MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

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Overview

Tasty Whore d'oeuvres for Studs

STOP PRESS Will Ellison enjoyed a productive trip north of border, doing the double at the Scottish Championships. After beating John Minta to win the singles championship, he partnered John Hawke t…

The School Girls U16, U14 and U13 was played on a very wet day at Marlborough College. Despite the weather, the intrepid teams and their coaches made it through rain, wind and fallen trees to reach …

In an event contested by a record-breaking five pairs, the Masters' Championship was won by John East and Martin Wilkinson, who emerged as champions after a gruelling round-robin series.

The ground-breaking ceremony for the new Cambridge University Sports Centre - which will include six Fives courts - took place today.

Oundle School hosted the first stage of the third National School Girls' Tournament, the senior (U18) category. The standard of girls' fives continues to improve, and the day saw some excellent sing…

This year saw the largest entry in both the singles and doubles for some years, with 10 entrants for the singles and, after some very late entries, a field of 14 pairs for the doubles.

The Old Paulines confirmed their position as currently the strongest club side in Fives with a dominant display to retain the National Club Championship they won for the first time last year.

Full 2012 National Schools' Championships results

This year’s tournament enjoyed another large entry, not quite in line with 2011, as twenty schools initially submitted entries in at least one of the three age groups; and it was especially good to …

The 2012 National Doubles Championship was a remarkable event, and one which will send the game's statisticians scurrying to their record books. In a final between the third and fourth seeds, the ch…

David Bawtree is now accepting entries for the National Masters Championships, which will held at Christ's Hospital on Saturday April - coinciding with the Veterans' Championships at the same venue.

STOP PRESS In the 2012 Vintage Championships – organised for the first time by Brian Kirk – the singles title was won by Wayne Enstone, while Ian Fuller and Jeremy Schroeter won the doubles. Full re…

STOP PRESS In the 2012 Vintage Championships – organised for the first time by Brian Kirk – the singles title was won by Wayne Enstone, while Ian Fuller and Jeremy Schroeter won the doubles. Full re…

STOP PRESS Boys from Blundell's dominated the events at the third running of the Colquhoun Trophy, winning both the Seniors and Colts titles, as well as one of the plates.

Organiser John Hawke is now accepting entries for the National Veterans' Championships, which will be held at Christ's Hospital over the weekend of April 21/22.

STOP PRESS Boys from Blundell's dominated the events at the third running of the Colquhoun Trophy, winning both the Seniors and Colts titles, as well as one of the plates.

With only 25 competitors, it was the smallest field for some years, but the competitive spirit and enthusiasm on show was as always second to none, writes organiser Peter de Winton.

Jack Peterson is one of the legendary names in the history of Eton Fives. He was captain of Fives at Shrewsbury and Oxford, a Master at Eton then Headmaster at Shrewsbury, three times a Kinnaird Cu…

There had been rumours that the floors of the now enclosed courts at Sedbergh were liable to sweat after a few games, and this sadly turned out to be the case. Nonetheless, thanks to a great deal of…

STOP PRESS A strong RFA team came through its annual match against a BUCS representative squad to claim a resounding victory. In the six-a-side fixture, the RFA team earned a 10-point lead in the si…

Over 100 schoolchildren have been introduced to Fives at a introductory session run by the Fives Federation at Shrewsbury House School, Surbiton, in South West London. A chance conversation led to…

Hamish Buchanan is now accepting entries for the 2012 National Doubles Championship, which will follow the same format as the last few years. The preliminary stage will be played over the weekend 17…

STOP PRESS Will Ellison gained revenge for his two defeats at the hands of Dan Tristao in the Under 25s Championships by beating his rival to claim both the singles and doubles titles in Durham. Aft…

The strongest Cambridge side for some years defeated Oxford convincingly in the 2012 Varsity Match at St. Paul’s, sponsored by Champagne Pol Roger. Both teams featured a majority of Old Paulines, de…

Click on \"Read More\" to see the provisional draw for the 2012 Kinnaird Cup first round on Saturday February 25th at Eton. Please note the time of your match and make sure you arrive at the courts a…

The inaugural South-East Schools’ Championships took place at Tonbridge School. On a very cold day, 29 players from Christ’s Hospital, Eastbourne, Tonbridge and Whitgift played both a singles and d…

Oundle School, 4/5th February 2012 STOP PRESS There will be a full report as soon as possible, but in the meantime here you can see the full results from the Under 25s championships.

Salford, 27th January 2012 The funeral of Fred Beswick was held yesterday at Agecroft Crematorium, followed by a reception at the Castlefield. Many Fives players past and present were on hand mark h…

London, 19th January 2012 The RFA has today published its latest official rankings, prepared for the Association by Dave Hebden. They take into account last year's National Singles and National Stud…

Sherborne, Dorset, 7/8th January 2012 STOP PRESS Boys from St Paul's School dominated the action at this weekend's West of England Schools' Championships, picking up three of the four main prizes on…

Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, 11th December 2011 Yet again the President's Cup lived up to its reputation as the most gruelling competition in the Fives calendar. Despite the fact that the c…

St Paul's School, Barnes, 4th December 2011 With an entry of five pairs in the doubles competition, the day started with a round robin for all players, writes organiser Melanie Whitehead. The top t…

Manchester, 3rd/4th December 2011 James Toop today scored his fourth successive National Singles title, winning in two games over Will Ellison. For James, this title – his fifth in total – moves him…

To be held in Manchester, 3rd/4th December 2011 Organiser Charlie Brooks has published the draw for the final rounds of the National Open Singles Championship, where 16 players will be competing for…

Marlborough College, Wiltshire, 25/27th November 2011 For the first time the championships visited Marlborough, where the College courts, recently re-furbished with non-slip floors, provided an exce…

The London tournament takes place at Highgate this weekend with 16 pairs in the main draw on Saturday and nearly 30 taking part in the Festival on Sunday. Read on to see the draw for the main tournam…

To be held at Rugby, Eton & Winchester, 27th November 2011 Readers will know that John Buchan wrote 'The 39 Steps'. He also wrote a lesser-known book called 'John McNab', in which three successful b…

To be held at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, 11th December 2011 Following the success of the email-based entry system which was pioneered over the last two years, we will be continuing with it…

To be held at Marlborough College, Wiltshire, 25/27th November 2011 BUCS has published the draw for the National Student Rugby Fives championships – and it looks set to be a tournament of extremely …

Winchester College, 6th November 2011 Eleven pairs contested the tenth anniversary edition of the RFA Schools' Winchester Doubles tournament, held at Winchester College.

John Reynolds reports:Old Citizens returned to the Barber Cup on Sunday after at least 10 years away and knocked out the fourth seeds in what has to be the shock result of the first

Winchester College, 30th October 2011 Harry Akerman has sent in a report from what he describes as a 'cracking match' at Winchester in which the (very newly formed!) Winchester Fives Association did…

The first few matches have taken place in Division 2 over the last couple of weeks and already one or two teams are showing that they are going to take some stopping this season.

After tasting defeat in their season opener against the Millhillians, the Westminsters first team opened their Division 1 account on Wednesday night, storming fortress Orpington to record a 3-0 away …