End-of-Season update 2025-26

July 2026

The last two months of the Fives season duly produced several more successes for  Sparrows Past and Present.

Ed Kay ended his competitive season by winning the Scottish Open Singles for the first time, thus completing the Grand Slam of Regional Singles titles.

Ed Kay beats Ben Beltrami to win the Scottish Open Singles 2026

Our two-time National Singles champion, Ben Beltrami, added to his growing list of titles by winning by first winning the Scottish Open Doubles with his regular partner, Old Pauline Ollie Arnold. He then teamed up with Helena Tunks to win the Open Mixed Doubles Championship, which was organised by Helena and Savanna Leboff.

Ben Beltrami & Helena Tunks win the Open Mixed Doubles 2026

Helena and Savanna running the Open Mixed Doubles

Helena is now well established as a top player, having started to play the game at Cambridge as an undergraduate. Much in demand as a Doubles partner, Helena next teamed up with Cameron Low to win the Plate at the Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles Championship.

Helena Tunks wins the Plate at the Winchester Fives Mixed Doubles

Then, at the last RFA tournament of the season, Helena won the Ladies Winchester Fives Doubles title with Maddy Raynor.

Helena Tunks wins the Ladies Winchester Fives Doubles

Andy Pringle paired up as usual with Morgan Spillane to win the Plate at the Veterans Doubles; then they went on to win the Vintage Doubles title together for the fourth year in a row. Andy had also been runner-up in the Vintage Singles on the morning of the championships.

Andy Pringle wins the Vintage Doubles 2026

Andy Pringle runner-up in the Vintage Singles

At the same event Ian Jackson (below in white) won the Vintage Doubles Plate with Nick Geere for the second year in a row.

And in the very last event of the season Matt Ord (below in white) wins the Derby Moor Invitation Doubles with Val Fikhter. It is Matt’s first title, having learned to play Fives while a postgraduate at Cambridge.