September 24: Bowling, booze and bamboo shoots. A Saturday afternoon/evening of tenpin bowling at Chi Gate followed by drinks and a Chinese feast. Sign up in the clubhouse. October 23: American Tournament, soup ’n roll, sign up in clubhouse. October 28: Friday night is table tennis night! At the Fishbourne Centre. Look out for sign-up…
Three games down in the third set and with everything to do, Tom Craddock pulled off a remarkable fightback against Harry Dry to win the men’s singles title in the Fishbourne Tennis Club Championships 2016. In a quality match that kept the large crowd enthralled from beginning to end, the first set could have gone…
A large crowd were enthralled by top tennis action during FTC Finals Day this year. On court and behind the lens was ace snapper Nikki Holden who caught these sporting images…, Coming soon: all the Finals Day results and pictures of all the winners.
A year to the day since the generous bequest to the club from the late Ronnie Ray, Fishbourne Tennis Club is pleased and proud to say that the new bench in his memory is well and truly open for backsides! The ribbon was cut during Finals Day on 3 September 2016 by FTC Chairman David Lord.…
A successful Fishbourne Tennis Club Finals Day 2016 was brilliantly captured on film (er, computer chips) by Nikki Holden whose talent behind the lens is surely matched only by her ability on court (it says here). Sit back and enjoy this selection of her best shots, concentrating on faces in the crowd, with another Finals Day gallery…
It’s the club’s biggest day of the year and the countdown is now well and truly under way, with just a week and a bit to go to when the Fishbourne Championships for 2016 are decided. Remember it all kicks off on Saturday 3 September with the first match at 12.00, after the Saturday…
The forecast had not been looking good, but the rain and gale force winds stayed away. The courts were dry and ready to see some action (writes Nikki Holden, team captain). Four members of our club made up two pairings for our home match on 21 August against Avenue 3 in the Portsmouth and District…
Despite a howling wind off the sea and fielding a depleted team of just four pairs, Fishbourne pushed Southsea all the way in a closely-fought friendly match on Sunday, 21 August (writes Bob Murray). The match, an annual summer fixture at the Southsea club, offered Fishbourne the opportunity to defend the trophy won there last year,…
On the day Andy Murray was winning gold, again, in the Rio Olympics, Fishbourne’s Nikki Scott was scooping up the gongs in the club’s Summer American Tournament on Sunday (14 August). Nikki wasn’t just top lady player but beat the blokes to be overall winner as well. A packed entry of 26 players fought for…
In a busy day at Fishbourne Tennis Club on Sunday (7 August), all the courts saw some terrific tennis action as two LTA matches were played out – with Fishbourne coming out top in both. In the Sussex League, FTC men took on chaps from Slinfold (near Horsham) Tennis Club in what was a triumph…