MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

Below are the latest EFA National Rankings, correct as of 21/02/12. The rankings will be updated after each of the major individual competitions during the 2011/12 season (London, Northern, Kinnaird)…

Read on to see the story of the 2011/12 EFA League season so far.

Dominant Desperados

Courts in England and WalesAldenham School, Elstree, Herts 6 courts. 4 were built in 1916. A plaque at the courts reads \"These Four Courts were erected in 1916 by the kindly bequest of E H Mariette …

Time to start planning your Fives diary for the 2011/12 season? See below to see next season's key dates.

Alan Barber Cup draw and results 2011/12

2011 Old Boy/Schoolboy team competition: A successful start Mark Williams reports: A most encouraging entry for this new competition which aims to unite school and old boy players over 3 pairs comp…

Read on to see the story of the 2010/11 League season.  <span style=\"font-family

Division 1 results 2010-11

 

The 2009 Universities Championships, after an extensive Internet-based recruitment campaign, saw a record 27 pairs from 11 different universities competing at Eton on a wet and windy Saturday in Nove…

{joomplu:1733} Peter Cohen reports: Conventional sporting wisdom has always dictated that semi-finals are the best tournament game

Peter Cohen reports: This hotly anticipated rematch didn&rsquo;t disappoint as the Superleague&rsquo;s biggest rivals, Katona and WHOREFC, fought fiercely from top to

  

The Fives Federation is the official body supporting the games of Fives in the UK, and officially came into being in 2005, as described in the excerpts below.  The earlier loose association known as…

Peter May in the 1951 Cambridge Eton Fives team Peter May – A Sporting LegendThis tribute first appeared in the 2010 Fives Federation Annual ReviewAlthough Peter May's fame in the 1950s was as a grea…

{joomplu:1735} Peter Cohen reports: Not only was this the final match before the playoffs, it was also the match that could define the season for

This is a Tale of a Wife of Fives...This article was first published in the Eton Fives Association Annual Review 2009/10

2008/09 School ReportsThese reports first appeared in the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 2008/09

The genius of Kenneth Gandar-DowerThis article was first published in the 2009 Fives Federation Annual Review Gordon Stringer looks into the career of James Toop’s twentieth century predecessor as ma…

Fives in the HimalayasSt.Paul's School in Darjeeling is one of the more remote outposts of the game. Here are some reports on Fives at the school from the last 35 years.

Fives in New ZealandThis article first appeared in the Fives Federation Annual Review 2007/08

2007/08 Keeling CupRichard Tyler reports:The Individual Tournament featured 8 players this year with Ross Bryan, Pete Dunbar, Ed Taylor, Dave Mew and Niifio Addy making substitute appearances. Matche…

Batty About FivesThis article by Howard Wiseman first appeared in the Eton Fives Association Annual Report in 2006/07\"FIVES BATS, No2. English Willow 3/-each\".

A Victorian Leisure CentreThis article by Keith Tucker first appeared in the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 2005/06The ubiquitous \"Leisure Centre\" containing recreational, lodging, dining and…

The FivesOnline team is made up of representatives from different codes of the game who give their time and effort to the promotion and support of Fives in all its forms. With the support of the vari…

Obituaries & Tributes pre-2010

The squash court ballSquash Court FivesThis article by Howard Wiseman first appeared in the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 2000/01A particularly useful game for Eton Fives players whilst at Uni…

Oliver and Giles BroomeThe following article appeared in the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 2000/01

The Warminster CourtRamblings in RetirementThis article was written by David Guilford in 2000 and first appeared on the original EFA website.

Rugby, Eton & Winchester, 27th November 2011 Members of Marlborough Town Fives Club successfully completed their self-styled 'Fives McNab' on November 27th. Having left their home town at 6.15am, th…

The court at MereWarminster and West Country Fives by Tony Baden FullerThis article first appeared in the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 1998/99The Chairman has recently received an interesting…

Kinnaird Cup 1998

The Berkhamsted VI of 1949 with Master in Charge Bertie Owen (centre, seated) and Derek Whitehead (to his left)Fives at Berkhamsted 1880-1997The following article first appeared in the Eton Fives Ass…

The house known as “The Fives Court” This article was written by Dale Vargas and appeared on the original EFA website There is a private house in Pinner, Middlesex called The Fives Court. I have know…

Graham Turnbull(extract from the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 1994/95)Earlier this year the whole Fives world was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Graham Turnbull. He had been in…

The Old Olavian Alan Barber Cup winning teams of 1971 and 2000Old Olavians Fives ClubA precis of the early history 1928-1971The following article first appeared in the Eton Fives Association Annual R…

Richard Barber Cup Past ChampionsThe Richard Barber Cup is a three pair team competition. Each pair consists of one current and one former pupil from a particular school.

Roald Dahl (1916-1990)This obituary is taken from \"A History of Eton Fives\" by Dale Vargas and Peter Knowles.

Alhaji Ahmadu Bello: The Sarduana of SokotoSir Gawain Westray Bell was Governor of Northern Nigeria from 1957-1962. There he worked closely with Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, the Sarduana of Sokoto, who was a…

A Kangaroo at Queen's - The Queen's Club Story 1886-1986An extract reproduced by kind permission of the author Roy McKelvieKenneth Gandar Dower, whose astonishing versatility ranged through most movi…

The courts at Geelong Grammar SchoolTennis, Rackets and Other Ball GamesAn extract from the book by Mike Garnett published in Australia in 1986\"The Litle handball whether it be of some softer stuffe…

TE Manning (back row, far right) with the 1959 CLS Fives teamMy Years at Cambridge 1929-1933by T E Manning, former Master-in-Charge of Fives at City of London SchoolThe only place so far not chronicl…