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Former Courts

Below is a list of former Eton Fives courts in the UK and around the world. Do CONTACT US if you have any additional information.

CLICK HERE to see a map of existing courts

Eton Fives is Front Page News!

18/11/24: The new courts at Holyport College formed the basis for a substantial feature on Eton Fives in Saturday’s edition of The Telegraph.

Ode To Eton Fives

08/11/24: To celebrate the Centenary of the Eton Fives Association, Dale Vargas has composed an "Ode to Eton Fives"

Fives on TV - "Industry"

John Reynolds reports:

29/08/24: The photo above shows Kit Harington (of Game Of Thrones fame) playing a character in the popular TV show 'Industry'.

Happy New Year

02/01/24: What better way to start 2024 than with this ode to Fives by Dale Vargas...

Fives Meets Fashion

31/08/21: Fives and fashion have not necessarily been closely linked...until now.

A Fives Song (1902)

Currently unable to get on court, a group of musical Fives players - led by Nic Walker - have turned their gloved hand instead to resurrecting "A Fives Song", composed in 1902 but incomprehensibly neglected ever since.

Fives on Test Match Special

14/08/20: Eton Fives featured on today's Test Match Special broadcast with Phil Tufnell (Old Cholmeleian) and Jonathan Agnew (Old Uppinghamian) explaining the game to Michael Vaughan and extolling its virtues during a break for bad light.

Michael Portillo Plays Fives At Malay College

20/02/20: Filmed last year, the episode of Michael Portillo's "Great Asian Railway Journeys" featuring Eton Fives at Malay College aired on the BBC last weekend.