Entries are now invited for the Fishbourne Tennis Club Championships 2015. This year’s Championships will celebrate the great contribution to our Club by Ronnie Ray who sadly died a few weeks ago. The Championships this year will comprise men’s and ladies’ singles, men’s doubles, ladies’ doubles, mixed doubles and junior singles for 12-13 and 14-16…
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…
As the LTA’s newest affiliated tennis club, Fishbourne Tennis Club has received its ticket allocation for the Wimbledon Championships – and it is 15 pairs of tickets! They are mostly for Centre and No1 Courts and are spread over the fortnight, with one pair of tickets being for the Ladies’ Final on July 11. There are…
The funeral service for Ronnie Ray was held today at Chichester Crematoriium and afterwards at the Fishbourne Centre where friends, family and club members gathered to celebrate the life of one of the club’s most popular and longest-playing members.
GOOD NEWS! Adult and Junior subscriptions remain unchanged for the 2015/16 season – and, what’s more, 2015 will see a range of on and off court activities for both the recreational and the more serious players (we will contact you separately about these), plus lots of fun social events including barbecues, quiz nights and opportunities to try your hand at croquet,…
All members, adult and junior, are invited to attend the 2015 annual meeting of Fishbourne Tennis Club which will be held at 8pm on Wednesday 15 April 2015 at the Fishbourne Centre. Complimentary lights refreshments will be available. FTC chairman David Lord said: ‘The club continues to make big strides on all fronts and with lots…
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…
It is with sadness that we advise that Ronnie Ray has died following a short illness. Many of us will have fond memories of his tennis, his drive and his friendliness over many, many years at Fishbourne Tennis Club although we saw less of Ronnie in recent years as his court appearances became infrequent. We…
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…