11th May

The Heath Tournament - Aldenham

Graham Pulsford and Matt Woods beat Neil Margerison and Phil Lyndon in the final

2nd May

From Daily Telegraph Business Diary today

Another new gig for Henry Staunton, the former finance director of Granada Group and ITV who's now one of those plural businessmen. He started work yesterday as a non-executive at The Merchant Trust, which adds to a portfolio that includes slots on the boards of Ladbrokes and Legal & General.

One fact I recall about Staunton is that he's one of the few people in the country to have played Eton Fives - a game dating back to the 1820s that involves throwing a ball against walls. I read that the pastime is "often associated in the proletarian mind with a censorious upbringing and regular birchings", although Staunton seems to prefer more sedate pastimes.

"I'm not sure he's played any Fives recently," says his spokesman. "He's more into his golf, now that he's so close to collecting his bus pass."

30th April

League Results

League Division I
Old Etonians lost 1-2 to Old Harrovians at Highgate
League Division III
Abbey Club lost to Old Reptonians 1-2 at Westminster
Westway lost 1-2 to Old Reptonians at Westway
Windsor & Eton lost 0-3 to Old Reptonians at Eton
Results & Table have been updated

28th April

League Result

League Division II
Old Olavians III beat Highgate 3-0 at Westway

The outcome of League Division II depended on the result of this match. A win to the Olavians saw them take the league title for 2007-2008. Highgate School were in the lead for most of the year and to finish in second place is a most creditable perfomance in this their first season in the league.


Results & Table have been updated

22nd April

Tournament Reports/Results

The following pages have been added to the website:
Graham Turnbull Trophy - report and results
Northern Championships - results
Kinnaird Cup - report and results
Alan Barber Cup - report and results
Ladies Championship - results
Mixed Championship - results
MJS-J Veterans - report and results
EFA Trophy - report and results
Varsity Match - report and results
Universities - results
HSBC Schools National Championships - report and results
HSBC Preparatory Schools Championships - results
Harrow Schools Beginners - results
Rossall Schools Open - results

20th April

League Result

League Division I
Old Cholmeleians beat Old Olavians II 3-0 at Highate
Old Harrovians beat Old Etonians 3-0 at Harrow
League Division II
Old Stoics beat North Oxford 2-1 at Eton
Old Ipswichians beat Old Millhillians 2-1 at Highate
Results & Table have been updated

17th April

MJS-J Veterans Tournament - Eton

Final
Mike Hughes & Grant Williams beat Chris Davies and Chris Lloyd

15th April

League Result

League Division I
Old Cholmeleians beat Old Salopians 2-1 at Highgate
Old Olavians I drew with to Old Etonians 1.5-1.5 at Westminster
Results & Table have been updated

14th April

Ladies and Mixed Championships - Eton

Ladies Championship Final:
D Redmond & K White beat L Redmond & F Barnes
12-3, 12-6, 12-9

This was Kerry's ninth win in the past ten years. Peter Cohen presented the winners trophy to Kerry and Dominique - their 9th and 4th championship wins respectively.

Mixed Championship:

Twenty-two pairs took part. Many individuals made a large commitment to be there; travelling from far and wide: Manchester, Brighton, Fleetwood, Shrewsbury and Ipswich - one player from Switzerland. It was particularly pleasing to welcome three pairs from St.Bartholemew's School, Newbury.

Semi-finals:
D Redmond & H Wiseman beat L Redmond & D Mew
12-3, 12-6
K White & A Theodossi lost to C Cooley & S Cooley
6-12, 13-15

Final:
C Cooley & S Cooley beat D Redmond & H Wiseman
12-5, 7-12, 12-6

Gordon Stringer presented the Mixed Championship trophy to the winners, Charlotta and Seb Cooley. Charlotta has now won this Championship with two of her brothers.

13th April

Ipswich Centenary Celebrations

A dinner was held in the school dining hall last evening to celebrate a Centenary of Fives at Ipswich. Friends from the Eton Fives world and the Eton Fives Association joined Old Boys, pupils, staff and governors to celebrate the centenary of the Courts which were built in 1908 during the Headmastership of A K Watson Old Harrovian.

President and Founder of the O.I. Eton Fives Club, Mike Fenn, was in the Chair and welcomed the guests. The Headmaster, Mr Ian Galbraith, proposed the toast to: Our guests and former Headmaster A K Watson, initiator of the game of Eton Fives at Ipswich. The Chairman of the Eton Fives Association, Mr Richard Barber OBE, responded on behalf of the guests and the Association

Earlier in the day the granddaughters of A K Watson unveiled a Centenary Plaque to commemorate the founding of the courts by their Grandfather. The ceremony included the naming of the the three courts after Arthur Watson (founder), Martin Shortland-Jones (former member of staff and responsible for the restoration of the courts in 1955) and Mike Fenn (founder of the Old Ipswichian Eton Fives Club in 1966). Peter Boughton (Bursar) introduced proceedings with a brief outline of Fives at Ipswich and background to naming of the courts. Mike Fenn responded on behalf of those being honoured. Anne Shortland-Jones was in attendance.

Following the formal unveiling ceremony a Centenary Match between an A K Watson XII and Headmaster of Bury St Edmunds' XII, the first match in 1908 having been played between A K Watson and the Headmaster of King Edward's Bury St Edmunds and a members of their staff. The Headmaster commenced the match by throwing the first ball. Unlike 1908 the Bury St Edmunds Staff triumphed 4-2.

Teams A K Watson XII ( entered first) lost to Headmaster of Bury St Edmunds XII 4-2:

Tim Fletcher & Seb Cooley beat Howard Wiseman & John Reynolds
14-13, 12-4
Courtney Friend & Peter Boughton lost to Tom Fletcher & Gareth Hoskins
14-13, 13-14, 10-12
Ronald Pattison & Mike Fenn lost to Nigel Cox & Simon Woolfries
7-12, 10-12
Will Gibbons & Edward Boughton lost to Peter Forrest & Alex Yusaf
9-12, 6-12
Karina Van den Bergh & Emma Fletcher beat Eleanor Ward & Annabel Griffiths
9-12, 12-10, 12-11
Chris Broyden & John Chessher lost to Oliver Watts & James Hicks
7-12, 7-12

A match between the O.I.'s and the School, the O.I.'s winning 3-0, took place in the morning.

