Open Day 2018

Tennis selfies competition

Announcing Fishbourne Tennis Club’s Tennis Selfies Competiton 2018! Yes folks, all you have to do is take a snap of yourself with a famous tennis player when next at a big tournament and send it in to the website. There will be a prize for the best one! What follows is a section of selfies…

Cove vs Hart: the showdown

One of the most eagerly awaited confrontations of this year’s Fishbourne Tennis Club Championships, between veteran singles champion Bill Cove and young wannabe Sam Hart, kicks off at the club at 6.30pm on Friday 22 June. A large crowd of spectators is expected and the Fishbourne Centre bar will be open.

Pro players head for Southsea tournament

For the second year running, professional female players will be heading for the grass courts at Canoe Lake Leisure in Southsea to take part in the Fuzion 100 Southsea Trophy. The ITF Pro-Circuit women’s event is being held this year on 26-29 June. The nearest tournament to Fishbourne to see professional players in action, the…

New Court No2 opened…for members only

The newly-resurfaced Court No2, Fishbourne’s first with artificial grass and the only court reserved for members’ and coaching use only, was declared open at a fun ceremony at the club at the end of May. The ribbon to the court was cut by Sam and Rachel, watched by the ladies’ coaching class. Nikki “the piccie”…

Quizzers wanted for quiz and barbecue on 1 June

Calling all FTC quiz addicts…FTC members wanted to form a team (or teams…) for the Fishbourne Centre Quiz and Grill on Friday 1 June from 7pm. All the details in the poster. Come on tennis players, let’s show the cricketers, footballers, lawn bowlers and croqueters (?) how much we know… You can download an entry…

Court 2 carpet cometh!

Work is now well under way on resurfacing Court No2 with Tiger Turf Advantage Pro artificial grass. Paul (in picture) from 1st Surface Ltd is making rapid progress and expects to be finished by Friday 18 May. We need to leave the court a minimum of 48 hours before playing on it. So perhaps it…