Kinnaird Cup Final 2013: Three in a row for Dunbar and Cooley
T.Dunbar & S.Cooley beat G.Campbell & P.Dunbar 3-0 (12-5, 12-7, 12-3)
Tom Dunbar and Seb Cooley continued their three year winning streak as a pair with a third successive Kinnaird Cup final win at Eton on Sunday in a very high quality final against Peter Dunbar and George Campbell.
2013 Kinnaird Cup Semi-Finals: Dunbar vs Dunbar
After the aborted attempt at Shrewsbury at the Northern Tournament, the Fives world will finally get to see the two Dunbar brothers go head to head in the Kinnaird Cup final at Eton on April 7th after they won their respective semi-finals yesterday to set up a mouthwatering first competitive match between the pair.
Kinnaird Cup 2013: Qualifying Rounds
The qualifying rounds of the 2013 Kinnaird Cup took place at Eton over the weekend wth 48 pairs enjoying an excellent weekend of Fives. 32 pairs took part in the main draw on the Saturday, and the field has now been whittled down to the last four, who will contest the semi-finals this coming Sunday - March 10th - at Eton at 2:30pm. The line-up for those matches sees top seeds and defending champions Tom Dunbar and Seb Cooley taking on fifth seeds Dave Mew and Richard Tyler plus a reprise of the Northern Tournament semi of a few weeks ago between former Kinnaird winners Howard Wiseman and James Toop and London Tournament champions Peter Dunbar and George Campbell.
2012 Kinnaird Final: Cooley and Dunbar untouchable
Tom Dunbar and Seb Cooley retained the Kinnaird Cup yesterday at Eton with a convincing 3-0 win (12-5, 12-5, 12-2) over challengers Howard Wiseman and James Toop.
2012 Kinnaird Semis: Top two through
As was widely anticipated, the top two seeded pairs made it through the Kinnaird Cup semi-finals at Eton yesterday but the two losing pairs both managed to give good accounts of themselves.
2012 Kinnaird Cup: Top seeds through to the Last Four
56 pairs took part in the Kinnaird Cup and Kinnaird Festival at Eton over the weekend, with the top four seeds making it through to the semi-finals of the main tournament in two weeks time and two Shrewsbury School pairs reaching the final of the Festival.
Dunbar and Cooley win the 2011 Kinnaird
Kinnaird Cup Final: T.Dunbar & S.Cooley (2) beat J.Toop & M.Wiseman (1) 3-0 (15-11, 12-7, 12-4)
2011 Kinnaird Cup Final: John Reynolds previews the big game
This year's Kinnaird final between first seeds and defending champions James Toop and Matt Wiseman and second seeds Tom Dunbar and Seb Cooley promises to be a fascinating clash.
2011 Kinnaird Cup Semis: Top seeds into the Final
Mark Williams reports:
Doug Foster and George Campbell started the first two games well against James Toop and Matt Wiseman, and tried to play forceful attacking fives throughout. However the latter's consistency and all round excellence with very few errors dominated the match, and they won comfortably in three straight games.