After another successful season the Fishbourne Men’s 1st (only) team in the Sussex League tournament have reached the lofty heights of division 11. Chris Gosden, after doing a sterling job in establishing the team and leading it to promotion, has handed the captaincy to me, Phil Tite, for this season and I would like to…
In a busy day at Fishbourne Tennis Club on Sunday (7 August), all the courts saw some terrific tennis action as two LTA matches were played out – with Fishbourne coming out top in both. In the Sussex League, FTC men took on chaps from Slinfold (near Horsham) Tennis Club in what was a triumph…
The first game of the summer season for Fishbourne’s Sussex League men’s doubles team brought Compton 3 to Blackboy Lane to face a strong line-up of Bill Cove and Tom Craddock, and Phil Tite and yours truly (writes Chris Gosden, Sussex League captain). The pairing of young Tom and Bill has always been a good one,…
Over the past year we have seen the number of teams at Fishbourne, playing in leagues, grow from three to six (writes Luke McEwen, Competition Secretary). As a club we are now involved in two leagues: the LTA Sussex League and the Portsmouth & District League. In the Sussex League we have a men’s double team…
For our match versus Arundel we welcomed back young Joe Rawlings to the fold (writes Chris Gosden). Work commitments and an extended stay in the land of Oz meant we missed him for the last three games. Chris Gosden, Phil Tite and Tom Craddock made up the four. A team all aged under 35 in…
So we welcomed Comptons Tennis Club from Lower Beeding, just south of Horsham, to Fishbourne for our men’s Sussex league match on a day the weather forecasters said we would not get any tennis played! What do they know hey!! (Writes Chris Gosden.) We had to cancel the match twice before so we were all keen to get…
Our first league match in nearly two months saw Andre, Tom Craddock, Chris Gosden and men’s team debutant Luke McEwan take on The Weald tennis cub in the LTA Sussex league on Sunday 20 December (writes Chris Gosden). We made the journey over to our opponents just north of Brighton, hoping that we would play on…
It was an early start in glorious sunshine when Andre the giant, Chris Gosden, Phil Tite and Tom Craddock set sail for their men’s Sussex League match against West Chiltington. With everyone in good spirits and no one sporting a hangover the omens were good, and Andre our very own in-car sat nav ensured we got there in…
Fishbourne’s last game of the summer season saw Middleton make the trip to Blackboy Lane where grey skies threatened a soggy end to our participation in the 2015 LTA Sussex League. The rain held off for an hour before the heavens opened during play. It was decided that we play on through to get the…
Glorious weather on Saturday morning 1 August and we all pile into the Polo – talk about how many elephants can you fit in a Mini! We are off to Crawley for our important penultimate match in the men’s doubles Sussex League tournament. There’s a lot at stake here as we sit second in our league on 5 points and Crawley…