Images from the 2017 AGM

The club’s annual meeting held at the Fishbourne Centre on Wednesday 26 April was well attended by a cross section of members. As well as the chairman’s and treasurer’s reports, there were updates on the provision of extra floodlights, how FTC is doing in the leagues, the coaching programme with Generation Tennis, the club’s busy…

YONEX open morning an ace success

  The YONEX open morning at Fishbourne during the Saturday club session on 29 April really went well with some 40 people attending to get advice about their play and the type of racquet that would suit them best (writes David Lord). Pete Tuffrey from YONEX brought down about 30 different racquets for people to try…

Dear FTC member, you are cordially invited…

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND LIVE WIMBLEDON TICKET DRAW  Wednesday 26th April 2017 at 7.30 for 8.00pm The Blue Room, Fishbourne Centre (Light refreshments and Bar available) You are cordially invited to join us for the 2017 AGM YOUR chance to have YOUR say about YOUR tennis club Catch up with club activities and plans for 2017…

P&D league round-up: winter mixed doubles Division 3

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…

P&D league round-up: winter ladies’ doubles Division 5

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…

P&D league round-up: winter men’s doubles Division 3

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…

P&D league round-up: winter Masters Division 2

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…