To round off the season the Fives Pod Team chat about the highlights from Season 3 and recent news. We'll be back in the Summer where hopefully we're all back on court!

This week on The Fives Pod guest host Gareth Price answers some fives FAQ's, with the help of a few special guests including two Fives Pod debutants...

This week we are delving into the archives (for a pre-Christmas episode), which is a place very familiar for our guest Alex Smith. Alex has multiple roles across the Fives world where he is a player, a coach, an RFA board member and most import...

In this weeks episode, we talk to five  of the best fives players in the country (Dan Tristao, Ed Kay, Will Ellison, Dan Grant and Ben Beltrami) about the key skills required to be a top quality fives player. We cover the serve, the weaker...

Today we have Martha Nugent on fitness motivation, how she applies it in her fives preparation and Kite surfing! Martha has been able to study at the World Class Academy for Kite surfing whilst travelling all around the world. Stay tuned!

This week the Fives Pod speaks to Ian Fuller about his life in Fives, who transitioned from school fives to become one of the top players in the game during the 80s and 90s. Ian was renowned for his cross-court shot to a length and fo...

This week we explore Fives balls with our resident Fives historian Bob Dolby and Gloves and Balls entrepreneur Howard Wiseman. We chat about the history of Fives balls and how different balls have affected playing styles at the top of the game,...

In this weeks episode we are taking a trip up to the legendary Manchester YMCA Club with Peter Woods, John Beswick, Geoff Sherratt and Dave Fox. We talk about the history of fives at the club, the golden generation of players galvanised by Fred...

This week we travel back up North for an episode chatting to some of Durham's finest. On the show for today's episode we have Oscar McIntyre, Camille Beattie, Simon Beattie and Adam Hicks who tell us about their Fives experiences and then turn ...

This week on the Fives Pod, guest host Gareth Price takes us on a trip around the globe!Joined by guests Willie Polanco (USA), Geert Vandervelden (BEL) and Dan Grant (UK), we dive into the wide and wonderful world o...

This week on the Fives Pod,  new host Shinan Zhang welcomes Phoebe Thornhill and Julie McIntyre to talk about their experiences into Women’s Fives. We chat about how they started playing fives, their experiences in the fives social scene a...

This week on the Fives Pod, we talk to two time National Singles champion and current national veterans champion, Matt Cavanagh, about his career in Fives and rise to the top of the game!

To kick off Season 3 we have David Parlby, the RFA President, on the Podcast to launch the start of the new season. We chat about the latest developments that are ongoing as part of the RFA’s strategy, including the launch of the new website, a...

In this Christmas special season finale the fives pod team reviews the 2020 calendar year for fives. We speak with RFA president (David Parlby), current National Singles Champion (Louise Mathias) and two of the most talented fives playing schoo...

In this weeks episode we are joined by Charlie Brooks, Dan Tristao and Bob Dolby to discuss the Men's National Singles Championships, which should have taken place at the start of December. We discuss what might have happened if the tournament ...

This week we welcome Helena Tunks, Holly Nugent and Viola King Forbes to tell us about their experiences on the Jesters tour. Get the inside story on Ladies Fives in Edinburgh and what it is like to be a newbie on the tour!

We welcome Ben Hale, Alex Smith and Jon Peterson to the Fives Pod to talk about the Jesters Tour to Edinburgh. Tune in to hear our guests thoughts on the legendary tour, how it benefits Fives in Scotland and their favourite Frank Akerman s...

This week the Fives Pod speaks to Gareth Price - RFA's Development Officer. Gareth has been pivotal to running outreach projects for Fives across the country and in supporting the RFA Board with its initiatives. In this episode we speak about h...

In this weeks episode, the fives pod is joined by one of the most enduring doubles partnerships in the history of fives: Tim Lewis and Stuart Watson. We discuss what makes a great doubles partnership and who should make the shortlist for the gr...

This week we cast Rupert Mathieu off to the Fives desert island and see which parts of the game he would take with him!

In this weeks episode The Fives Pod chats to the RFA General Secretary Phil Atkinson to find out about his route into Fives and his role as the General Secretary on the RFA Board. We chat about the President's Cup, his favourite RFA President a...

In this weeks episode The Fives Pod takes a look into the early history of fives, from the first records of Fives being played in the early 17th century up to the standardisation of the sport at Rugby School in the late 19th century. <...

On this week's episode, The Fives Pod branches out into the wonderful world of Winchester Fives. To tell us more about the different dynamics that one small buttress provides to Fives we have invited Harry Akerman, Will Ellison and Sam Roberts ...

On this week's episode, The Fives Pod takes on one of the most complicated aspects of sport: mental strength. We are joined by three guests - Shinan Zhang, James Toop and Ed Kay - who provide us with their insights into the mind of a champion. ...

This week The Fives Pod travels to Cambridge to catch-up with Ashwin, Savanna and Sarthak before term starts in October. We chat about the highlights of the 2019/20 season, re-introduction plans for Fives at the Cambridge Sports Centre and...