10th April

League Result

League Division II
North Oxford beat Old Stoics 2-1 at Westway
Old Carthusians lost to Old Millhillians 0-3 at Highgate
Results & Table have been updated

6th April

Aberconway Cup (Fathers & Sons) - Eton

Semi-Finals:
M & C Hughes beat C & R Horne
12-4, 12-3
A & A Walters beat T & J Best
12-9, 12-4
Final:
M & C Hughes beat A & A Walters
12-6, 11-14, 12-3, 12-3

Graham Turnbull Trophy - Eton

Pool Results:
1st - Andrew Joyce and Doug Foster (Berkhamsted)
2nd - James Rees and Peter White (St Olaves)
3rd - Martin Bassot and Anthony Theodossi (St Olaves)
4th - Laurie Brock and Peter Kennedy (Westminster)
5th - Cameron Grant and Josh Rose (Aldenham)
Final:
Andrew Joyce and Doug Foster beat James Rees and Peter White
7-12, 12-4, 12-6, 13-14, 12-5

League Results

League Division II
North Oxford beat Old Ipswichians 3-0 at Eton
Results & Table have been updated

2nd April

League Results

League Division II
Old Olavians III beat Old Millhillians 2-1 at Highgate
Old Olavians III beat North Oxford 3-0 at Eton
Results & Table have been updated

30th March

Kinnaird Final - Eton

An amazing turn around from two games down Howard Wiseman and James Toop have defeated the holders Tom and Peter Dunbar 4-12, 5-12, 12-7, 12-4, 12-1. Full report will be posted when available

28th March

School Fives in Nigeria - e-mail from Alhaji Nasiru Chairman, Lagos State Fives

This is to bring to your notice that we have recently entered for Fives in the National Schools Sports Festival held in Lagos Nigeria at both National Secondary and Primary Schools levels; and we have just concluded.

The winners of the events at the Primary Schools level were:
Kaduna - Gold,
Lagos - Silver
Kano - Bronze

Secondary Schools (JSS) Category:
Lagos - Gold
Imo - Silver
Osun and Ekiti - Bronze

Secondary Schools (SSS) Category:
Lagos - Gold
Kaduna - Silver
Oyo and Abuja - Bronze

Mixed Double (Senior):
Kebbi - Gold
Lagos - Silver
Osun, Abia and Plateau - Bronze

17 states in all participated in the event.

27th March

League Result

League Division I
Old Salopians beat Old Harrovians 2-1 at Westway
League Division II
Old Millhillians beat Old Ipswichians 2-1 at Highgate
Results & Table have been updated

26th March

Nelson Courts New Zealand - e-mail from Philip Reynolds

"I have just read the Miscellanea 2006-7 page (updated or created on 22 January by Mike Fenn) and refer to the email from Mr Larson about the courts at Nelson College in New Zealand.

I played on the courts on Saturday (22 March) and can confirm the Webmaster's note; the courts have three walls and are of an entirely plain construction, ie they have no step, buttress or ledges.

However, there are also two Rugby fives courts which, as far as I could tell from pacing them, are of the standard dimensions. They currently have no doors (they have doorways, but the doors are missing), roofs or boards (on the front wall). In an interesting variation, one of them has irregular lumps of stone fixed randomly on its walls; presumably so the pupils can practise rock climbing."

25th March

League Result

League Division I
Old Harrovians beat Old Salopians 2-0 at Eton
Old Westminsters I beat Old Etonians 2.5-0.5 at Westminster
Results & Table have been updated

24th March

HSBC Schools National Championships - Shrewsbury

SUMMARY OF FINALS

OPEN: Highgate 1 (S.C.Little & J.R.Ho) beat Shrewsbury 1 (M.M.McKeever & R.F.Griffiths)
12-4, 12-5, 12-0

UNDER 16: Highgate 2 (A.J.Buchanan & G.Sulkin) beat Highgate 1 (C.D.Most & M.J.Kovar)
12-7, 12-5, 12-7

UNDER 14: Highgate 1 (M.J.Abbott & M.Bhattacharya) beat Highgate 2 (J.Chatland & D.J.Audsley)
7-12, 11-12, 12-2, 12-10, 13-10

UNDER 12: Highgate Junior 1 (C.T.O.L.Noble & J.P.Berriman) beat Highgate Junior 2 (J.M.Hosking & J.A.W.Willett)
12-8, 12-4

LADIES: Westminster 1 (E.H.Donger & H.R.Cutmore-Scott) beat Lancing 1 (S.I.J.Maguire & L.A.Bell)
12-2, 12-8, 12-5

UNDER 15: Shrewsbury 1 (G.H.Thomson & J.Tse) beat Shrewsbury 3 (N.R.Morjaria & B.T.Jones)
8-12, 12-9, 12-2, 12-8

UNDER 14 BEGINNERS: Shrewsbury 2 (S.G.Welti & HG.Lewis) beat Shrewsbury 1 (S.G.Leech & J.G.Hudson-Williams)
12-10, 12-8, 12-6

17th March

HSBC Prep Schools Championships - Harrow

Semi-Finals:
Highgate I (C Noble & J Berriman) beat Summer Fields II (F Fairhead & G Taylor)
12-2, 12-3
Highgate II (J Willett & J Hosking) beat Summer Fields I (M Koe and C Courtenay)
12-5, 12-4

Final:
Highgate I beat Highgate II
12-2, 12-8

Jeremy Marston Plate

Final:
Summer Fields III beat Orley Farm II
6-12, 12-7, 12-6

16th March

Kinnaird Sem-finals - Eton

T G Dunbar & P R Dunbar beat E O Taylor & A H Illingworth
12-3, 12-3, 12-6
J P Toop & H M E Wiseman beat R C Tyler & C W Sorrell
12-6, 12-3, 12-5

15th March

League Result

League Division II
Old Ipswichians lost to Old Olavians III 1-2 at Ipswich
Results & Table have been updated

12th March

League Results

League Division II
Old Westminsters I lost to Old Olavians I 0-3 at Westminster
League Division II
Old Carthusians beat North Oxford 3-0 at Charterhouse
League Division III
Old Reptonians beat Old Westminsters II 2-1 at Westminster
Results & Table have been updated

11th March

HSBC NATIONAL SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

UNDER 12 COMPETITION

A healthy entry of 55 pairs from 7 schools entered the competition. Pairs from Highgate dominated the pools stage, and they produced 22 of the 32 second round places. 2 pairs from Ludgrove and 1 each from Summer Fields and Cranleigh joined 4 Highgate pairs in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, Highgate’s first two pairs were both too good for Ludgrove and Summer Fields. In the final, Noble and Berriman used their height and strength to cut and volley effectively, but both Hosking and Willett played well and hit a better length to fully extend their first pair. In the end however, Highgate 1 proved themselves the stronger pair. A peculiarity of the competition was that every match was won 2-0.

