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Always worth getting in the queue for The Shack nice and early
Close Dave, but the Scottish Universities team goes down to the Jesters
Fantastic evening of fives against the Schools Select VI
Close Dave.... but the rules committee's decision is final.
Martin dressed to impress for an evening out in Edinburgh
It was inevitable eventually, but the bouncers took a bit of pursuading that we come to Edinburgh to go to The Shack
Dave taking his nutrition seriously
The very strong Winchester College team performed well at the tournament this weekend coming first and second...... well they should really with a tournament named like that! Full report here http://rugbyfivesassociation.net/same-again-in-the-schools-winchester-fives-doubles-championship/
Not many appearances from Will Ellison.... #whendidwillgetsogood ?
Some tired boys at the end of a tough match won this year by the RFA. To view the detailed results click here.
We had our annual match against the Rugby Fives Association yesterday and despite the fact that Dan Tristao only emailed me at 4am on the morning of the match confirming their team (which was still 2 and a half hours before he went to bed!) they turned up with a very strong team.
Any team with John Minta and Ben Beltrami down as a third pair are going to be a match for anyone and indeed they proved to be too strong for the WFA team.
With each pair playing each of the opposition pairs in 1 game to 15 and then then 2 games against their opposite pair the RFA got their noses in front after the first round of matches and then continued to win each round such that in the end their overall winning margin was 249-214.
I would love to describe more of the matches but as mine was always the last to finish each round I did not see anyone else playing until we had the privilege of watching the final game between both team's first pairs.
The speed and anticipation of both Dan and Will (and Hamish and James!) around the buttress was absolutely incredible and a real treat to see.
Unusually for a fives match we finished bang on time and so we able to head to The Queen for so well earned lunch at the time we said we would be there!
Thanks to all for playing, especially those who came from quite a distance-John Minta for Manchester, Steve Coffey from Malvern, James Marshall from Brighton, Theo, Olly and Tom from Bristol then many more from London.
Next year we will get our revenge but the series is now poised at 3-3!
WFA vs RFA
2011 WFA win 248-217
2012 WFA win 252-223
2013 RFA win 237-217
2014 RFA win 258-230
2015 WFA win 266-257
2016 RFA win 249-214
It's not exactly fives weather yet! New season started tonight at Wessex with the Winchester courts feeling more like a hot day at St Paul's with the heating turned up.
In the spirit of healthy competition, we have now published some of the results from tournaments way back through to the hay day of the early nineties!
Take a look... some of you will have to scroll quite a long way down!
Click here to view the Tournament results
And with all the excitement of the Wood Cup and Letchworth Bowl did I forget to mention our Dave won the National Doubles Plate. He had a good partner mind....!
The winners! Ed Hawke and Nigel Gainsborough beat Ben Hale (always the bridesmaid) and Mungo Patterson 15-7
