At the same time, College boys and staff also took on Oundle and Bedford School during the College’s annual tour to the Midlands, with mixed results. The boys lost narrowly to Bedford and heavily to Oundle, but the staff won their doubles match against the Oundle staff. College team coach Mr Smith was pleased with the players' performance: 'The boys fought very hard in both matches, and it has been fantastic to see the girls play so well in their first competitive Fives fixture.' After the matches, Oundle hosted a celebratory lunch for both teams.

For anyone unfamiliar with the game of Fives, it  is a court game rather like squash, except that the ball is made of leather and is struck with either hand rather than a racket. The game, which was originally played against church walls, has always been popular at the College and is currently played by approximately 4,000 enthusiasts in the UK. Players usually wear padded leather gloves and there are three codes of Fives, each with different courts:  Rugby Fives is played as both a singles and a doubles game, on a court similar to a squash court, as opposed to Eton Fives, which is played only as a doubles game, on a court with a step and buttress. A further variation is Winchester Fives, which differs from Rugby Fives only in the addition of a vertical buttress on the left-hand wall. The College plays Rugby Fives.