Results

9th March

Williams School Cup

Fives schools entered this competition, which is for teams of three pairs from each school. Each school played each other opponent in a two game match, scoring one point for each game won.

We were pleased to welcome Lancing and Westminster for the first time, and there were some very good matches leading up to the final round where St Olave's narrowly beat Westminster to clinch third place, and Highgate and Shrewsbury were locked in combat, both having secured maximum points thusfar. In a splendid contest all three pairs finished at one game apiece, and so the cup was shared.

1st= Highgate - 15 points
1st= Shrewsbury 15 points
3rd St Olave's - 9 points
4th Westminster - 8 points
5th Lancing - 1 point

6th March

League Results

League Division II
Old Millhillians beat Old Stoics 3-0 at Highgate
Highgate beat Old Olavians III 2-1 at Highgate
Results & Table have been updated

3rd March

Varsity Match - Copy from Peter Kennedy

An 'unbiased' (!) Oxford report of the match from one of our student newspapers: URL Link

2nd March

Kinnaird Cup 2008

Kinnaird Day Two Results

1st March

Kinnaird Cup 2008

Kinnaird Day One Results

29th February

Fives in Time Out

Time Out this week

28th February

League Results

League Division II
Highgate beat Old Millhillians 3-0 at Highgate
Old Olavians III beat Old Carthusians 3-0 at Westminster
Old Olavians III beat Old Stoics 2-1 at Westminster
Results & Table have been updated

26th February

League Results

League Division I
Old Etonians lost to Old Olavians I 3-0 at Westminster
Old Salopians lost to Old Olavians II 2-1 at Westway
Old Harrovians beat Old Cholmeleians 3-0 at Eton
Results & Table have been updated

25 February

Fives in Provence

CityAM Fives in Provence or URL Link

24 February

Varsity Match

The Blues: Cambridge Won 3-0
James O'Callaghan (Christ's & Highgate) & Robert Desmond (Corpus Christi & Highgate) beat
Peter Kennedy (Magdalen & Westminster) & Andrew Erskine (Lady Margaret Hall & Shrewsbury)
12-3, 14-13, 12-5
Michael Birkett (Emmanuel & Shrewsbury) & Jamie Potts (Emmanuel & Highgate) beat
Will Betts (University & Lancing) & Chris Michaels (Magdalen & St Olave's)
13-12, 5-12, 4-12, 12-6, 12-7
James Womersley (Magdalene & Eton) & William Illingworth (Queen's & Westminster) beat
Duncan Bloor-Young (Merton & Highgate) & Henry Mostyn (Pembroke & Eton)
12-6, 12-15, 12-15, 14-12, 12-7

The Penguins/Peppers: Oxford Won 2-1
Oliver Watts (Trinity Hall & Ipswich) & Matthew Andrew (Fitzwilliam & Berkhamsted) lost to
Frederick Krespi (Pembroke & Westminster) & Benjamin Samuel (New & Westminster)
12-10, 10-12, 5-12, 12-14
Maximilian Kirchoff (Downing & Stowe) & Yassar Mustafa (Downing & King Edward's Birmingham lost to
Jonathan Nelmes (Oriel & Lancing) & Theodore Peterson (Corpus Christi & Westminster)
2-12, 6-12, 8-12
Ralph Morgan (Pembroke & Abingdon) & Fred Lyon (Pembroke & Westminster beat
James Duboff (Queen's & University College School) & Hugh Pattenden (St Benet's Hall & Perse)
12-3, 12-5, 12-3

The Ladies: Oxford won 1-0
Annabel Griffiths (Gonville and Caius & Ipswich) & Emmalina Thompsell (Gonville and Caius & Westminster) lost to
Rosie Scott (Magdalen & Lancing) & Juliet Browning (St Peter's & Lancing)
2-12, 5-12

Additional match: Cambridge beat Oxford II (Cambridge only fielded one pair)
Annabel Griffiths (Gonville and Caius & Ipswich) & Emmalina Thompsell (Gonville and Caius & Westminster) beat
Emma Cernis (St Edmund Hall & Berkhamsted) & Alexandra Colvin (Merton & Newstead Wood)
12-8, 12-6

Varsity Old Boys Match: Cambridge beat Oxford 2-0
The 2008 Old Boys Varsity match once again took place at Eton as a curtain raiser to the main event. After last year’s successful six pair contest, hopes were high for an equally strong turn out. Unfortunately, with at least 8 Cambridge pairs keen to play and despite the sterling efforts of the organisers, Oxford were unable to provide more than 2 pairs on the day.

Nevertheless, whatever was lacking in quantity was more than made up for by the quality of the play. At second pair, long overdue comebacks from Berkhamstedians Ed Ryder and Patrick Hennessy produced an entertaining encounter with Ryder and Nick Gill running out comfortable winners for Cambridge against Hennessy and Ewan Thompson. In the other court it quickly became clear that the first pair match was going to be a thriller. The first two games were shared 15-12 and 15-10 as Richard Tyler and Ross Bryan for Cambridge battled it out with James Toop and Sanjaya Ranasinghe for Oxford. In front of an ever increasing and highly appreciative crowd all four players produced some spectacular Fives to take the match into a fifth and final game. Oxford appeared to be home and dry as they raced into a 10-1 lead, but the Cambridge pair dug in, fought their way back and eventually held their nerve to take the decider 15-13.

We are very keen to keep this fixture going as an annual event and are therefore on the lookout for more players (of any standard!) who would like to take part next year, particularly on the Oxford side. If you’re interested, please contact Gareth Hoskins (garethjhoskins@yahoo.co.uk) or Sanjaya Ranasinghe (sanjaya.ranasinghe@gmail.com).

