Dust off your mallets, croquet’s back!

From the tennis court to the croquet lawn… Fishbourne’s croquet competition this year will take place on the evening of Friday 19 June. As last year this fun (but viciously competitive!) event is being made possible by our friends at the Fishbourne Croquet Club who if you didn’t know already have a splendid croquet lawn right here on the Fishbourne Playing…

THIRTY (!!) Wimbledon tickets for FTC members

As the LTA’s newest affiliated tennis club, Fishbourne Tennis Club has received its ticket allocation for the Wimbledon Championships – and it is 15 pairs of tickets! They are mostly for Centre and No1 Courts and are spread over the fortnight, with one pair of tickets being for the Ladies’ Final on July 11. There are…

Remembering Ronnie

The funeral service for Ronnie Ray was held today at Chichester Crematoriium and afterwards at the Fishbourne Centre where friends, family and club members gathered to celebrate the life of one of the club’s most popular and longest-playing members.

Download your membership forms for 2015/16 here

GOOD NEWS!  Adult and Junior subscriptions remain unchanged for the 2015/16 season  –  and, what’s more,  2015 will see a range of on and off court activities for both the recreational and the more serious players (we will contact you separately about these), plus lots of fun social events including barbecues, quiz nights and opportunities to try your hand at croquet,…

2015 AGM set for 15 April

All members, adult and junior, are invited to attend the 2015 annual meeting of Fishbourne Tennis Club which will be held at 8pm on Wednesday 15 April 2015 at the  Fishbourne Centre. Complimentary lights refreshments will be available. FTC chairman David Lord said: ‘The club continues to make big strides on all fronts and with lots…

Annual tennis week at Okehampton

Every year Fishbourne Tennis Club sends a number of members to an annual tennis week at the Manor House Hotel in Okehampton, Devon. This year we are hoping to send a larger contingent to increase the amount of court time that we are able to have. Please see the following reminder notice from Janet Leonard who…

Ronnie Ray, 1919-2015

It is with sadness that we advise that Ronnie Ray has died following a short illness. Many of us will have fond memories of his tennis, his drive and his friendliness over many, many years at Fishbourne Tennis Club although we saw less of Ronnie in recent years as his court appearances became infrequent.  We…

All’s sphair in love and quizzes…

One of the questions in the recent quiz concerned the original name of the game of tennis. When the answer was given out there was general scepticism. Had we made it up? A week later this story appeared in the Independent newspaper….so it must be true!

It’s the Friday the 13th Quiz Night!

Questions, questions, questions…but do you know all the answers? Here’s your chance to bring out your inner nerd and show everyone how smart you are (or not!) at the Fishbourne Tennis Club Quiz Night! This fun event – with smashing prizes! – is being held at 7pm on Friday 13 February in the Blue Room…