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,…
Dear Fishbourne Tennis Club member, Welcome to the latest regular email update of the exciting things happening at your tennis club. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 18 April, Wednesday 7.30 for 8pm: Fishbourne Tennis Club Annual General Meeting and Wimbledon ticket ballot, Fishbourne Centre Blue Room with free refreshments 6 May, Sunday, 10am: American Tournament; sign…
Fishbourne Tennis Club Championships 2018 ENTER NOW !! Sunday April 15th latest! Finals Day – Saturday 1st September (Sunday 2nd if wet) 2018 Championships format This year’s format will again see a Vets65 event, this year to include Ladies’ singles, and a Yonex Junior Championships event running in parallel with the Club’s main Tournament. …
Dear Member, It is time to renew your 2018-19 Membership and pay the Annual Subscription. As agreed at the last AGM the Adult Fee is increasing to £105, to help towards the future cost of court maintenance and improvements. Membership works at just over £2 a week. If you play twice a week, that’s just £1 a game…
Fishbourne has been awarded 16 pairs of tickets to the Wimbledon Championships this year. All 99 FTC members who opted-in to the ballot will be eligible to win the right to buy the tickets – if their name is drawn out at the Wimbledon draw which we are holding after the club’s AGM at the Fishboune Centre from…
With regret and sadness, we must advise you of the death of another of our very long-standing members. Gay Collins passed away last Friday after a long illness that had prevented her playing tennis or bowls for most of last year. Gay played a full and active role as a member, as a player, tournament…
Dear Fishbourne Tennis Club Member Many of you may know that Robin Birtley has been unwell with cancer for some time, hence his absence from the tennis courts. It is with much sadness that we advise that he passed away early on 22 January 2018, peacefully in the Midhurst hospice. Robin recently asked that we…
With questions on topics as varied as North Korea, Jagermeister, Polish Christmas lunch and comic book superheroes – in addition to a testing tennis round – the FTC quiz for 2018 enlightened, baffled and bemused in equal measure. Most of all though it was another hilarious romp through the mind of FTC’s regular quizmaster, the…
Dear Fishbourne Tennis Club member, Welcome to the latest regular email update of the exciting things happening at your tennis club. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 19 January, Friday: FTC Quiz Night with fish and chips at the Fishbourne Centre, 6.30pm. SOLD OUT 26 January, Friday: Burns Night supper and ceilidh with live band and haggis…
The new year’s adult tennis classes with coaching partner Generation Tennis are now in full swing. Sign up for a class today! Rusty racquets Every Tuesday between 7-8pm, for men and women, £5 Tennis improvers Every Tuesday between 6-7pm, for men and women, £5 Men’s team coaching Every Wednesday between 7-8.30pm, £6.50 Ladies’ coaching Every…