Fives courts at Highgate School |
As it was I was cycling past Highgate School today and noticed some fine looking glass roofed courts in the grounds opposite the entrance to Kenwood House. A block of six Eton Fives courts.
Eton Fives |
At Haileybury we played Rugby Fives. An Eton Fives court has a buttress on the left hand side, has no back wall and a step across the court at the half way point.
A Rugby Fives court is like a squash court - I think it may be marginally larger, and as in Squash the back wall is an important factor in the game.
Rugby Fives |
Doubles Fives |
Sadly the game faded at Haileybury in the last 20 years and the courts became store rooms. Two of them have now been turned properly into splendid changing rooms for visiting sides. The Council did the right thing in deciding that, but at the meeting which made the final decision George Staple - who was in the chair - at least marked the end of an era, and our sorrow at the demise of the game at Halieybury.
Rowing has come back. Maybe Fives one day!
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