Richard Tyler & Ross Bryan beat James Toop & Sanjaya Ranasinghe
12-15, 15-10, 5-12, 12-5, 15-13

Nick Gill & Ed Ryder beat Ewan Thompson & Patrick Hennessy
12-3, 12-4, 12-3

G.J.H.Hoskins

22 February

League Results

League Division II
Old Carthusians lost to Old Stoics 2-1 at Westminster
League Division III
The Abbey Club lost to Westway 2-1 at Westminster
Results & Table have been updated

18 February

EFA Trophy 17th February Eton

Semi-Finals
Berkhamsted beat North Oxford 3-0
M Herring & E Rose beat P Scholey & M Fairbanks-Smith
15-12, 12-6, 12-2
P Kennedy & A Erskine beat C Lloyd & G Pulsford
12-6, 6-12, 12-7, 14-12
J O'Neill & A Joyce beat S Chapman & J Byam Shaw
15-14, 12-6, 12-7

Old Wulfrunians beat Old Salopians 3-0
M Yates & M Yates beat M Hughes & M Quinn
12-4, 7-12, 12-7, 12-7
A Simmons & D Jones beat R Pattison & C Hughes
12-4, 12-5, 12-7
C Austin & R Hobbs beat P Corn & J Pollock
12-3, 12-14, 12-7, 12-7

Final
Berkhamsted beat Old Wulfrunians 2-1
M Herring & E Rose beat M Yates & M Yates
12-7, 15-10, 15-13
P Kennedy & A Erskine lost to A Simmons & D Jones
10-13, 4-12, 0-12
J O'Neill & A Joyce beat C Austin & G Hammond
12-4, 6-12, 12-0, 12-2

3rd/4th place play-off
Old Salopians beat North Oxford 2-1

17 February

Alan Barber Cup

Final:
Old Olavians won 2-1

James Toop & Howard Wiseman beat Peter Dunbar & Jamie Fleming
12-8, 12-3, 12-2
Peter White & Pauli Markannen conceded to Ross Bryan & Nick Shaw
12-6, 9-10 (injury)
Peter Cohen & David Mew beat James Willis and John Frederick
12-0, 12-0, 12-2

The early rounds were distinguished by the performance of the Old Ipswichians in beating first the Old Etonians and then the Old Cholmeleians to reach the semi-finals. They came up against a much weakened Old Harrovian team (neither Dunbar was available) who conceded the third pair, but were still strong enough to win the two pairs played. Meanwhile the Old Olavians beat the Old Salopians very comfortably in the other semi-final.

In the final, Tom Dunbar was still injured, which significantly weakened the Harrovian side, and Peter Cohen and David Mew duly won the third pair very easily. The first pair match started evenly, with Peter Dunbar and Jamie Fleming putting the Olavians under some early pressure, but Howard Wiseman and James Toop upped their game to take the crucial first game 12-8, and thereafter remained entirely in control to win comfortably in straight games. In the second pair, Peter White and Pauli Markannen narrowly won a close first game against Nick Shaw and Ross Bryan and the game was evenly poised at 10-9 to the Harrovians when a hand injury to Markannen forced a retirement. Thus the Olavians won the trophy for the fifth year in succession, and ninth time overall.

14 February

Keeling Cup

Round 2 Results and Table

League Division I

Old Olavians I beat Old Cholmeleians 3-0 at Highgate
Old Olavians I beat Old Olavians II 3-0 at Orpington
Results & Table have been updated

13 February

New Court in Brazil

Picture 1 - Picture 2 - Picture 3 - Picture 4

To-day marked the inauguration game of Quadra Terravista Fives, which has been named "Maybud Fives Court", in homage to Mr. Cyrus Maybud who has come from Europe with fifteen other players for this event, which occurred this morning (Feb/13/2008).

This court is located near to the Club House of the Terravista Golf Course, at the south of Bahia State, northeastern of Brazil. Dr.Michael Rumpf Gail, President of the Terravista Complex participated of this game. The court was built by the Civil Engineer Orlando Kohn Martinez, Director of Terravista.

9 February

League Results

League Division I
Old Westminsters I beat Old Salopians 2-1 at Highgate
League Division II
Old Carthusians lost to Highgate 2-1 at Highgate
Old Stoics beat Old Ipswichians I 2-1 at Highgate
Old Olavians III beat Old Millhillians 3-0 at Westway
Results & Table have been updated

8 February

Keeling Cup

Round 1 Results and Table

3 February

Northern Championships

Semi-Finals:
H Wiseman & J Toop beat M Yates & M Yates
12-4, 12-1, 12-2

P Dunbar & W Jones beat P White & D Foster
12-6, 12-3, 12-8

Final:
H Wiseman & J Toop beat P Dunbar & W Jones
2-12, 12-6, 12-2, 12-2

Plate Final:
A Theodossi & R Perrie beat L Brock & A Rankine
12-6, 12-9

Festival

Semi-Finals:
M Blake & J Doran beat A Walters & C Yaxley
2-0
O Cooley & C Cooley beat R Black & S Brooke
3-1

Final:
O Cooley & C Cooley beat M Blake & J Doran
12-6, 12-9, 12-5

Plate A (group losers):
C Brock & A Robinow beat J Westrip & J Hunt
12-7, 12-5

Plate B (losing quarter-finalists):
3 way tie in a pool of 4 between I Mitchell & D Shepherd, T Goodman & J Shepherd and D Cooper & R Cooper. Mitchell & Shepherd piped the Coopers on games won.

2 February

League Results

League Division I
Old Westminsters I beat Old Cholmeleians I 3-0 at Westminster
Results & Table have been updated

31 January

League Results

League Division II
Highgate beat Old Stoics 3-0 at Highgate
League Division III
Old Westminsters II beat St Olave's 3-0 at Westminster
Results & Table have been updated

29 January

Alan Barber Cup Semi-finals - Eton

Old Harrovians beat Old Ipswichians 3-0
G Hoskins & T S Fletcher lost to R Bryan & N Shaw
3-12, 6-12, 5-12
M Graves & T L Fletcher lost to J Fleming & J Frederick
9-12, 5-12, 5-12
Old Harrovians conceded the third pair due to injury
Old Olavians beat Old Salopians 3-0
J Toop & H Wiseman beat P Nichols & A Walters
12-1, 12-4, 12-1
P Markkanen & P White beat R Nichols & A Sentance
12-7, 12-4, 12-3
D Mew & P Cohen beat A Mitchell & A Walters
12-1, 12-2, 12-1

28 January

EFA Trophy Qualifying Round - Eton

Group A
North Oxford A 20
Old Salopians 16
Old Etonians 14
St.Olave's School 7
Windsor & Eton 3

Group B
Old Wulfrunians 20
Berkhamsted 16
Cambridge University 12
Westway 8
North Oxford B 4

