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Five Play Fives In Geneva

John Reynolds reports:

22/09/22: Seven British fives players have just visited Geneva for a fives tournament on the only blue Eton fives courts in the world.

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Geneva Tournament 2013: Zuoz youngsters star

John Reynolds reports:

There was a Fives revolution at the weekend: two members of the latest generation to come out of the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz overthrew the old guard to win the Geneva International Fives Tournament for the first time. Renato Buechi and Kevin Michaelsen, recently graduated from the Swiss school, defeated former Kinnaird champion John Reynolds and partner Erkki Tammivuori in the semi-final, and then current Kinnaird champion Seb Cooley and partner Roland Knapp in the final.

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Benny Oei Tournament 2017

John Reynolds reports:

30/06/17: A weekend's fives, camaraderie with players from perhaps a dozen countries, supper on Lake Geneva, warm sun and stunning sunsets - what more could a fives player want?

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2012 Geneva Tournament: Brits grab Euro Fives glory

John Reynolds reports:

Three players based in England were among those who shared the European Fives Championships which has just been held in Geneva.

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International Fives Tournament in Geneva

John Reynolds reports:

28/06/16: A truly international Eton fives tournament has taken place in Geneva, featuring players born in at least a dozen countries around the world, including nine members and friends of the Old Citizens Fives Club.

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Geneva Tournament 2011

Filippo Variola reports:

On 11th and 12th June we played our traditional Fives Tournament, as usual together with the students from the Lyceum Alpinum in Zuoz; Curt Schmitt came over with Jessica Rees, Katharina Kuenburg, Sophia Florineth, Christine Beck, Antonia Eichelberg, Mark Jetzer, Daniel Weder, Marc Tavra and Artem Glebovskiy.

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June 2015: Fives Fever in Geneva

John Reynolds reports:

A truly international Eton fives tournament involving players from at least a dozen countries took place in Geneva at the weekend.

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2010 Geneva Tournament: Fives à la Suisse

Filippo Variola reports:

The 2010 Geneva Fives Tournament was played this year in Zürich at the Zuoz Fives Club Zürich to reduce the travelling distance for the players coming from the Lyceum in Zuoz.

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2014 Geneva Tournament: Euro-Fives at its Best

John Reynolds and Ronald Pattison report:

The annual Geneva Fives tournament took place last weekend 7/8 June 2014 run by the old boys of the Alpinum Lyceum Zuoz and properly called the Benny Oei Tournament after the late founding spirit of the Old Zuozers EFC.

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