charlotta Cool…

2010 EFA Trophy: a win for the WolvesThe EFA Trophy was won this year for the first time by the Old Wulfrunians, who beat Berkhamsted 2-1 in the final at Eton.

2009/10 County Championships: Kings of HertsThe County Championship title was this year retained by Hertfordshire, narrow winners over Kent in the final.

2010/11: Perrie/Joyce and Cooley/Ganguly win the Under 25sThe first trophies of the 2010/11 Fives season were decided at Eton on Sunday 19th September, as the National Under 25 Champions were crowned…

Preliminary Round Lancing Old Boys beat Old Etonians 2-1 at Lancing 18/10/09 W.Betts & T.Betts beat A.Knight & S.Randall 3-0 D.Foster & N.Cox beat E.Remnant & H.MacKenzie w/o T.Monkton & M.Searle…

Malcolm Mitchell (1938-2010)Shrewsbury School and the Old Salopians, with many others, are mourning the untimely death of Malcolm Mitchell at 71.One of his many contributions to a more civilised worl…

2010 Williams Cup

Now you can play Fives without going to EtonArticle from The Kensington & Chelsea Chronicle 11th February 2010Traditionally the preserve of public school players, Eton fives is attempting to reach ou…

2009/10 Under 25 TournamentRobert Desmond and Annabel Griffiths report:Despite the freezing cold conditions, the Under 25s Tournament made a comeback this year, with Robert Desmond and Annabel Griffi…

Sept 2009: Fives courts re-opened at RGS High WycombeLast season, the two courts at RGS High Wycombe - built nearly 100 years ago as a memorial to the Old Boys of the school who died in the Great War…