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Eton Fives Player Who Has Inaugural Ladies U23 Launched an Adult Club: the Tournament, and a 46-Strong Cambridge Chroniclers Fives Newsletter Winter 2016 An official publication of the Fives Federation December| 2016 The Fives Federation Fives galore at Cambridge Three years after the official James Powley celebrates It’s good we can follow up opening of the indoor courts at completing his Level 2 our last Newsletter’s Cambridge University, things coaching qualification with tutor Wayne Enstone exciting developments with are buzzing. The three Rugby more of the same, but the and three Eton courts are in use buzzword of the moment virtually every day in term-time seems to be strategy. The and regularly in the holidays. RFA Board is in early stages Two people are particularly to of planning to create a be congratulated on their work development plan for the next with the game. James Powley, five years; like any business Head Squash Coach at the we can’t stand still. Sports Centre, who has taken a In Rugby Fives we’ve had a shine to both games, and Nick record-breaking British Preston, an Old Uppinghamian Universities’ Tournament, an Eton Fives player who has inaugural Ladies U23 launched an adult club: The tournament, and a 46-strong Cambridge Chroniclers. National Singles. Supporting them are University In Eton Fives there are 27 Club captains, Ben Beltrami, teams in three divisions – a lot Annie Cave and Sudhir Balaji. of Fives – and we’re happy to report that Marsh Education Eton’s promising future Practice has renewed its Nick Preston reports joyfully: sponsorship of the National “We’re writing the next episode in Schools’ Championships for a Cambridge’s history of Eton 34th year. The Westway Fives. We have a group of 10 “Fives will project, with new coaching players and are often joined by team, has made remarkable visitors from North Oxford and be played progress. The EFA is aiming Ipswich, as well as enjoying high in its new seven-year regular appearances from throughout strategic FiveStar project. We University players. Evening the year” have to raise £4m to make it games are held on Wednesdays happen, so watch this space. or Thursdays and we’re trying to Encouraging youth Fives, have signed up for regular In Wallball, we’ve done a establish a Saturday session. James Powley, who recently sessions – St John’s Prep School huge amount from schools to “We’ve launched adult taster completed his Level 2 coaching and King’s College Prep.” tournaments, training to sessions and, with the under legendary player Wayne As a result we will see players healthcare. This is building to introduction of Fives membership Enstone, is equally upbeat: from Cambridge schools entering next summer when we’ll host as part of the 400 squash “Since I started sessions I’ve the Eton Fives Prep Schools our flagship event – the UK members’ package, we inducted some 30 people into the Competition and Rugby Fives Open and a festival of sport anticipate numbers to increase. world of Fives, as well as National U13 Championships for and art in the Olympic Park. “We’ve had two matches, a members of staff at the Centre. the first time in 2017. Richard Black friendly against Ipswich and visits We’re running Club nights, When Bob Dolby and Rodney Chairman EFA from Old Citizens, Highgate and coached by Ed Kay, Ben Knight set about raising the Westway. Next term we hope to Beltrami, Matt Shaw or myself. money to build the courts it was Bernard Atkinson President RFA host clubs from around the I’m planning a league in January always hoped they’d be used by country who wish to experience and will deliver a workshop to a a wider community than the Dan Grant President UK Wallball the unique indoor first-floor group of deaf children. students – and by both sexes. setting of the courts.” “Two schools, both new to That hope is being fulfilled. Rugby Fives Association Doubles treble President’s Report for Tessa Mills It was a treble for Tessa Mills at this year’s inaugural Ladies It struck me the other day that we Under 23 Championships as she added the U23 Doubles to her hear much about corruption in other two National Doubles titles: the National Winchester Fives almost every aspect of human Doubles title won in March and the National Rugby Fives Doubles activity, not least sport, but it seems title gained in January, both with Kathleen Briedenhann. not to have touched the game of Fives. There is a This time Tessa’s partner was Freya Harrison from Rugby School, financial spectrum in sport headed by the likes of FIFA, the herself a National Schoolgirl Doubles champion at U16 level. In a final UK Premier League, the Olympic Games and so on, with