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Top Seeds In Cruise Control

08/04/19: The top seeds in the Kinnaird and Ladies Championships were in imperious form at Eton over the weekend, cruising into the finals of their respective competitions with comfortable victories.

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Ladies Championships 2018: Top Four Seeds Through To The Semis

26/02/18: In arctic conditions at Eton on Saturday, the top four seeded pairs made it comfortably through the group and quarter-final stages of the 2018 Ladies Championships.

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Lumbard/Scoones And Ho/Houlden Into The Finals

01/04/19: The first two semi-finals in the Ladies Championships and Kinnaird Cup took place at Eton yesterday with wins in both for the second seeded pairs over the third seeds.

Watch the Kinnaird Semi-Final here: GAME ONE   GAME TWO   GAME THREE

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Ladies Final 2017: Five In A Row For Hird & Cooley

03/04/17: Defending champions Karen Hird & Charlotta Cooley won their fifth consecutive ladies title at Eton yesterday with a hard fought 12-7, 10-13, 14-11, 12-5 win over impressive challengers and first time finalists Ashley Lumbard & Emily Scoones.

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Ladies Championships 2019: Top Four Through

11/03/19: The preliminary rounds of the 2019 National Ladies Championships took place at Eton yesterday, with a strong turnout and some excellent Fives.

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Ladies Championships 2017: Lumbard & Scoones To Challenge The Champions

27/02/17: The ladies championships took place at Eton on Saturday, a week after the men's equivalent, and suffered nothing in comparison with virtually every court at Eton full and both main tournament and festival providing a fantastic showcase for the increasing quality and strength in depth of the women's game.

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Hird & Cooley Defend Their Title

16/04/18: Karen Hird & Charlotta Cooley won their sixth ladies title in succession at Eton last weekend, defeating Ashley Lumbard & Emily Scoones 3-1 in an exciting and high quality final.

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Ladies Final 2016: Hird & Cooley Win By Default

Sadly, the 2016 ladies final never took place, with challengers Amira Reimer and Phoebe Bracken unavailable to play the final on the scheduled date. Karen Hird and Charlotta Cooley thus retain the title, winning for a fourth consecutive year.

Ladies Championships Semi-Finals: Top Two Through Again

26/03/18: This year's Ladies final will be a rematch of last year's contest, as the top two seeded pairs both made it through their semi-finals in straight games at Eton yesterday.

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Ladies Championships 2016: A Record-Breaking Entry

Ian Mitchell & Mandie Barnes report:

On a bracing February morning, 37 pairs – continuing the record-breaking trend – assembled for the 2016 Ladies Eton Fives Championships. 15 of these pairs took part in the main championships, divided initially into three pools of five, before a knockout stage to determine which two pairs qualify for the final, which will be held later in the season.

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