Semi-Finals & Final at Eton at 11am Sunday 17 February
North Oxford A vs Berkhamsted
Old Wulfrunians vs Old Salopians

25 January

League Results

League Division II
Highgate beat Old Ipswichians 3-0 at Highgate
League Division I
Old Olavians I beat Old Westminsters I 3-0 at Westway (December 14th)
Results & Table have been updated

24 January

Reports from 2006-2007

Olympic Handball Dream
The Origins of Squash Rackets
Tennis Rackets and Other Ball Games by Mike Garnett
The Craft of the Ball Maker

23 January

Reports from 2006-2007

St Olave's Swiss Tour 2007
Miscellaneous News 2007
The Guardian Tim Dowling Tries Eton Fives
Extract from Arte of Handball by Sean Dwyer (1815)

22 January

League Results

League Division I
Old Cholmeleians beat Old Olavians II 2-1 at Highgate
Old Westminsters I beat Old Olavians II 3-0 at Orpington
League Division II
Old Carthusians lost to Old Ipswichians 0.5-2.5 at Highgate
Highgate School beat North Oxford 3-0 at Highgate
Results & Tables have been updated

21 January

Reports from 2006-2007

Keeling Cup
Bat Fives Article
Ipswich 40th Dinner Celebration
CFA 2007 British Open
Italian Handball 2007 Open Championships
Basque Handball 2007 Open Championships
Obituaries for T R Garnett (Old Carthusian), R O I Borrowdaile (Old Westminster) and D J Hulbert (Old Harrovian) have been added to the website

20 January

Reports from 2006-2007

Club reports
Charitable Trust Chairman's report
International report
Westway report
Joint Federation report
Website report
Ladder report

19 January

Reports from 2006-2007

The following have been added to the website:
Chairman's report
Treasurer's report
Refca report
City Fives Association report
Charitable Trust Accounts December 2006
School reports
Varsity Former Blues
Newsletter 2007

17 January

Tournament Reports

The following Reports for Season 2007-2008 have been added to the website:

County Championships
Ipswich Tournament
London Tournament
Midland Tournament
Midland Schools' Competition
Southern Schools' Championships

15 January

League Results

League Division I
Old Westminsters I beat to Old Old Etonians 2-1 at Westminster
League Division II
Old Stoics lost to Old Millhilliams 3-0 at Westminster
Results & Tables have been updated

14 January

County Final - Eton

Hertfordshire beat Middlesex 3-0 (nine games to nil too!)

The final of the County Championships took place at Eton on Sunday 13th January, between Hertfordshire and Middlesex. In the group stage, Middlesex had beaten The Stags in a close contest, so on paper it could have gone either way. On the day, Pete Cohen and Doug Foster overcame Ross Bryan and Guy Chapman 3 games to nil, Peter White and Ant Theodossi proved too strong for Nick Gill and Dexter Davis in a 3-0 victory, and Dave Mew and Mark Herring won in three against Ed Rose and Ryan Perrie.

Having had T-shirts printed specially for the tournament, Hertfordshire (aka ‘The Hertfordshire Regulation Service’), were keen to not disappoint, and celebrated with a well deserved afternoon and evening in the pub.

Results:
P Cohen & D Foster beat R Bryan & G Chapman
12-6, 12-8, 12-2
P White & A Theodossi beat N Gill & D Davis
12-5, 12-6, 12-9
D Mew & M Herring beat E Rose & R Perrie
12-7, 12-9, 12-4

13 January

Handball - New Link

Handball in the Netherlands

11 January

League Results

League Division I
Old Westminsters I beat Old Salopians 2-1 at Westminster
League Division II
Old Carthusians drew with Old Olavians II 1.5-1.5
This match was played at Westminster on 26th November
Results & Tables have been updated

10 January

City Fives Association - e-mail from James Toop

The CFA finally got company status yesterday! Applications for funding can now start. I am also building Westway into our plans and am nearing completion of the financial model/projections work - this should enable us to work out our costs/revenues for the next 5 years...the good news is that at the moment it looks like it will all work!

9 January

New Court(s) planned for Malaysia - email from Nik St.BUL-Azmi

"I represent a group of old boys of The Malay College Kuala Kangsar, dubbed as the Eton of The East in Malaysia, who played the game of Fives in our schooldays.

We would be much obliged if you could provide us information on how to get our hands on plans to build an Eton Fives court, as we plan to build one when we build the new Malay College Old Boys Association building at the end of this year."

A further encouraging e-mail has been recieved from Abdul Razak (MCOBA Secretariat)

“Reviving the Eton Fives at MCKK is a good idea, a niche for the College. Perhaps we should list all Old Boys who still remember the game, and still have the energy to play, to play a demo game during this years Speech and Sports Day sometime in mid-year 2008. It’s about publicity, and hopefully interest in the game will catch on.”

8 January

2 Up 2 Down Tournament - St Olave's Orpington

Competition Report

7 January

Ipswich Tournament (Graves Cup) - Ipswich

Semi-Finals:
T Gregory & J Caudle beat A Yusaf & M Fenn
12-5, 12-4
S Woolfries & O Watts beat beat S Burnell & J Hicks
8-12, 12-4, 12-7

Final:
T Gregory & J Caudle beat S Woolfries & O Watts
12-6, 12-7, 12-10

Plate A Final:
M Graves & A Watson beat P Boughton & H Fletcher
13-10, 12-13, 13-11

Plate B Final: W Gibbons & E Boughton beat C Wilson & E Ward
15-13

6 January

League Results

League Division I
Old Harrovians lost to Old Olavians I 1-2 at Harrow
Old Harrovians beat Old Olavians II 3-0 at Harrow
Results & Tables have been updated

2 January

Belated Tournament Results

Graham Turnbull
Pool A - Westway 25th November
1st - Peter White & James Rees (St Olave's)
2nd - Anthony Theodossi & Matt Le Fleur (St Olave's)
Pool B - Eton 2nd December
Group 1
1st - Josh Rose & C Grant (Aldenham)
2nd - Adam Field & Alex Peppiatt (Westway)

Group 2
1st - Doug Foster & James Lowe (Berkhamsted)
2nd - Howard Wiseman & Joe Chadwick (Emanuel)

Group 3
1st - Mark Herring & Andrew Joyce (Berkhamsted)
2nd - Giles Coren & Laurie Brock (Westminster)

