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…
Latest LTA Portsmouth and District Masters match on Tuesday 12 January didn’t go exactly according to plan for Fishbourne (writes Bob Murray)… Fishbourne 2 were taking on the Avenue 2 at the Avenue Lawn Tennis Club in Havant. We always knew they’d be strong opposition. But that didn’t deter our valiant team: Elizabeth and Brian Williams,…
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…
The Fishbourne Tennis Club winter Quiz Night will be held this year at the Fishbourne Centre at 6.45pm on Friday 29 January. This is a fun event open to tennis club members and their friends with food, drink, plenty of laughs and even some prizes for those who really do know it all. And this…
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…
…and Fishbourne Tennis Club members turned out in force for the annual Festive Dress day. The theme? Decidedly Santa Claus (count the number of red outfits and white beards…) but with a very imaginative and topical twist from Sheila in the form of a British Davis Cup champion, complete with famous trophy. Around 40 members attended,…
Only a few days to go now…have you got your costume ready? Yes it’s FTC’s Festive Dress tennis morning at the club on Saturday December 19 – it’s fun to dress up but you don’t have to. Full details in poster below. The morning includes mulled wine and a Christmasy lunch to follow. You can see members’ ideas for costumes…
On Monday 7 December, a group of Fishbourne ladies got together with eight ladies from the Harbour Way club in order to play some competitive tennis in memory of our good friend Lila Monk and to raise money for St Wilfred’s Hospice. (We raised £250). We were blessed with the weather, the sun shone, the tennis was…
The debut of team captain Luke McEwen into our first division Vets match against Carlton Green was celebrated with a 3-1 victory (writes David Holmes). But it was Luke’s doubles partner Katy Bracher who supplied the apposite tactical advice. Luke was returning to tennis after a number of weeks off court because of tennis elbow (lateral…
Electronic barriers at the entrance, smartly-dressed staff, a carpet to ceiling trophy cabinet full of glistening silverware. Welcome to the world of corporate tennis (writes David Holmes). Shaz Morris, Jenny Edminston, Mike Hall Hall and David Holmes represented us in a Division 1 mixed league match at Chichester Racquets and Fitness Club. Despite not playing…