All FTC’s winter league results

Seven Fishbourne teams took part in the LTA’s Portsmouth & District winter league 2017/18. Dozens of the club’s players, some in their 20s, some in their 70s,  took part, and there were many notable successes through the season. Highlights? There were strong second-place finishes for the new men’s No2 team, in its first competitive season,…

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…

Close encounters as Fishbourne welcome Avenue ladies

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…

Farewell then the P&D Winter Masters series!

Fishbourne 2’s final match of the Portsmouth & District Winter Masters series was a friendly affair at home against Compton, which ended after some very good tennis in a deserved win for the visitors and lashings of tea and home made sandwiches and cake in the clubhouse (writes Bob Murray). Representing FTC2 were Mandy Davies and Tim…

Promotion beckons after Fishbourne men sweep to victory

So we welcomed Comptons Tennis Club from Lower Beeding, just south of Horsham, to Fishbourne for our men’s  Sussex league match on a day the weather forecasters said we would not get any tennis played!  What do they know hey!! (Writes Chris Gosden.) We had to cancel the match twice before so we were all keen to get…

Men of Fishbourne: unbeaten in 2015!

Our first league match in nearly two months saw Andre, Tom Craddock, Chris Gosden and men’s team debutant Luke McEwan take on The Weald tennis cub in the LTA Sussex league on Sunday 20 December (writes Chris Gosden). We made the journey over to our opponents just north of Brighton, hoping that we would play on…

Fishbourne riding high in LTA rankings after latest win

More great news for Fishbourne in the LTA Sussex league competition, with a 4.0 win at Horsham! James Course, Tom Craddock , Phil Tite and Chris Gosden made the trip up to Horsham to contest the match – on their grass courts! Beautiful weather meant for a great morning’s tennis, made even better by Horsham’s welcoming…