London Tournament - Harrow 15/16th December
Quarter-finals:
T Dunbar & P Dunbar beat P Jeffries & M Birkett
12-5, 12-2, 12-6
A Varma & D Mew beat N Gill & J O'Callaghan
12-7, 12-8, 12-4
P White & P Cohen beat A Theodossi & R Perrie
12-7, 12-1, 12-3
W Sorrell & R Tyler beat W Betts & P Kennedy
12-5, 12-5, 12-3

Semi-finals:
T Dunbar & P Dunbar beat A Varma & D Mew
12-6, 12-5, 12-4
R Tyler & W Sorrell beat P Cohen & P White
13-10, 14-11, 15-13

Final:
T Dunbar & P Dunbar beat W Sorrell & R Tyler
12-10, 12-6, 12-2

1 January

A Happy New Year to one and all

League Result

League Division I
Old Harrovians beat Old Cholmeleians 3-0 at Highgate
Results & Tables have been updated

23 December

Basque Open Handball Championships - report from Peter Cohen

Just two weeks after returning from Italy, the England handball team boarded a plane for Basque Country to compete in the Basque Open near Bilbao. Pete Cohen, Dave Mew and Ady Lee were feeling like veterans after the learning curve in Italy, and the new additions to the team were Peter White, Kerry White, Dom Redmond, Lia Redmond and Jess Lumbard.

Everything was going smoothly until ten minutes after our 52 seater coach left Bilbao airport on the motorway. There was a crash from the back and the coach started shaking, followed by a yell from Dave who had just spotted the back left wheel bouncing past the coach down the middle lane! Our heroic driver wrestled with the wheel and managed to steer us to the hard shoulder where we awaited rescue and worked on establishing international relations with the Dutch ladies team. Every cloud...

We arrived at the Basque Pilota centre just in time for the opening ceremony, which included a Pilota demonstration - a huge court played with a fist-sized rock hard ball, like a cricket ball, and no gloves. Every shot was accompanied by an appaling sound of bruised flesh, and every few minutes the players would numb their hands in baths of ice-water. We were worried as we had to play these guys the next day, albeit at one-wall handball.

We took our learnings from Italy straight onto court, with Ady Lee and Peter White going 10-1 up against the Basques and come the singles, Pete Cohen taking a 9-0 lead over Ireland 1. In both games it was discovered that handball is not as straighforwards as we thought - a change in style from the opposition saw 15-11 and 15-9 losses, but the signs were encouraging. Dave Mew meanwhile counted himself fortunate with taking three points off 'Rookie' Wright, several-time world champion, in the singles. The Americans once more proving themselves a different class.

Kerry White flew the flag in the ladies tournament, winning her first ever game against Holland 1, and then going on to win her group beating Basque 2, booking a place in the semi-finals against USA 1. As with all of us, it was just the final kill shot that let her down, as she really gave the first seed a run around. Dom Redmond beat her Dutch counterpart in a thrilling 15-14 game, and in the U18s, Lia Redmond and Jess gave a good account of themselves - Jess' first ever game was against the current world champion!

The tournament ended with a fantastic 5 course banquet with free-flowing Rioja from the region, and an opportunity to plan future events with the other nations. In 2008 we will be going to Ireland, Italy and Spain, with possible tours to Holland and New York, as well as regular opportunites to play one-wall handball in London.

20 December

Roald Dahl Childhood - e-mail from Liz Williams Researcher, 'More about Boy'

I'm doing some research for a book (due for publication next September, by Puffin Books) which will be an expanded version of Roald Dahl's childhood memoir, 'Boy'. In his original book (publ. in 1984), Dahl recalled that - as a schoolboy at Repton, 1930-1934 - he had greatly enjoyed and been very good at playing Eton fives.

Do keep a lookout for the book: the working title at the moment is 'More about Boy' and it's due for publication on 13 Sept 2008 ('Roald Dahl Day'). I'm hoping that we may also be able to include a few of Dahl's letters to his mother in which he mentions playing fives and organising some of those trips to play against other schools.

19 December

2Up2Down Tournament - Orpington Saturday 5th January

In the early 90's schoolboys invented a lunchtime format for Fives that became known as "Two Up Two Down". There's a long story behind it, but in days gone by when there weren't many players at the school, there was a need for a 3 player version of the game that used the whole court. One Up Two Down was born. The class of 1994 had 4 players, so we extended the game to Two Up Two Down and the rules were gradually formalised and passed on to subsequent years.

This is the first ever Two Up Two Down Tournament and we're inviting people from any club to come along and join in.

14 December

Italian Open Handball Championships - report from Peter Cohen

On the 16-18th November, a crack team of English handball players headed over to Nizza Monferrato (near Milan and famous for its wine) for the Italian Open Handball championships, writes Pete Cohen.

One-wall handball is basically a very simplified version of fives, allowing people from around the world, with their different variations of handball, to compete on common ground. In a nutshell, there is one wall and a court. You have to hit a big blue bouncy rubber ball against wall and into the court – a rally generally follows. You can play singles or doubles, though this weekend, we only played doubles.

England's first pair was a made up of two Eton fives players – Pete Cohen and David Mew – and the second pair was Rugby – Dan Grant and Adrian Lee – and each adjusted to the game in various ways. The secret of handball is to be good at volleying and to have super-fast reactions near the front wall (where the Eton duo excelled), but you also have to be able to hit it low (the best shot is to hit the nick where the wall meets the floor) and powerfully – a Rugby skill. `This was the first time most of us had played competitively against other nations, so the whole weekend was a superb learning curve and we all noticeably improved as the weekend went on.

The experience was a little bit surreal, with an FA Cup-style draw done for the group stages on the Friday night – the Italian version however, consisted of 4 wenches fishing names out of various wine glasses – and then on Saturday the competition commenced. There was a flag procession for all the nations in front of 200 screaming fans and we were filmed for local television.

We would be competing against the Welsh, Irish, French, Belgians, Dutch, Basques, Italians and Americans. Pete and David had a good victory over the home team in the group stages and then put up a good fight in the plate. Dan and Ady also played very well, and although they lost all their group matches, fortunately they didn't finish with the wooden spoon, because they beat the Welsh on points!

