£40 three-month tennis taster offer for new members
Fishbourne Tennis Club is encouraging everyone to enjoy a safe, healthy and most important fun start to 2021 – by taking to the tennis court. Yes it’s winter and we are in the midst of a pandemic, but the toughest of times call for the most special of sports and tennis comes out on top.…
New tennis rules from Boxing Day
Dear FTC member As you will know, all of Sussex has now been placed into Tier 4 and this affects tennis at Fishbourne Tennis Club from Boxing Day. Government and LTA rules say that under Tier 4 we can still play but ONLY SINGLES with someone from another household. Doubles can only be played with…
Best wishes to club champion Rachel as she moves to pastures new
FTC ladies’ singles champion of 2018 and 2019 Rachel Dekker has bid what we sincerely hope will be only a temporary goodbye to Fishbourne as work takes her out of the area. Rachel will be sorely missed not just by her league teammates but at club mix-in sessions where she was always happy to join…
Courts to reopen from 2 December
Dear FTC member Get ready, get set…PLAY! Tennis is back in Fishbourne. And for many FTC members the chance to get outside and have a hit with friends won’t come a moment too soon. In line with the lifting of the lockdown and implementation of the new Tier 2 rules that apply in Sussex, FTC…
Sorry folks, put your rackets away again…
Dear FTC member, Just as we were getting going again… Yes it’s Lockdown II, and tennis is not being spared. The Fishbourne Tennis Club committee has been carefully monitoring the Government’s and LTA’s advice regarding playing tennis from 5 November when the new lockdown rules come into force, as we are sure many of…
Club champ Tom bids goodbye to FTC
The men’s team coaching group came together for a special evening on Wednesday 21 October, to say goodbye to the club’s three times men’s singles champion and captain of FTC’s No1 men’s team in the Portsmouth & District league, Tom Craddock. Tom is moving to the north of England for work. Generation Tennis chief coach…
Sunday afternoons were made for tennis
Under the enthusiastic control of Pammi, the new Sunday afternoon American tournaments have been a great success. Which is why they are continuing through the autumn and winter! The American tournament format – limited games, limited number of people, everyone playing at once – has proven to be the ideal answer to playing tennis at…
New ‘rusty rackets’ class for members
Tennis coaching resumes at Fishbourne
Alex from FTC coaching partner Generation Tennis is in the process of getting all group coaching back up and running again in line with the latest LTA advice. This permits organised tennis activity for larger groups, including coached sessions, as an exception to the limit of six – as long as all Covid guidelines are followed.…