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…
Former champions Chris Gosden and Tom Craddock put on an epic, near three-hour men’s singles title-decider at the Fishbourne Tennis Club Finals Day on 7 September. A large crowd was gripped by a see-sawing battle of quality tennis as first Craddock (men’s champion in 2016 and ’17) and then Gosden (champion in 2015) piled on…
Big crowds at FTC all day long enjoyed some cracking tennis at this year’s Championships Finals Day. Luckily Nikki Holden was on hand to capture some of the shots – of both the textbook variety and the rather more flukey… And whoever knew Roy could levitate off the ground as far as Rachel?
Here is ace snapper Nikki’s second picture gallery from Finals Day 2019, capturing some of the fun, games (and food!) behind the tennis. Don’t forget to share your favourite pictures with friends!
Fishbourne Tennis Club’s Finals Day 2019 has come and gone and the consensus is that rarely has there been a better day at the club. Great tennis, great people, great weather, great food and drink…the day had it all, as memorably captured by Nikki Holden and her unstinting efforts behind the camera lens. Here is…
Finals Day – Saturday 7th September (Sunday 8th September if wet) This year’s format will again see a Vets65 event and a Yonex Junior Championships event running in parallel with the Club’s main Tournament. So, if you are 14+ or 65+ on May 1, 2019 (or somewhere in between) there will be a competition for you to…
With the semi-final matches now almost completed and most of the finalists confirmed, the scene is set for an enthralling day of tennis action at the Fishbourne Tennis Club Championships 2018 Finals Day this comingSaturday, 1st September. The first finals will be men’s and ladies’ singles starting at 11.00 on Saturday, with all the other matches following on…
One of the most eagerly awaited confrontations of this year’s Fishbourne Tennis Club Championships, between veteran singles champion Bill Cove and young wannabe Sam Hart, kicks off at the club at 6.30pm on Friday 22 June. A large crowd of spectators is expected and the Fishbourne Centre bar will be open.
