Under 25s 2018: Houlden & Bracken Extend Their Dominance
24/09/18: The traditional season opener at Eton yesterday - the U25 tournament in association with Advanta Wealth - produced a fourth and fifth victory in a row for Riki Houlden and Phoebe Bracken respectively, both with new partners and first time winners this year in Andrew Rennie and Marjolaine Briscoe.
Under 25s: Old Foes Combine and the Highgate Girls Dominate Again
18/09/17: There will be some familiar names engraved on the Under 25 trophies after this year's tournament as Riki Houlden won his third men's title in a row, this time in an Oxford/Cambridge pairing with James Piggot, while Phoebe Bracken won the ladies competition for the fourth consecutive year alongside Eve Smith-Bingham, herself a winner for the second time.
2016 Under 25s: The Next Generation
26/09/16: A slightly smaller field than usual gathered at Eton yesterday to contest the 2016 Under 25 tournament. Although there were plenty of potential entrants not there, the pairs that did make it produced an exciting and high quality tournament.
2015 Under 25s: Andrew and Riki Re-Joyce at Houlden the Trophy
14/09/15: The 2015/16 Fives season got underway at Eton yesterday with the first major tournament of the year played out amid a pleasing backdrop of blue skies, enthusiastic spectators and hordes of young Etonians watching some top class Fives and in many cases getting the gloves on themselves for the first time.
2014 Under 25s - Land of Ho and Laurie
15/09/14: The next generation of Fives superstars took centre stage at Eton on Sunday, as the Under 25 tournament got the 2014/15 season off to a flying start. An exciting day's Fives ended with the men's title being won by Laurie Brock and Jonny Ho and the ladies by Phoebe Bracken and Amira Reimer.
2013 Under 25s
A record entry of 29 pairs took part in the Under 25s tournament at Eton on Sunday, with an extremely high standard of Fives across the board. The men were competing for the newly presented John Rimer Cup, with last year's winners back but this time in opposition, Andrew Joyce playing with Berkhamsted teammate Jeremy O’Neill and Laurie Brock teaming up with former Cambridge partner Rob Desmond.
2012 Under 25s: Defending Champions reign supreme
The Men's and Ladies' National Under 25 titles were retained by last year's winners Andrew Joyce and Laurie Brock and Karen Hird and Emily Scoones at Highgate on Saturday.
2011: Brock/Joyce and Hird/Scoones claim the Under 25s
The first trophies of the 2011/12 season were won at Eton on Sunday 18th September at the Under 25 championships.
2010/11: Perrie/Joyce and Cooley/Ganguly win the Under 25s
The first trophies of the 2010/11 Fives season were decided at Eton on Sunday 19th September, as the National Under 25 Champions were crowned. A large and high quality field produced some thrilling Fives during the course of the day. The eventual winners in the men's tournament were Ryan Perrie and Andrew Joyce, who beat Rory Griffiths and Matt Mckeever in a fast and skilful final, and the ladies winners were Charlotta Cooley and Anita Ganguly, who beat Dominique Redmond and Emily Scoones in a five game classic.
2009/10 Under 25 Tournament
Robert Desmond and Annabel Griffiths report:
Despite the freezing cold conditions, the Under 25s Tournament made a comeback this year, with Robert Desmond and Annabel Griffiths doing a sterling job to attract a good number of players to Highgate for the first major competition of 2010.