Ronnie Ray’s sons paid a surprise visit to Fishbourne Tennis Club on Sunday 9 July – and first stop was the Ronnie Ray memorial bench in front of the clubhouse. Chris and Phil Ray watched some tennis action from the comfort of the bench, which was paid for with the generous bequest to the club by…
Katie Bracher and Luke McEwen, Tamsin Saunders and Geoff Miles took on Southsea in the Masters Division 1. After four hours of play we finished 2 rubbers all. Fishbourne won the draw on sets and games to bag another 2 points. Many thanks for Tamsin getting back from Greece just in time and Geoff not…
Fishbourne won their friendly match against Southsea 87 games to 47 (writes Luke McEwen). Rain threatened but stayed away until lunch. The return match will be this year’s final at Southsea. Andre and Mo, and Katy and Trevor jointly won the top number of games won. It was Nicola’s maiden match and won three of her…
As well as the club Championships, now well under way (don’t be late organising your ties!), the men’s singles ladder and all the regular club sessions, there’s loads more coming up in Blackboy Lane! Junior Open Day – Saturday May 13, 2-4 pm For Boys and Girls aged 4-14 – your first step to become a…
The club’s annual meeting held at the Fishbourne Centre on Wednesday 26 April was well attended by a cross section of members. As well as the chairman’s and treasurer’s reports, there were updates on the provision of extra floodlights, how FTC is doing in the leagues, the coaching programme with Generation Tennis, the club’s busy…
The YONEX open morning at Fishbourne during the Saturday club session on 29 April really went well with some 40 people attending to get advice about their play and the type of racquet that would suit them best (writes David Lord). Pete Tuffrey from YONEX brought down about 30 different racquets for people to try…
The ties for the 2017 Fishbourne Tennis Club Championships are as follows: Club Championship VETS65 Championship
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND LIVE WIMBLEDON TICKET DRAW Wednesday 26th April 2017 at 7.30 for 8.00pm The Blue Room, Fishbourne Centre (Light refreshments and Bar available) You are cordially invited to join us for the 2017 AGM YOUR chance to have YOUR say about YOUR tennis club Catch up with club activities and plans for 2017…
Fishbourne came second in the league which means that they will be promoted to Division 2 in the Winter 2017/18 league They missed winning by just one point. During the season the following players were entered: Nikki Scott, Andre Rogers, Priscilla Pendle, David Holmes, Nikki Holden, Luke McEwen, Gilly Perrin, James Wilson, Cressida Williams, James Course, Sue Lord. The captain, Luke McEwen, thanks the players for…