Revised club sessions for 2021
Below is a revised all-you-need-to-know info sheet about tennis activities for 2021 that Ivor has put together for all members. It should also have been emailed to you and is also up in the clubhouse window. Please familiarise yourself with it and especially the changes to club sessions. In an attempt to get the balance…
Minutes of club AGM held online on 14 April 2021
Fishbourne Tennis Club AGM 14/4/2021 Present Bob Murray (chair), Pammi Haylett, Bryan Doling, Debbie Jupe, Ivor Smith, Jazz Kimbell, Peggy Burnand, David Lord, Sue Lord, Alex Bone, Eric Thompson, Jack Bacon, Rosemary Ashford, Bridget Clements, Kate Gurl, Katy Bracher, Shaz Morris, Nikki Scott, Tim Scott, Jane Hay, Roy Hay. Apologies received from Nicola Dawtrey …
Adult and junior coaching classes for 2021
Fishbourne Tennis Club’s coaching partner since 2009, Generation Tennis, has now published all details of its coaching programme for adults and juniors for 2021. From Rusty Rackets classes for new members and coaching for team players to classes and Summer Tennis Camps for children as young as four, the packed programme includes something for everyone.…
Return to tennis: all you need to know
Dear FTC member The committee of Fishbourne Tennis Club is pleased to confirm that the club will be open for play from Monday 29 March 2021, in accordance with the latest Government regulations. Club sessions and a bumper programme of tennis over the Easter weekend beckons. The club will be open to paid-up members and…
Put your rackets away…again
£40 three-month tennis taster offer for new members
Fishbourne Tennis Club is encouraging everyone to enjoy a safe, healthy and most important fun start to 2021 – by taking to the tennis court. Yes it’s winter and we are in the midst of a pandemic, but the toughest of times call for the most special of sports and tennis comes out on top.…
New tennis rules from Boxing Day
Dear FTC member As you will know, all of Sussex has now been placed into Tier 4 and this affects tennis at Fishbourne Tennis Club from Boxing Day. Government and LTA rules say that under Tier 4 we can still play but ONLY SINGLES with someone from another household. Doubles can only be played with…
Best wishes to club champion Rachel as she moves to pastures new
FTC ladies’ singles champion of 2018 and 2019 Rachel Dekker has bid what we sincerely hope will be only a temporary goodbye to Fishbourne as work takes her out of the area. Rachel will be sorely missed not just by her league teammates but at club mix-in sessions where she was always happy to join…
Courts to reopen from 2 December
Dear FTC member Get ready, get set…PLAY! Tennis is back in Fishbourne. And for many FTC members the chance to get outside and have a hit with friends won’t come a moment too soon. In line with the lifting of the lockdown and implementation of the new Tier 2 rules that apply in Sussex, FTC…