Busy weekend for our student players: Pt 1 CURTC Ladies visit Newmarket TAGS: Newmarket | varsity On Sunday morning, 6 CURTC Ladies set off to Newmarket for an away match. For many of us, it was the first time playing on a different court to Cambridge, …Continue reading →

CURTC At Narnia, Sunday, 19th Feb, circa 1950 TAGS: Narnia | TK Travel south for an hour then west for another and you’ll be met by a toll booth where admission to Narnia is gained only on the production of six florins. Payment made…

Finals Day, Saturday February 18th TAGS: Finals Day Please come along to the Club and support our worthy Finalists!

Varsity Team Announcement TAGS: Giraffe | MCC | Pol Roger | varsity At the kind invitation of the Master of St John’s and CURTC member Herbie, the teams for this year’s Varsity Match sponsored by Pol Roger hosted by the MCC at Lords under the auspices of the Tennis & Rackets Association, @Pol_Roger, @HomeOfCricket, @TRA_Ltd, @OxRealTennis

A Hatfield Day Out, Sunday January 15th TAGS: Hatfield | TK Camice Revier’s win at 5 all, 40 all in the third to start the day followed by Alasdair Bovaird and Jonathan Wallach’s two set romp suggested the day was ours. And then it all went wrong. In true Cambridge fashion…

Dr Nigel Brown, O.B.E. TAGS: Nigel Brown Sadly, we report that Nigel died peacefully on January 19th, 2023.

National School Girls Level Singles and Doubles Championships U19 @Wellington 14/15 January 2023 Congratulations to Bella Harvey who reached the Final of the Singles and went one better by winning the Doubles!

MCC vs Oxbridge TAGS: MCC | Oxbridge | varsity Last Saturday 14th Jan, Cambridge students were invited to play at the MCC courts at Lord’s. (So were Oxf*rd but that is insignificant #GDBO). All matches were played off-level, best …Continue reading →

Giraffe Club Cup: Div 1 Final TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup I think no one would disagree that the Division 1 Final was the ‘match of the day’. Fresh from relatively easy semi final victories, Ed and Patrick took an early lead against Jin and Andy in spite of a substantial handicap disadvantage. However they never led by more than a couple of games and…

Giraffe Club Cup Finals: Part 1 TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup After the morning Group Stage, it was on to lunch and the Finals. Our semi opponents clearly lunched well and we succumbed without even a chase… But the other matches were much more interesting!

Giraffe Club Cup, 26/11/22 TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup Last Saturday saw the 2022 Giraffe Club Cup take place at CURTC. Almost all the pairs comprised of a student partnering a senior member. As you can imagine this lead to some remarkably competitive tennis!

Intraclub Student Tournament TAGS: varsity On Friday 11th November, our first student tournament was held. This was an exciting initiative driven by the new student committee members and aimed to foster an even more cohesive …Continue reading →

Cambridge vs The Oratory, Brodie Cup, 13/11/2022 TAGS: Brodie | The Oratory The Oratory visit Cambridge in the 1st round of the 2022/23 Brodie Cup!

Callender Cup – Sunday 6th November @Wellington TAGS: Callender | Wellington The Callender Cup brings together the UK’s Real Tennis club handicap doubles representatives. This year John Reid and Joe Zygmunt made the trip to Wellington on CURTC’s behalf. They breezed …Continue reading →

CURTC visit to Oxford & Bristol TAGS: Bristol | Oxford Oxford is a tricky place to play. It’s not just the dimensions but the bounce can test the bottom edge of one’s racket and don’t mention the tambour… However, the …Continue reading →