Spring newsletter: keep up to date with all the FTC news

Dear FTC member Your tennis club committee hopes you are well and getting some tennis in as spring finally arrives. Here’s a brief rundown on the latest at FTC… Welcome to new members and Summer Family Members! We had a terrific response to our post-lockdown membership drive and the club now has 188 adult members,…

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  …

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…

New members welcome!

  Tennis is back! Come and join us at Fishbourne At Fishbourne Tennis Club we’re delighted to be one of the first sports clubs allowed back in business from 29 March, and we would love to welcome more of our community as new members. New players, “rusty rackets” and competitive players are welcome! Formed in…

Ace! Tennis is back from Monday 29 March

Following the Government’s publication of its roadmap towards a full end to lockdown on 22 February, here is the latest LTA advice on what tennis players can, and cannot, do. Some aspects of play, such as the maximum size of group activity (as would apply to a club session or American Tournament), are still to…

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…