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 →

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.

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 →

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 →

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!

Finals Day Part 2: 80+, 40s, 30s TAGS: 30 | 40 | 80+ | Category | Finals Day Unlike like the 70s final, youthful experience won the day in the 80+ final as Felicity defeated Marcus, 8-2. Having played against (and lost to) both in the last couple …Continue reading →

Finals Day 2022 Part 1, 20s, 60s, 70s TAGS: 20's | 60+ | 70+ | Category | Finals Day We kicked off with the 20s Category Tournament final in bright sunlight (streaming through the windows, I should add) and for just a moment an upset seemed possible as Charlie …Continue reading →

Giraffe Club Cup 2022: Part 2 TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup | Pol Roger Congratulations to our Division 1 winners, Aaron Wienkers and Miles Kempton and Division 2 victors Igor Sterner and Ed Pyman. You can see them beaming in part 1 (below). After …Continue reading →

Giraffe Club Cup 2022: Part 1 TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup | Pol Roger Some Tennis, an Exhibition, Dinner and Pol Roger, what a fantastic day! Congratulations to all the finalists and many thanks for letting us go home after the post-Dinner trip to …Continue reading →

Giraffe Club Cup: Live! TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup The Stream team have been busy for the past few weeks and, fingers crossed, there will be live coverage from this Saturday’s (Feb 5th) Giraffe Club Cup from 9am. Stream …Continue reading →

LRTA National School Girls Tournament 15th/16th January 2022 TAGS: LRTA | Wellington Many thanks to Vix and the LRTA for the report and photos… This is an exciting time for junior girl’s tennis as seen at the National Schools Tournament held at …Continue reading →

CURTC Student Cup TAGS: Giraffe | Student Cup On this particularly cold, wet and windy late November day, spirits were high as eight of us participated in the 2021 Real Tennis Student Cup at Cambridge. The tournament began …Continue reading →