Miscellaneous Items index
The following articles appear in this section of the website. Click on the title to read more.
Miscellaneous Items index
The following articles appear in this section of the website. Click on the title to read more.
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.