In the end, England's first pair finished 16th out of 21 (having annihilated the Belgians) and our second finished 18th – after destroying the Netherlands in the Bowl competition. Although this may not seem too good, considering it was the third time we’d ever played, we were pretty happy with our progress. Things can only get better from here on and, come the world championships in 2009, the smart money is definitely going to be on us to win (probably)

In the end, the USA dominated and thrashed everyone, since one-wall handball is actually their native sport. It was a great experience and it was awesome to meet so many people from around the world. Thanks to Ady, the England team had by far the best kit and we made every other country jealous; Milan being the capital of fashion, we had to get our priorities right! But the highlight of the weekend had to be the French getting red-carded in the quarter finals for disorderly conduct. Excellent.

9 December

Alan Barber Cup - Second Round

Old Salopians beat Old Edwardians 2-1 at Eton
E Taylor & A Walters lost to P Scholey & R Tyler
7-12, 9-12, 12-9, 11-13
R Nicholls & F Nicholson beat C Mellor & S Purkiss
12-6, 12-2, 12-3
Old Edwardians conceded the third pair

Old Millhillians lost to Old Olavians 1-2 at Millhill
J Hutcheson & M Halstead lost to D Hawkins & P White
2-12, 0-12, 1-12
F Mir & W Hughes beat E Sanderson & J Acton
14-15, 12-8, 12-6, 12-5
Old Millhillians conceded the third pair

Old Ipswichians beat Old Cholmeleians 2-1 at Ipswich
M Graves & G Hoskins lost to N Addy & J O'Callaghan
6-12, 10-12, 10-12
P V Boughton & T L Fletcher beat G Chapman & E Davis
12-6, 12-9, 12-4
Old Cholmeleians conceded the third pair

Old Harrovians beat Lancing Old Boys 3-0 at Harrow
T Dunbar & P Dunbar beat N Cox & W Betts
12-2, 12-2, 12-3
R Bryan & J Fleming beat R Black & J Nelmes
12-1, 12-0, 12-0
Lancing conceded the third pair

Semi-finals to be played at Eton on Sunday 27th January
Olavians v Salopians
Harrovians v Ipswichians

6 December

League Result

League Division I
Old Etonians lost to Old Cholmeleians at Westminster 1-2
Results & Tables have been updated

2 December

League Results

League Division I
Old Westminsters I lost to Old Harrovians at Westminster 1-2
League Division II
North Oxford beat Highgate 3-0 at Eton
Results & Tables have been updated

28 November

League Result

League Division II
Old Ipswichians lost to Old Stoics 1-2 at Westminster
Results & Table have been updated

25 November

League Results

League Division I
Old Olavians I lost to Old Harrovians at Orpington 1-2
Old Olavians II lost to Old Harrovians at Orpington 1-2
Results & Tables have been updated

23 November

Former Courts - Martin Lindsay reports

St.Andrew's Preparatory School, Eastbourne, Sussex
There were two courts at St Andrews, one Eton and one Rugby (I recollect playing doubles on the rugby court). Both were covered/roofed and were located outside the hall where the school assembled and next to the fairly broad asphalted playground which in turn was next to the northern entrance to the school (not the main driveway). On occasions they were used as exhibition halls for the boys' artworks but in my time they were fully functioning.

Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey
1 court built on the eastern side of the hill by the bridge from Frith Hill Road to Brook Hall (which belonged to Hodgsonites I believe) and which would have been demolished at the time the old outlying Houses were sold off for development and to finance the current new Houses within the school grounds.

22 November

Universities Championships held at Highgate

Oxford entered six pairs (including a novice pair and a ladies' pair) and Cambridge three.

Cambridge I (James O'Callaghan and Mike Birkett) won the tournament in an extremely close five game match with Oxford II (Will Betts and Chris Michaels). The scores were 12-4, 4-12, 12-3, 14-15, 12-4

League Results

League 2
Old Ipswichians beat North Oxford 2-1 at Westminster
Highgate beat Old Stoics 3-0 at Highgate
League 3
Old Westminsters II beat Lancing Old Boys at Westminster 3-0
Results & Tables have been updated

21 November

Harrow Beginners

Finals:

Under 14
Frankie Galvin & Aashish Panchasara (City of Norwich/St Olave's) beat
Tom Woods & Will Holl (City of Norwich/Berkhamsted)
12-5

Under 15
Oli O’Gorman & Chris Self (Berkhamsted/St Olave's) beat
Tony Barker & Bryan Wang (St Olave's/St Olave's)
12-11

20 November

County Championship Preliminary Weekend

Staffordshire, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Kent took part in this years championships with holders Kent surprisingly knocked out at the round robin stage. The final will be contested by Hertfordshire and Middlesex on Sunday 13th January at Eton.
Table

19 November

Alan Barber Cup - First Round

Old Edwardians beat Old Aldenhamians 2-1 at Eton

S Purkiss & R Tyler lost to G Pulsford & J Rose
5-12, 12-5, 4-12, 7-12
C Mellor & P Scholey beat C Cernuschi & R Malik
12-4, 15-10, 7-12, 15-13
D Hassell & J Seelig beat P Kendall & P Lyndon
10-12, 12-6, 12-8, 9-12, 12-6

Old Stoics lost to Lancing Old Boys 0-3 at Highgate
Old Stoics conceded all three pairs

15 November

League Results

League 1
Old Olavians I beat Old Salopians 3-0 at Westway League 2
Old Stoics beat Old Carthusians 2-1 at Westminster
Results & Tables have been updated

12 November

League Results

League 1
Old Cholmeleians beat Old Etonians 3-0 at Highgate
Old Harrovians beat Old Westminsters I 2-1 at Harrow
League 2
Old Ipswichians beat Highgate School 2-1 at Highgate
League 3
The Abbey Club beat Lancing Old Boys 2.5-0.5 at Westminster
Results & Tables have been updated

7 November

Southern Schools Championships - Charterhouse

Semi-finals:
Westway 1 (A.Pepeiate & S.Matthews) beat Westway 2 (B.Carlin & L.Jonas)
12-9, 12-7
St Olave's 1 (T.Barker & H.Ravi) beat St Olave's 2 (B.Wang & C.Self)
12-3, 12-7

Final:
St Olaves 1 beat Westway 1
9-12, 12-10, 12-6

The Midlands Tournament - Repton

Semi-finals:
Mark Yates & Mark Yates beat Peter White & Andrew Joyce 3-2
Howard Wiseman & Will Betts beat Doug Foster & Tom Barnes 3-1

Final:
Mark Yates & Mark Yates beat Howard Wiseman & Will Betts 3-1

Festival Semi-final:
Richard Black & Dominique Redmond beat Sam Basu & James Ware
13-12, 15-14, 12-6
Simon Warren-Thomas & Hugo Tobias beat Sam Eglund-Newby & Robert Dunk
12-3, 12-3, 12-7

Final:
Simon Warren-Thomas & Hugo Tobias beat Richard Black & Dominique Redmond
12-6, 12-4, 12-1

6 November

Courts at Woodbridge - email from David Mitchell

I was researching Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Wakefield because I'm conducting a Humanist funeral for an old boy and came across your website.

