Two rising young tennis stars from Fishbourne have completed a national tennis tournament with an unbeaten record – in their first year of trying. Ben Jameson and Callum Budd, both members of Fishbourne Tennis Club, took part in the boys’ under 12s Aegon Team Tennis league, playing juniors from other clubs at both singles and doubles…
Fishbourne’s last game of the summer season saw Middleton make the trip to Blackboy Lane where grey skies threatened a soggy end to our participation in the 2015 LTA Sussex League. The rain held off for an hour before the heavens opened during play. It was decided that we play on through to get the…
Are you over 50 (45 for ladies), available during the day Monday to Friday and want to keep playing tennis through the winter? We have been invited by the Portsmouth District League to enter their new mid week veterans winter league. As long as you are available during the day, this is a great way…
With the opening of the new indoor court last week, Fishbourne Tennis Club can offer all-year-round play in nice warm and dry conditions. The inaugural indoor match was played between Chris and Sam. Apparently it was a close match until the fridge got in the way… A film crew from South Today was present at the…
Fishbourne Tennis Club members will be sad to hear of the death of Brian Wilkinson. Brian was a new recruit to the club and was not known by many, but was looking forward to playing more as he got back into his tennis. He was perhaps best known for being one of few men at the…
Dear Fishbourne Tennis Club member, Welcome to the latest regular email update of the exciting things happening at your tennis club. American Tournament 16 August A Sunday morning of social tennis fun followed by strawberries and cream is the offer for the next American Tournament on 16 August. Sign up now on the notice in…
Glorious weather on Saturday morning 1 August and we all pile into the Polo – talk about how many elephants can you fit in a Mini! We are off to Crawley for our important penultimate match in the men’s doubles Sussex League tournament. There’s a lot at stake here as we sit second in our league on 5 points and Crawley…
Fishbourne Tennis Club polos and T-shirts for adults and juniors are now available to order. Be among the first in the club to strut your stuff in these lightweight, superior quality and very stylish tops, but each order can take around two weeks to arrive so get your orders in quickly for…
More Fishbourne members than ever were able to enjoy a visit to the Wimbledon Championships this year thanks to the club’s LTA membership. The club was allocated 15 pairs of tickets all of which were taken up by FTC members – including junior members Ollie Hawkins, Callum Budd and Robert Prince. You can read what Ollie…
I knew that going to the Wimbledon finals was a once in a lifetime experience and I enjoyed every second of it. I had an amazing time watching the women’s singles final, the men’s doubles final and the women’s doubles final. One of my highlights of the day was seeing Serena Williams. She was amazing and very…