Miscellaneous Items index
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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.
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
Nether Say Nether Again...
Tom Griffiths reports:
16/12/19: Benjamin (15), James (13), Joshua (9) and dad Tom Griffiths (age unspecified) have invented Nether Fives, a version of Eton Fives.
Fives Meets Fashion
31/08/21: Fives and fashion have not necessarily been closely linked...until now.
The Oldest Fives Film Footage?
John Reynolds reports:
02/12/19: This dates from 1937, and is of Fives being played at the Institut Montana in Zugerberg in Switzerland.
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.
The Hamburg Fives Experience
John Reynolds reports:
12/11/19: The temporary fives court in Hamburg has hosted a tournament for 22 players, won by English visitor Karen Hird and her Australian neophyte partner Harry Thring.
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.
Fives As Art In Germany
John Reynolds reports:
26/09/19: Artists in Germany have created a life-size and functional but temporary Eton Fives court for an exhibition.