P&D league round-up: winter ladies’ doubles Division 5

A total of 13 ladies from Fishbourne Tennis Club took part in the 10 matches  against five clubs in thew winter league (writes Kate Gurl). We finished in a strong third place in the table after winning six of our matches and collecting 16 points, a long way ahead of Seacourt, Chichester and Alverstoke (see full…

P&D league round-up: winter men’s doubles Division 3

The team missed out on promotion by just one point (writes Bob Murray). Despite a resounding win against Ryde Lawn 3 in the last match of the winter series on the island on 19 March, the Fishbourne boys finished third in the Division 3 league table, just pipped by Ventnor. This was slightly annoying since…

P&D league round-up: winter Masters Division 2

Fishbourne Masters second team in the Portsmouth & District league had an enjoyable winter season overall (writes Division 2 captain Mandy Davies). We had a win against Ryde Lawn 3 and a losing draw against Compton meant we kept Compton below us in the league table. The opportunity to represent the club was given to as many…

FTC Code of Conduct for 2017: all members please read

A revised version of the club’s Code of Conduct was agreed by the Fishbourne Tennis Club committee in March 2017. It is printed below. The committee would like to bring to the attention of all members the following paragraph which is new for 2017: When representing FTC in league matches only the highest standards of sportsmanship, courtesy, and…

Read the FTC club constitution for 2017 here

FISHBOURNE TENNIS CLUB CONSTITUTION/RULES OF THE CLUB  NAME AND OBJECT The Club shall be called the FISHBOURNE TENNIS CLUB.  The object of the Club is: to organise and encourage the playing of tennis at all levels of ability to offer coaching, competitive and recreational opportunities to adult and junior players for the improvement of their…

Spring newsletter

Dear Fishbourne Tennis Club member, Welcome to the latest regular email update of the exciting things happening at your tennis club. Dates for your diary  9 March Thursday, 6pm, Havant: Portsmouth & District LTA Fixtures meeting and AGM  for team captains 12 March Sunday, 10am: friendly match against Southsea at home 15 March Wednesday, 7pm: next…

Eliot and Ollie put on thrilling Junior final

Eliot Milman beat Ollie Hawkins 6-2, 6-4 in a nailbiting exchange to take the honours in Fishbourne Tennnis Club’s 2016/17 Junior Championship Final (writes David Lord). Both boys are coached to a very high standard by Generation Tennis, the Club’s coaching partner. Generation Tennis’s Alex Bone said: “Eliot and Ollie represent the club in the 14U…