Dear Fishbourne Tennis Club member, Welcome to the latest regular email update of the exciting things happening at your tennis club. Sunday match play practice off to strong start FTC’s current and future match players report that the new Sunday morning practice session has been a useful addition to the club calendar. ‘It’s proving a…
The entries are in, the draw’s been held and now the all-important fixtures for FTC’s 2015 Championships can be published. Check who you will be playing with (if not entered as a pair already) and who you will be up against in the tables below. Remember, you can arrange to play the matches at times to suit…
There’s never been a better time for junior tennis players at the club. Working with our club coaches from Generation Tennis, young players have the opportunity this summer to take part in a variety of activities and competitions. These include: A new Junior Club closed competition Plans for a summer barbeque and games on court…
Fishbourne Tennis Club committee has for a while now been considering putting together some guidelines on Player Etiquette. The committee hopes these guidelines will be of use to the many new members of the club, as well as serving to refresh some older members’ memories! FTC GUIDE TO PLAYER ETIQUETTE It is the ethos of Fishbourne Tennis…
Fishbourne men did the club proud on Sunday 17 May with a stirring victory – the club’s first – in the LTA Sussex League. In blazing sunshine Fishbourne took on Arundel Tennis Club at home, fielding two pairs in the men’s doubles: Andre and Tom, and Chris and Phil. The matches were close and extremely hard…
By David Holmes Sudden downpours, strong winds and frequent referrals to the LTA handbook – welcome to the world of league tennis. Fishbourne’s first tentative steps into the Tennis Sussex leagues this year have been full of incident, not just on the courts. Chris Gosden’s men’s open team, Young and Wild, played the first match…
Good weather, a huge turn-out and lots of tennis ensured that FTC’s Open Day on Saturday 16 May was voted a big success. The icing on the cake was the, er, cakes – and lots of ’em! David Lord signed up the first new member (pic below) while Tim and David H manned the membership stand…
FTC hosted Southsea Tennis Club on Sunday – a day that proved full of sunshine, fun, close matches and lots of laughs (plus lots of chips at the Bulls Head afterwards!). Four mixed pairs from each club took part in what, as always, proved to be a really close mixed doubles competition. With 15 matches…
At the AGM it was announced that FTC’s logged tennis tops are now available at the remarkably low price of just £8 each. Hand crafted (well, almost) from quality breathable material with the stylish FTC logo uppermost, the tops are available in a range of sizes in both men’s and ladies’ styles. Watch the noticeboard in the clubhouse…
The format of this year’s FTC Championships sparked plenty of interest among members in a packed hall at the Fishbourne Centre for the club’s AGM on May 15. Some welcomed the change that allows doubles partners to enter as pairs (in addition to a draw for partners as usual), others felt it would undermine the friendliness…