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…
Fishbourne’s great summer of sport continued on Sunday with a match with a difference – taking on our neighbours, the bowls club. At bowls… Gorgeous weather, a full turn-out of tennis players and marvellous hospitality from our hosts guaranteed a great fun afternoon. With many tennis players rolling (chucking? bouncing?) a wood for the first time, there…
The sharp ‘crack’ of mallet hitting wooden ball reverberated around Fishbourne on Friday when members of the tennis club hopped next door for a spot of croquet on a summer’s evening. It was a full house on the Fishbourne Croquet Club’s immaculate lawns (good enough for grass courts…only kidding!) with 16 tennis players turning up to try the so-English…
Good weather, a huge turn-out and lots of tennis ensured that FTC’s Open Day on Saturday 16 May was voted a big success. The icing on the cake was the, er, cakes – and lots of ’em! David Lord signed up the first new member (pic below) while Tim and David H manned the membership stand…
Free tennis fun for all the family is the name of the game at the friendliest and best-value tennis club on the coast on Saturday 16 May. That’s when Fishbourne Tennis Club’s annual and very popular Open Day takes place between 1.30 and 4.30pm. All are welcome – adults and juniors, regular players and beginners. Although…
From the tennis court to the croquet lawn… Fishbourne’s croquet competition this year will take place on the evening of Friday 19 June. As last year this fun (but viciously competitive!) event is being made possible by our friends at the Fishbourne Croquet Club who if you didn’t know already have a splendid croquet lawn right here on the Fishbourne Playing…
Every year Fishbourne Tennis Club sends a number of members to an annual tennis week at the Manor House Hotel in Okehampton, Devon. This year we are hoping to send a larger contingent to increase the amount of court time that we are able to have. Please see the following reminder notice from Janet Leonard who…
One of the questions in the recent quiz concerned the original name of the game of tennis. When the answer was given out there was general scepticism. Had we made it up? A week later this story appeared in the Independent newspaper….so it must be true!
There were more questions than answers (right ones at least!) at the Fishbourne Tennis Club Friday the 13th Quiz Night. Eight varied rounds, six questions a round and plenty of real headscratchers meant the grey matter was working overtime for the 24 plucky quizzers. Despite being able to smell the rubber burning, it thankfully didn’t…
Questions, questions, questions…but do you know all the answers? Here’s your chance to bring out your inner nerd and show everyone how smart you are (or not!) at the Fishbourne Tennis Club Quiz Night! This fun event – with smashing prizes! – is being held at 7pm on Friday 13 February in the Blue Room…