Fishbourne Tennis Club held its first tournament of 2020 – in honour of FTC member Darren Triggs, the Chichester police constable who suffered a spinal stroke while on duty in December 2019. Twelve members of the club took part in a closely-fought evening of tennis for the inaugural Darren Triggs Trophy, now set to…
Dear Member, We are continuing to promote some form of normal social tennis. With this in mind you are invited to join our Informal American Tournaments. These will be: This Wednesday 29th July from 2 pm to 4 pm on courts 3 and 4. Next Sunday 2nd August from 2 pm to 4 pm on courts 2, 3 and…
Another big investment in FTC’s future gets under way today (Monday 27 July) as the resurfacing works on Court 1 commence. The court is being resurfaced with TigerTurf Advantage Pro to exactly match the surface on Court 2 that has become popular with members since being installed two years ago. That will give the club …
Dear FTC member Your tennis committee hopes you are keeping well and that you have been able to get a game in. This note is an update of where we are up to with regard to resuming club activities at Fishbourne, as of 7 July 2020. As we have done since the start of the…
Dear Fishbourne Tennis Club member, Welcome to the latest update from your committee as we – slowly, slowly – head into tennis life after lockdown. On behalf of all your friends at Fishbourne and your committee, we hope you are keeping fit and well. Tennis rules as of 1 June: green light for doubles Following…
Following Government requirements and LTA guidance issued today, from June 1 revised tennis activity may take place for members only of Fishbourne Tennis Club. The following is from the LTA website; if you want to see the full advice go to: https://www.lta.org.uk/globalassets/news/2020/lta-guidance-for-tennis-players—covid-19.pdf Both singles play and doubles play is now permitted with people from outside…
The FTC Committee is delighted to announce that, following Government requirements and LTA guidelines, limited play returns to Fishbourne Tennis Club from Wednesday 13 May on the following basis. Restrictions are temporary and access conditional upon the following: Only courts 1, 2 and 4 are available for play. Note that ongoing drainage works adjacent to…
Dear FTC member How did you do in Sam Hart’s second FTC quiz? Here are the questions again…this time with the answers. One point for each correct answer.. Round 1 General knowledge Which Country is Brie cheese originally from? Answer: France Who were runners up in The FIFA Woman’s World Cup? Holland What nut is…
First off, did you identify the four young tennis champions correctly? The kids were of course, left to right from top: Djokovic, Nadal, Murray and Federer. One point for each correct answer. Now for the answers to Sam Hart’s big quiz… ROUND 1 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE When Captain Tom Moore turned 100 which two famous aircraft…