the RFA and our colleagues in the other ‘handball codes’ of exceptional quality Tessa and Freya beat two other former clinging to the bottom end of the spectrum with very little to schoolgirl champions, the 2015 winner Louise Mathias from Bristol be corrupt with. That is both our good fortune and our University and Shinan Zhang of the University of Southampton major drawback. (champion in 2014) 11-8, 10-12, 11-7. To cap a great day for the Canterbury Christ Church University As with almost all sports, Fives needs sufficient income student, Tessa also won the U23 Singles, beating Shinan Zhang who centrally to help with court maintenance, coaching of young had in turn defeated Louise Mathias in the semi-final. Tessa’s semi- players, subsidies for student players’ travel and final opponent had been accommodation costs when they play in tournaments, and National U14 Singles much else besides. Local clubs simply have to pay their champion Katie Sumner. own way. As the actors in the drama that is Fives, we do The event was a wonderful not expect to get paid, but we are serially guilty of advert for student and undervaluing our sport by what we consider reasonable to schoolgirl Fives. While the put into it. We are prepared to lay out serious money to see tournament took place at St. a football or cricket match, and a visit to a regional theatre Paul’s School, the men’s with a programme and drink sets us back say £40 – not to British Universities and mention London venues. Student Championships were being held on the “Ask not, ‘what can If we can get an adjoining courts, with players evening of pure joy and from 16 English and Scottish my sport do for me, fun playing Fives for a universities. Perhaps soon there will be ABOVE Winners Tessa Mills fiver or less, and keep an equivalent event for the ladies. and Freya Harrison but what can I do fit into the bargain, for my sport?’” perhaps it could be said that this is where our corruption lies? It is a simple fact of business life that without adequate investment a business is doomed. As a 150 years of Fives business model, Fives does not work longer term. Ask not, “what can my sport do for me, but what can I do for my at Uppingham sport?” Nearly 100 OUs and partners The celebrations concluded gathered in Uppingham on with an evening dinner where There continues to be much upbeat news, however, to give Saturday 12 November to OUs were welcomed by the us cheer; our assiduous David Gardner reports that he had celebrate 150 years of Eton Headmaster, Dr Richard representatives from no fewer than 16 universities in the BUSF Student Championships – an all-time record for this Fives at the school. The game Maloney, and listened to event – with individual entrant numbers up on last year. Our was introduced to Uppingham speeches by President of the thanks to the Jesters must be recorded for their generous by the great Victorian Eton Fives Association, Richard help in enabling the RFA to cover some of the costs of Headmaster Edward Thring. Barber and the instigator of the bringing students from far and wide to St Paul’s for this To mark the occasion, OUs event, OU Nick Preston, who three-day spectacular. played against each other in the outlined the history of recently restored Constables Uppingham Fives. As part of our drive to boost Ladies’ Fives we saw the first Fives courts, as well as playing Since then the Uppingham ever Ladies U23 Tournament take place at St Paul’s on the against the young school Fives team has played fixtures final day of the BUSF Championships. What a weekend it team, recently re-established, against Berkhamsted and was! Presidents now have to be supremely fit just to cope where the OUs were able to Oakham as the sport goes from with hanging medals on so many worthy winners and pass on their expertise and strength to strength at the runners-up; but it is well worth it. experience. school. On a final note to demonstrate my confidence and optimism, I am challenging qualified players to join us next spring in a new tournament – The Grand Masters – for players over 75 on the day. After all, tennis players have competitions for the over 80s. If you know anyone eligible, please persuade them to contact me, but stop short of twisting their arm... Bernard Atkinson Uppinghamian Fives players of all ages gather to celebrate the game BELOW Dan Grant celebrates his win in Valencia North Oxford’s coast to coast Grant victorious in Valencia Dan Grant has won the 2016 Spanish Open. The number two ranked European Wallball player stormed through his group, but things weren’t so easy in the quarter finals, where he scraped past up- and-coming Irish player Paudi Quish.
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