I remembered there were some fives courts at my old school, Woodbridge in Suffolk and sure enough there was an entry. However I was there from 1954 until 1959 and I'm sure they were still there when I left. There were three courts built along the side of the school hall so they definitely were not demolished in the 1940s

To my knowledge there were never any competitive games played while I was there. They were in a dilapidated condition and were mostly used to practice tennis strokes. (Webmaster: Website court entry adjusted)

5 November

New Courts in Rio

Seb Cooley reports Michael Rumpf, father of a Zuoz schoolboy, has opened a holiday resort near Rio, including some Eton Fives courts. He is having a Zuoz Club convention in February, during which these courts are due to be used (and maybe officially inaugurated). Watch this space.

4 November

League Results

League 2 Results & Table
Old Ipswichians beat Old Carthusians 3-0 at Westminster
Highgate School beat Old Carthusians 3-0 at Highgate
North Oxford beat Old Millhillians 3-0 at Eton

2 November

Alan Barber Cup - First Round

Old Ipswichians beat Old Etonians 3-0 at Ipswich

G Hoskins & W Gibbons beat S Randall & C Caroe
12-9, 12-9, 12-8
T R Fletcher & T S Fletcher beat A Knights & A Sibia
12-2, 12-4, 12-1

Old Etonians conceded the third pair

21 October

League Results

League 1 Result & Table
Old Salopians lost to Old Cholmeleians 1-2 at Highgate
Old Cholmeleians lost to Old Westminsters I 0-3 at Highgate

19 October

League Results

League 1 Result & Table
Old Olavians I beat Old Cholmeleians 3-0 at Eton

League 2 Results & Table
Highgate School beat Old Millhillians 3-0 at Highgate
North Oxford beat Old Carthusians 3-0 at Eton
Old Olavians III beat North Oxford 2-1 at Orpington
Old Olavians III beat Old Ipswichians 3-0 at Orpington

League 3 Results & Table
Old Westminsters II beat Windsor & Eton 2-1 at Westminster
The Abbey Club beat Old Westminsters 2-1 at Westminster

18 October

New Fives Websites

Oxford University Eton Fives Club now has its own website
North Oxford Eton Fives Club

17 October

Alan Barber Cup - First Round

Old Emanuels lost to Old Millhillians 1-2 at Emanuel School

Robin Malacrida & Anthony Theodossis lost to Vishal Bhimjiyani & Matt Halstead
12-8, 5-12, 8-12, 11-13
James Viventi & Rahul Prashar lost to Chris Vincent & James Hutcheson
6-12, 2-12, 2-12

Old Emanuels conceded the third pair

2 October

Evening Standard

In the Business Pages, there was an article about Old Etonians ruling the roost in the HSBC Boardroom. In the middle of the article, there was a paragraph all on its own and it read "AND who sponsors the annual schools Eton Fives tournament? You guessed it."

22 September

League Results

League 1 Result Old Olavians II beat Old Etonians 2-1 at Westway
League 1 Result Old Salopians lost to Old Olavians I 0-3 at Eton
League 3 Result Old Reptonians beat Old Lancing Old Boys 2-1 at Westminster

21 September

EFA/RFA Annual Review

The Annual Review and Members Pocket Book has to-day been posted to the membership

16 September

League Tables

League tables and match result pages have been set up for the 2007-2008 Season

11 September

League Results

League Division 2 - Old Stoics lost 0-3 to Olavians 3 at Westminster
League Division 1 - Old Salopians beat Old Etonians 3-0 at Westway

5 September

Club & School Contacts

Club Secretary and Master-in-Charge details have been updated

21 August

The Eton Fives Charitable Trust

An article on the Formation and the First Fourteen Years has been added to the website

20 August

The Pilgrims' Prep School

As a counter-balance to the report posted on 17th August - Planning permission has been applied for to build a new Eton Court at The Pilgrims' School, Winchester

17 August

Loss of Courts at Thomas Alleyne School, Stevenage - e-mail received from Melvyn Jenkins-Welch

I have just heard of plans to close the school and demolish all the buildings except the 16th Century schoolmasters house. I can only presume that this would include the fives courts.

A few months ago Melvyn reported

"There are three `fives' courts under the technology block at The Thomas Alleyne School Stevenage Herts. They are at least 75 years old as the building dates from the Edwardian period. The courts were built at the same time as the classroom above and were in use until the 1960s. I remember them being at least 2 storeys high. They are probably Eton fives courts. They look like filled in tunnels and were being used as Staff parking spaces when I last went to the school.

The responsible authority is Herts County Council Education department."

16 August

Billy Bunter

From Terry Wogan - Sunday Telegraph ".........It took a friend of mine back to his own childhood, and Billy Bunter. To this day, he claims, he still feels Billy's pain, "Yarooh!" whenever Bob Cherry took a fives bat to the capacious rear of the Owl of the Remove.........."

23 May

Club Secretaries Meeting - Westminster

The Annual Meeting to determine the make-up of the League and fixtures for 2007-2008 was held last evening at Westminster School.

Division I
Promoted from Division II: Old Westminsters I
Withdrawal: Old Edwardians
Re-admission: Old Cholmeleians

Division II
Promoted from Division III: North Oxford
New Admission: Highgate School
Relegated: St Olave's School

Division III
Admission from Division II: St Olave's School
Withdrawal: Goddington Club
Renamed: Emanuels to be known as Westway Club

It was agreed that in Division III each Club would continue to play each other once. A proposal for the introduction of a similar arrangement for Division I was narrowly defeated.

Alan Barber Cup Draw
First Round: To be played as a normal Club fixture prior to the 2nd Round scheduled for 8/9th December.
*Emanuels v Mill Hill. *Winners v St Olave's
*King Edwards v Aldenham. Winners v *Shrewsbury
*Ipswich v Eton. *Winners v Highgate
*Stoics v Lancing. Winners v *Harrow
* Home Team

1st March

Olympics 2012

Peter Cohen, Old Olavian Eton Fives player, trains for the Olympics The Times 28th February
Handball Challenge