Seven Fishbourne teams took part in the LTA’s Portsmouth & District winter league 2017/18. Dozens of the club’s players, some in their 20s, some in their 70s, took part, and there were many notable successes through the season. Highlights? There were strong second-place finishes for the new men’s No2 team, in its first competitive season,…
At the Portsmouth & District LTA trophy awards presentation on Thursday 19 October Fishbourne Tennis Club was presented with the following awards: The trophy for winners of the Men’s Fourth Division – Summer league. Our first Men’s team were promoted to the 3rd Division Certificate for runners up of the Mixed Division 3 – Winter league. …
The Masters Division 1 team had an excellent summer season, increasing their position from ninth to fifth (writes Luke McEwen). During the season the following players took part. Sue Lord, Tamsin Saunders, Sally Atkins, Cressida Williams, David Holmes, Duncan Stewart, Geoff Miles, Katie Bracher, Luke McEwen and Shaz Morris, As captain, I would like to express my gratitude for the commitment of…
Mid-way through the season, Fishbourne teams continue to do well in the Portsmouth & District LTA summer tournament. Here are the captains’ mid-term reports: Sam Hart, men’s doubles, division 4 (weekend only games, no age restrictions): We are top of the league so far this year, four fixtures played and four won. We have won…
Katie Bracher and Luke McEwen, Tamsin Saunders and Geoff Miles took on Southsea in the Masters Division 1. After four hours of play we finished 2 rubbers all. Fishbourne won the draw on sets and games to bag another 2 points. Many thanks for Tamsin getting back from Greece just in time and Geoff not…
Fishbourne came second in the league which means that they will be promoted to Division 2 in the Winter 2017/18 league They missed winning by just one point. During the season the following players were entered: Nikki Scott, Andre Rogers, Priscilla Pendle, David Holmes, Nikki Holden, Luke McEwen, Gilly Perrin, James Wilson, Cressida Williams, James Course, Sue Lord. The captain, Luke McEwen, thanks the players for…
A total of 13 ladies from Fishbourne Tennis Club took part in the 10 matches against five clubs in thew winter league (writes Kate Gurl). We finished in a strong third place in the table after winning six of our matches and collecting 16 points, a long way ahead of Seacourt, Chichester and Alverstoke (see full…
The team missed out on promotion by just one point (writes Bob Murray). Despite a resounding win against Ryde Lawn 3 in the last match of the winter series on the island on 19 March, the Fishbourne boys finished third in the Division 3 league table, just pipped by Ventnor. This was slightly annoying since…
Fishbourne Masters second team in the Portsmouth & District league had an enjoyable winter season overall (writes Division 2 captain Mandy Davies). We had a win against Ryde Lawn 3 and a losing draw against Compton meant we kept Compton below us in the league table. The opportunity to represent the club was given to as many…
Fishbourne men put on a dominant display to take a four-rubbers-to-nil win against JEM2 Hamble tennis cub in Fishbourne on Sunday, 4 December. The win greatly improves Fishbourne’s standing in Division 3 of the Portsmouth & District winter league. An early start and some traces of frost didn’t deter the new-look men’s team of Chris…