LRTA Handicap Tournaments @Prested Hall TAGS: LRTA | Prested Congratulations to Felicity Riddell-Bell who has had a great weekend at Prested Hall, winning the Div 2 doubles with her partner Saffron from Wellington and losing in the semi of …Continue reading →

Emily in America TAGS: varsity Congratulations Emily, the first ever* Varsity Real Tennis and Seabright Cup double! https://www.varsity.co.uk/sport/24232 *I’m pretty certain this is correct…

The Pol Roger Champagne Leagues KO Rounds TAGS: Champagne League | Pol Roger Following the hotly contested group stage over the summer the battle for the bottles heated up over the weekend with the KO rounds of CURTC’s Champagne Leagues.

Giraffe Club Evening at Queens TAGS: Ed | Giraffe | Jamie | Jamie D | Queens The Bathurst cup team were in excellent form as a packed Dedans was treated to some spectacular Doubles play. It was a great opportunity for Jim to mark top level …Continue reading →

#RTWC2022 TAGS: Clubroom | Rob Fahey Rapt! I don’t think this was taken when Rob wins the last point to grab the 8th set 6/5

Congratulations, TK & Camice! TAGS: Grantchester To the strains of ‘I’m getting married in the morning’, they tied the knot in Grantchester Village Church on June 11th (in the afternoon)!

East Anglia Cup+, 60+ TAGS: East Anglia Cup | Prested The team of four from CURTC (James Downson, Ashley Courtney, Igor Sterner, and Alasdair Bovaird , above) were warmly welcomed at the Prested Tennis Club for the annual East Anglia Cup+. As a cup which had been running for over a decade, yet impeded by the pandemic, there was a common excitement for its return.

And we are up to date… TAGS: 70+ | Category …with the Category Tournaments. Bella Harvey bested Rosie Taylor 8/3 following a years plus delay in which both finalists’ handicaps dropped by more than 10 points! So congrats to both …Continue reading →

So Close! (East Anglia Cup 45-60) TAGS: East Anglia Cup | Prested Cambridge University RTC came within 1 game or some might say 1 point of lifting the East Anglian Cup on Saturday 25th June away at Prested. I am so proud …Continue reading →

CURTC Ladies Championship TAGS: Ladies Championship Congratulations to President Vix who is the CURTC 2022 Ladies Champion after winning an exciting final by a handicap preserving score line of 6/2, 6/5 over Sonja Badenhorst. The quality …Continue reading →

Bickley 2.0 @MMTCC TAGS: MMTCC | Morton Morrell Mark Perriton and Jon Speirs represented CURTC in the Bickley 2.0 Cup on 11th June 2022 at Moreton Morrell TCC. UK clubs doubles pairs competed and attended the Gala Dinner to celebrate the installation of the new floor completed in 2020.

Cambridge Mixed Doubles TAGS: Mixed Doubles Congratulations to Alex and Bella who romped through the Cambridge Mixed Doubles on Saturday of the Jubilee weekend. Try as hard as the rest of us did, there was no …Continue reading →

News from the South West: Part 1 TAGS: Hyde | Newmarket Well played everyone today, a great result, a 3-3 draw after some very close matches, especially the comeback of the day, Camice & Marcus recovering from being 0-5 down to win 8-7. All the games were very close, so once again the handicap system showed how well it works.

London Calling TAGS: MCC | Quuen's The two Home Club matches this month featured sides from London, Queen’s on May 1st and the MCC on May 14th. The results were, to put it mildly, contrasting! Queen’s …Continue reading →

The 2022 Inter-University Tournament TAGS: Durham | inter-universities | MURTC | Oxford The Annual Inter-University Real Tennis Tournament was a huge success this year thanks to sponsorships from the Dedanists Foundation and Pol Roger. The host (Cambridge University Real Tennis Club) welcomed 7 universities from across the country: Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Exeter, Middlesex, Oxford, and St. Andrews. All 44 tennis players demonstrated great athleticism and sportsmanship throughout the 3 day T&RA event. That said, the Middlesex players’ thunderous cheers and support for fellow players were inimitable!