Following Government requirements and LTA guidance issued today, from June 1 revised tennis activity may take place for members only of Fishbourne Tennis Club. The following is from the LTA website; if you want to see the full advice go to: https://www.lta.org.uk/globalassets/news/2020/lta-guidance-for-tennis-players—covid-19.pdf Both singles play and doubles play is now permitted with people from outside…
Mid-way through the season, Fishbourne teams continue to do well in the Portsmouth & District LTA summer tournament. Here are the captains’ mid-term reports: Sam Hart, men’s doubles, division 4 (weekend only games, no age restrictions): We are top of the league so far this year, four fixtures played and four won. We have won…
For our match versus Arundel we welcomed back young Joe Rawlings to the fold (writes Chris Gosden). Work commitments and an extended stay in the land of Oz meant we missed him for the last three games. Chris Gosden, Phil Tite and Tom Craddock made up the four. A team all aged under 35 in…
Fishbourne’s last game of the summer season saw Middleton make the trip to Blackboy Lane where grey skies threatened a soggy end to our participation in the 2015 LTA Sussex League. The rain held off for an hour before the heavens opened during play. It was decided that we play on through to get the…
Fishbourne men did the club proud on Sunday 17 May with a stirring victory – the club’s first – in the LTA Sussex League. In blazing sunshine Fishbourne took on Arundel Tennis Club at home, fielding two pairs in the men’s doubles: Andre and Tom, and Chris and Phil. The matches were close and extremely hard…