CURTC visit Hatfield House in the East Anglia Pennant TAGS: East Anglia Pennant | GYAP Yesterday’s visit to Hatfield House Tennis Club was very successful! We can agree that they were a very hospitable and friendly team, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.

The Wanderers… TAGS: Green Court | Wanderers …are a touring team from Down-Under and based in Ballarat (marker Kees’ alma-mater) but with representation from all-over Oz. They have returned to the UK this year to take in …Continue reading →

Jesmond Dene TAGS: Jesmond They came from all parts, Nottingham, Hitchin, Hills Road and, yes, Newcastle by car, by bike, by rail although I don’t think anyone walked. But come they did for an …Continue reading →

Headbands, Wristbands, Elbow Band and a Cup TAGS: 20's | Category Congratulations to Charlie D’Oyly (the bearded, bright shoe’d one on the left), the 2019 20s Category Tournament winner by defeating James Thomas, 8-4. This finally ….

The Dedanists TAGS: Dedanists The Dedanists sponsor a lot of Junior and student Real Tennis including the Inter-Universities Real Tennis Cup here in Cambridge. They also play Real Tennis and last Saturday they visited the Home of Real Tennis for a 8 match of ‘Set to 10’ fixture. At the half way stage…

Hyde ‘n Holyport TAGS: Dog | Holyport | Hyde Several intrepid CURTC members made the trips to The Hyde, the UK’s western-most Court in Dorset. last Saturday and to Holyport, the following Saturday.

Premier Final Wrap-Up TAGS: Ed | Live Stream | National League | Rob Fahey An eventful evening with some spectacular tennis ended with a resounding victory to the East. However it could all have been so very different if Mr Fixit, aka Jeremy Fairbrother …Continue reading →

East Anglia Pennant: Final Round TAGS: East Anglia Pennant In our final match of the East Anglia pennant we played Newmarket RTC at home. Representing Cambridge were Gary Weller, Jim Ludekens, Alan Sharp and Ben Geytenbeek. We went into this match aiming for a 6-0 victory to keep us in the running …

Finals Day: Through the Lens TAGS: 40 | 50 | 60+ | 70+ | Category | Finals Day | Ladies Championship A photographic recap of Final day, 16/3/19

Finals Day Report TAGS: Category | Juniors | Ladies Championship Months of real tennis tournaments culminated in the CURTC Finals Day Sponsored by Hannay-Robertson Financial Planning. Places on the honours boards in the Green Court Galleries were at stake. Play began on the Green Court with the 50s Category Final between

Varsity Match Day 2 Report TAGS: Lord's | varsity The Cambridge team faced an uphill battle at Lord’s on the second day of the Real Tennis varsity match. The day would see the women’s doubles and men’s singles matches. …Continue reading →

Varsity Match Day 1 Report TAGS: Giraffe | Lord's | varsity Friday would see the Women’s Singles and Men’s Doubles matches at the beautiful tennis court behind the pavilion at Lord’s Cricket Ground. First up was Elle Curzon-Green (Cambridge) against Lottie …Continue reading →

2nd’s Varsity Report TAGS: 2nds | varsity Oxford took home the honours at the 2019 Varsity Seconds match in Cambridge last weekend. Play started on Friday afternoon with a win to ….. Special thanks to the Kees and Peter for their tireless marking, to Louise Ludekens for her excellent lunch on Saturday and to all of the senior members who brought cakes and nibbles for the players.

Hardwick take the On-Court Honours… TAGS: Hardwick …but chef Guy Kirk pulls one back for the team in the Club Room Kitchen. On an almost as sunny (but a bit warmer) day as our visit to Hardwick …Continue reading →

Giraffe Club Cup TAGS: Giraffe CURTC played host to the Giraffe Club Cup over the weekend to promote students Real Tennis in Cambridge, with 32 players across two divisions playing doubles. The match play was …Continue reading →