The cream of Fishbourne’s tennis players sweltered on the hottest day of the year at Fishbourne Tennis Club’s Finals Day on Saturday 9 September. With some of the finalists competing in three matches, the climax of the club’s 2023 championships turned into a feat of endurance as the mercury soared past 30 degrees C. All the…
Fishbourne Tennis Club Finals Day for the 2022 Championships were held on Saturday 3 September and with fine weather and a good turn out the day was set for excellent on-court action and an enjoyable day for spectators with a barbecue lunch, free ice creams and Pimms stall no one went hungry or thirsty. FTC…
Harry Dry emerged triumphant after a hard-fought three-set match against Carl Pendle to decide Fishbourne Tennis Club’s 2021 men’s singles champion. A large crowd was enthralled by superb tennis action as the pair battled it out in brilliant sunshine at the club’s Finals Day on Saturday 4 September, the first time the championships have been…
The sun shone, the flags were up, the courts looked great, the barbecue sizzled and a large crowd of FTC members, friends and family all made the club’s Finals Day 2018 one to remember. But chiefly it was the finalists themselves who put on some excellent displays of tennis and contributed the most to the…
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,…
Reigning Fishbourne men’s tennis champion Tom Craddock retained his singles trophy and added a doubles title at the Fishbourne Tennis Club Championships Finals Day, held on Saturday (2 September). But this year there was a new champion among the women, with Tamsin Saunders holding aloft the ladies’ singles trophy after an enthralling match against…