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…
Following discussion at the AGM, the FTC committee has come up with the following clarification of the ‘sudden death’ rule that the club has employed for a while during social tennis sessions to ensure members aren’t waiting off for too long when all the courts are being used. The rule will apply when: There are more…
Long-standing FTC member and one of the cub’s most popular and regular players Ivor Smith scooped the big prize in the Wimbledon ticket draw at the club’s AGM on 20 April. Ivor won the right to buy two tickets to Centre Court on 10 July – that’s men’s finals day. A delighted Ivor was present…
9 am Sunday morning:, whilst most took a leisurely breakfast and planned their relaxing day ahead, the four members of our mixed league were starting the road and sea journey to play Ryde Mead for the first fixture in the Portsmouth and District Summer League (writes David Holmes). And we weren’t alone on the mid-morning…
As an LTA affiliated tennis club, Fishbourne has won an allocation of 15 pairs of tickets to the Wimbledon Championships this year. THIS INCLUDES TICKETS TO THE MEN’S SINGLES FINAL ON CENTRE COURT ON SUNDAY 10 JULY. The right to buy these tickets will be determined in a draw at the club’s AGM from 7.30pm…
The final game of the season for Fishbourne men in the LTA Sussex League was against Weald Men’s sixth team. It was always going to be something of a crunch match: the two teams have dominated proceedings in their division and both are guaranteed promotion to the next level. Question is, who would be champion? Here is Chris…
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Fishbourne 2’s final match of the Portsmouth & District Winter Masters series was a friendly affair at home against Compton, which ended after some very good tennis in a deserved win for the visitors and lashings of tea and home made sandwiches and cake in the clubhouse (writes Bob Murray). Representing FTC2 were Mandy Davies and Tim…
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…