While the cat's away, the mice will play. By the time the match manager got to Oundle on the day of the Past versus Present, Sam Jones, Joe Gribble and Jonny Armitage had convinced Simon Maskell that he, as the previous year's captain, was... read more
Robbie Fowler has one; so too, now, does Joe Gribble: a five-year extension to his contract - for Singles -, having won 15-6 at Number One against Theo Collier on the morning of the Past versus Present at Oundle... read more
A Past versus Present fixture wouldn't be the same if there weren't some administrative glitch involving changing facilities. After decades of water systems and gas fires breaking down at Portugal Place, it was... read more
James Dean was one, Joe Gribble is another. The last time Joe set foot on a fives court was in the final of the 1996 Winchester Fives tournament, played on his home courts at Sedbergh, where he and his partner lost... read more
When Judith Jackson told the match manager that Ian was getting a lift to Oundle for the Singles with Joe Gribble and "a chap called da Sousa", there was wonderment in the air. Was Joe getting himself psyched up for the great contest... read more