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 →

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 →