The club has organised anther cracking Christmas party for members, their friends and family, at the Fishbourne Centre on Friday 6 December. Ace local band the Dell Keys will provide the music to dance to…if you like pop, soul, funk and Motown you will not want to miss this! Plus there’ll be a mega help-yourself…
The day dawned clear, bright and still for our 22 intrepid American Tournament competitors. The near perfect tennis conditions were a welcome change from the torrential down pours of late and it was good to get out onto the courts. Some excellent and close fought matches ensued with with a slick turn around between rounds…
Dear Fishbourne Tennis Club member, As you know, Fishbourne players of all ages and abilities have enjoyed taking part in the Portsmouth & District tennis league for several years now. It’s always good fun and increasingly successful for us as well. At the recent P&D awards evening at the Lee on the Solent club, FTC…
Dear Fishbourne Tennis Club member, Welcome to the regular email update of the exciting things happening at your tennis club this autumn/winter. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Cheese and wine tasting followed by the Estelles Motown band, Friday 7pm, 27 September, the Fishbourne Centre. £25 a head, tickets from the Fishbourne Centre Macmillan Coffee Morning, clubhouse,…
Former champions Chris Gosden and Tom Craddock put on an epic, near three-hour men’s singles title-decider at the Fishbourne Tennis Club Finals Day on 7 September. A large crowd was gripped by a see-sawing battle of quality tennis as first Craddock (men’s champion in 2016 and ’17) and then Gosden (champion in 2015) piled on…
Big crowds at FTC all day long enjoyed some cracking tennis at this year’s Championships Finals Day. Luckily Nikki Holden was on hand to capture some of the shots – of both the textbook variety and the rather more flukey… And whoever knew Roy could levitate off the ground as far as Rachel?
Here is ace snapper Nikki’s second picture gallery from Finals Day 2019, capturing some of the fun, games (and food!) behind the tennis. Don’t forget to share your favourite pictures with friends!
Fishbourne Tennis Club’s Finals Day 2019 has come and gone and the consensus is that rarely has there been a better day at the club. Great tennis, great people, great weather, great food and drink…the day had it all, as memorably captured by Nikki Holden and her unstinting efforts behind the camera lens. Here is…
10am start Court 2 Mens singles Tom Craddock v Chris Gosden Court 3 Ladies singles Debbie Jupe v Rachel Dekker Court 4 Mixed doubles Joseph Daborn & Gilly Perrin v Jo & Lewis or Sue & Darren 11.30 start Court 2 VETS mens singles Edgar Houlson v Dick Nicholson Court 3 VETS mixed doubles Sue…
