Premier League Cambridge 1 vs Hatfield 1 TAGS: Hatfield | National League | Peter A full dedans watched four players they knew well – all having spent their formative years playing at Cambridge. Peter Paterson, defecting to the Hatfield team for the evening, played …Continue reading →

Amateur Doubles Championship – Sat/Sun 1/2 March 2008, sponsored by British Land TAGS: Doubles Remaining quarter final match: (best of three first-to-six-game sets) D.Colquhorn & N.L.Brown Saturday 13:30 W.Watson & S.Barker Semi finals: (best of three first-to-six-game sets) D.Woodman & J.Douglas Sunday 9:30 Winners …Continue reading →

The 2008 Varsity Match Report TAGS: Giraffe | Lord's | varsity The Men’s and Women’s Varsity matches were again hosted at the prestigious MCC where the players and guests from both Universities were entertained by some superb tennis with the generous …Continue reading →

CURTC 30-39 Category Tournament – Sun 17 Feb, 2008 TAGS: 30 | Category | Trapp At last. A tournament that ran (more or less) according to schedule. Three closely contested round robin groups and proper semi-finals that were marred only by an injury to Paul …Continue reading →

Ladies Tea & Tennis – Sun Mar 16 TAGS: Ladies Fancy an afternoon of real tennis, with tea and cakes on the side-lines? There will be a ladies only event on Sunday 16th March from 2.30pm to 5.00pm. An opportunity …Continue reading →

CURTC 40-49 Category Tournament – Sat 16 Feb, 2008 TAGS: 40 | Category | Linda It seems that the best laid plans of mice and men feature not at all in CURTC category tournaments. After sweating courts in the 50-59, this time it was the …Continue reading →

£100 limit on member’s accounts from 31 March As you may know, the Committee has been considering for some time implementing a cap of £100 on the amount outstanding on any Member’s bill, in order to help with …Continue reading →

Cambridge 2nds beat Oxford TAGS: varsity The Cambridge men’s and women’s 2nd teams performed at a very high level to beat Oxford at Oxford yesterday. The men were just too strong, especially with James Watson (18) …Continue reading →

2007 Christmas Tournament TAGS: Trapp | Xmas Tournament Unfortunately the Blue Court was underwater on the day, and so the byzantine and elaborate formula of play that had been used hitherto for the tournament was replaced by a …Continue reading →

Field Trophy away at Queens – 9^th December TAGS: Field Trophy | Queens Cambridge unfortunately lost their first match in this year’s Field Trophy, being knocked out of the competition by Queens in a match reminiscent of their semi-final defeat in the same …Continue reading →

Premier League match and Club Christmas Dinner TAGS: National League | Rob Fahey The National League match against Burroughs was an eagerly anticipated game, with Rob Fahey, fresh from victories at the British Open and the IRTPA championships, was matched against Nick Wood, …Continue reading →

Jeremy Davidson triumphs in the first of the Season’s Category Tournaments TAGS: 60+ | Category This season the Category Tournaments (for players within set ranges of ability) are being held in order of descending handicap. The 60+ competition kicked off proceedings on Saturday 1st December …Continue reading →

Giraffe Club Introduction (updated, 2016) TAGS: Giraffe The Giraffe Club was set up to keep ex-university players and supporters in touch with the club, informed as to what is happening in the club and to keep them involved in real tennis. Our aim was for Giraffe Club members to receive an annual newsletter giving information on the past season at the club and news of upcoming events.

Cambridge make a great start to their Premier League Title Defence TAGS: Rob Fahey The third National League Premier Division match of the season took place at Grange Road on Thursday 8 November. Once again Cambridge 1 is represented by