Well, it was a jungle but now after a working party of Nikki Holden and her son Mike moved in to give the budleia the brush-off we can at last see the wood for the trees (if you see what I mean). Clearing the overgrown area next to court 1 behind the practice wall has…
Fishbourne’s men doubles team (age unrestricted) in the Portsmouth & District league started the winter season in Southsea on Sunday 30 October. It wasn’t quite a double-fist-pump moment for us since we got a bit hammered by a crash squad from Canoe Lake 1 (the breakaway Southsea lot who play on brand new artificial grass courts…
Dear Fishbourne Tennis Club member, Welcome to the latest regular email update of the exciting things happening at your tennis club. Table tennis tournament filling up fast If you haven’t signed up for the table tennis evening yet please do so quickly. Places are limited and it is always very popular – last year we…
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…
Tim Friesner came out on top in knocking down the skittles at FTC’s fun bowling afternoon at MFA Bowl in Chichester on Saturday 24 September. In one game alone he scored four strikes and posted a very respectable score of 153. Overall the boys’ team beat the girls’ team, but only by the slightest…
September 24: Bowling, booze and bamboo shoots. A Saturday afternoon/evening of tenpin bowling at Chi Gate followed by drinks and a Chinese feast. Sign up in the clubhouse. October 23: American Tournament, soup ’n roll, sign up in clubhouse. October 28: Friday night is table tennis night! At the Fishbourne Centre. Look out for sign-up…
Three games down in the third set and with everything to do, Tom Craddock pulled off a remarkable fightback against Harry Dry to win the men’s singles title in the Fishbourne Tennis Club Championships 2016. In a quality match that kept the large crowd enthralled from beginning to end, the first set could have gone…
A large crowd were enthralled by top tennis action during FTC Finals Day this year. On court and behind the lens was ace snapper Nikki Holden who caught these sporting images…, Coming soon: all the Finals Day results and pictures of all the winners.
A year to the day since the generous bequest to the club from the late Ronnie Ray, Fishbourne Tennis Club is pleased and proud to say that the new bench in his memory is well and truly open for backsides! The ribbon was cut during Finals Day on 3 September 2016 by FTC Chairman David Lord.…
A successful Fishbourne Tennis Club Finals Day 2016 was brilliantly captured on film (er, computer chips) by Nikki Holden whose talent behind the lens is surely matched only by her ability on court (it says here). Sit back and enjoy this selection of her best shots, concentrating on faces in the crowd, with another Finals Day gallery…