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Ladies Championships 2015: Return of the Redmonds

04/03/15: The 2015 Ladies Championships took place at Eton on Sunday and were a vibrant illustration of the healthy state of the ladies game, with 27 pairs taking part across the main tournament and the festival.

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2012 Ladies Final: Red Letter Day for the Redmond Sisters

The 2012 Ladies Final was won at Eton yesterday by sisters Dominique and Lia Redmond who beat Charlotta Cooley and Marianne Rees 12-5, 12-9, 12-5 in a splendid exhibition of Fives.

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2014 Ladies Final: Hird & Cooley at the Double

C.Cooley & K.Hird (1) beat E.Smith-Bingham & A.Reimer (3) 12-7, 12-1, 12-5

The 2014 Ladies Championships final was played at Eton on Saturday 19th April and saw a resounding victory for defending champions Karen Hird and Charlotta Cooley over Highgate School pair Eve Smith-Bingham and Amira Reimer.

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2012 Ladies Championships: Experience wins the day

The qualifying rounds for the 2012 Ladies championships took place at Eton on Sunday with 25 pairs taking part in a day that showcased the increasing strength in depth of the ladies game and some of the talented young players coming through.

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2014 Ladies Championships: A Festival of Fives

Mandie Barnes reports:

The 2014 Ladies National Championships saw a pleasing increase in size of entry with 29 pairs taking part this year; for the first time there was a main tournament and a festival.

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2011 Ladies Final: A Dom-inant White-wash

The Final of the National Ladies Championships took place at Eton yesterday, with Kerry White and Dominique Redmond defending their title yet again with a 12-1, 12-5, 12-6 win over Charlotta Cooley and Marianne Rees.

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2013 Ladies Final: Cooley and Hird triumph in five game thriller

C.Cooley & K.Hird beat D.Redmond & M.Catmull 3-2 (5-12, 12-7, 2-12, 12-4, 12-2)

The final of the 2013 Ladies Championships was won at Eton on Sunday by Charlotta Cooley and Karen Hird who came from 1-2 down to beat top seeds Dominique Redmond and Marianne Catmull in a feisty five game thriller and bring to an end Dom's remarkable eight year winning streak in this competition.

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2011 Ladies National Championships: Top seeds cruise through

20 pairs took part in the qualifying rounds of the National Ladies Championships at Eton on Sunday. Half-term meant that unfortunately none of the talented Highgate school pairs were able to test themselves at this level, but it was pleasing to see good representation from Oxford and Cambridge Universities, a testament to the great work being done there by Constance Mantle, Eli Hullis, Annabel Griffiths and others. There were also players from Shrewsbury, Emanuel, Oakham, Westway, North Oxford and even Marlborough and hopefully the ladies game can continue to expand in these and other centres to raise the entry in this competition in future years.

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2013 Ladies Championships: Top two cruise though

The 2013 Ladies Championships took place at Eton yesterday with the tournament getting as far as the semi-final stage. One or two high profile absentees due to various illnesses, injuries and clashes with holidays meant that the top two seeds went though the day pretty much unchallenged and Dominique Redmond & Marianne Catmull will face Charlotta Cooley & Karen Hird in the final at Eton on Sunday April 7th. There were some encouraging signs elsewhere in the tournament as some new faces took the opportunity to demonstrate their improvement and make it through to the latter stages of the competition.

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2010 Ladies Championships: Six in a row for Dom and Kerry

Dom Redmond reports:

The Ladies Championship was won at Eton on Sunday 11th April by Kerry White and Dominique Redmond, who beat Charlotta Cooley and Marianne Rees 3-0 in a one-sided final. This was their sixth consecutive win in this competition as a pair and Kerry's eleventh in total.

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