The EFA League resumed at the weekend after the midseason break with Highgate School starting their major Fives term by recording their first win and first points of the season at the third attempt, with a tight 2-1 home win over Old Olavians 3. Matthew Kovar and Alex Pavitt were unable to match the strong Olavian first pair of Luke Stradwick and Sanjaya Ranasinghe, losing in four games despite a 12-2 success in the third. The Highgate second pair of Cameron Most and James Curry took a while to get on top of opponents Lev Gurdenli and Colin Wilson, but raced through the second and third games having squeaked through the first 15-14. Third pair was one of those rollercoaster matches where fortunes sway back and forth. The Highgate pair of Jonny Airey and Aroop Bhattacharya found themselves 2-1 down to Billy Dennis and Charlotta Cooley, but managed to dig deep and win the fourth and fifth games to clinch the second point for Highgate. There was some consolation in defeat for the Olavians as the move into second place in the Division 2 table ahead of the Old Stoics.