Fishbourne crowns 10-pin bowling champion

  Tim Friesner came out on top in knocking down the skittles at FTC’s fun bowling afternoon at MFA Bowl in Chichester on Saturday 24 September. In one game alone he scored four strikes and posted a very respectable score of 153. Overall the boys’ team beat the girls’ team, but only by the slightest…

FTC ‘goes green’ for an afternoon with the neighbours

The FTC versus Fishbourne Bowls Cub match is becoming something of an annual tradition – quite right too since it makes for a fun afternoon, and we don’t exactly have far to travel… This year’s friendly on Sunday 24 July enjoyed decent weather, a good turnout and even some close “ends”, certain tennis players showing…

FTC announces spiciest Quiz Night yet

The Fishbourne Tennis Club winter Quiz Night will be held this year at the Fishbourne Centre at 6.45pm on Friday 29 January. This is a fun event open to tennis club members and their friends with food, drink, plenty of laughs and even some prizes for those who really do know it all.  And this…

‘Twas the Saturday morning before Christmas…

…and Fishbourne Tennis Club members turned out in force for the annual Festive Dress day. The theme? Decidedly Santa Claus (count  the number of red outfits and white beards…) but with a very imaginative and topical twist from Sheila in the form of a British Davis Cup champion, complete with famous trophy. Around 40 members attended,…

Get ready for festive fun this Saturday

Only a few days to go now…have you got your costume ready? Yes it’s FTC’s  Festive Dress tennis morning at the club on Saturday December 19 – it’s fun to dress up but you don’t have to. Full details in poster below. The morning includes mulled wine and a Christmasy lunch to follow.  You can see members’ ideas for costumes…

Christmas is coming, and it’s you know what…

Yes, it could only be the Fishbourne Tennis Club annual Festive Dress-up day, this year on Saturday 19 December, 9-1pm (with lunch to follow in the Blue Room). Playing tennis while in fancy dress is a Fishbourne tradition going back decades. And members do take this particular bit of fun extremely seriously, as the pictures below show……

Ollie Hawkins’ Wimbledon photo gallery

More Fishbourne members than ever were able to enjoy a visit to the Wimbledon Championships this year thanks to the club’s LTA membership. The club was allocated 15 pairs of tickets all of which were taken up by FTC members – including junior members Ollie Hawkins, Callum Budd and Robert Prince. You can read what Ollie…

My amazing visit to Wimbledon by Ollie, 12

I knew that going to the Wimbledon finals was a once in a lifetime experience and I enjoyed every second of it. I had an amazing time watching the women’s singles final, the men’s doubles final and the women’s doubles final. One of my highlights of the day was seeing Serena Williams. She was amazing and very…

Phew what a scorcher! Images of Wimbledon 2015

With many FTC members off to SW19 this year – including lucky winners of the 15 pairs of tickets awarded to the club in the LTA ballot – we thought some pictures of the great event might not go amiss. Here’s just a few, taken on the first Tuesday –  if you have pictures from Wimbledon…