East Anglia Pennant: Cambridge @Prested TAGS: East Anglia Pennant | Jim The latest East Anglia League match was between Cambridge and Prested. Richard Jones was on first for Cambridge and was close to defeat early on but came back with determination, …Continue reading →

Newmarket v CURTC Ladies, Sunday, 13th., January, TK reports TAGS: CU Ladies | Newmarket The handicaps were high but so was the entertainment value of the tennis on offer. That it came down to the last game of the day’s last match to leave …Continue reading →

East Anglia Pennant Update TAGS: East Anglia Pennant CURTC’s winning streak came to an end on December 13th away at Newmarket. The team lost 4-2 (but there is a…

Getting the Royal Treatment TAGS: G-Men | RTC CURTC braved the latest named storm (Deirdre?) last Saturday to visit the latest of the Real Tennis Courts at Hampton Court. Sadly the 16th century court is no more so …Continue reading →

Pol Roger Cup TAGS: Alex | Ed | Jules | Pol Roger Cambridge move on to the semi-finals following a 3-2 win at Moreton Morrell. Thanks to Keith Beechener for the pix!

Inter-University Tournament, 2018 TAGS: Ed Hyde | inter-universities | IU2018 | Jimmy | Middlesex University For four days in late November, Cambridge and Newmarket Real Tennis clubs hosted over 60 fresh-faced students from nine universities across the UK for the annual Inter-University tournament. In addition to tournament debuts from….

East Anglia Pennant: CURTC vs Hatfield House @CURTC TAGS: East Anglia Pennant CURTC Team…. HH Team…

Dark Blue Wash* TAGS: Oxford It’s always a pleasure to welcome the other place to the Home of Real Tennis and this Saturday was no exception. Indeed, very welcoming hosts we were…

IRTA visit the Home of Real Tennis TAGS: IRTA Our first Club match of the season proved enjoyable but the Irish, especially the visiting Irish, proved more than a match for the Home team. Led by Roland Budd, the …Continue reading →

East Anglia Cup, 2018… TAGS: East Anglia Cup | Hatfield …was held at Hatfield this year. The result came down to the last match between the Richards of Hatfield* and Newmarket** (effectively playing as a proxy of Prested). The Richard …Continue reading →

The Dedanists TAGS: Dedanists The Dedanists are a peripatetic (i.e. don’t have a Home Court) Club who run a successful foundation to support junior and emerging tennis. This is great for the game in general even if a bit late for yours truly whose tennis I’m forced to admit has fully emerged. Things started brightly for the Dedanists…

Seacourt drop by for some Lunch (and Tennis) TAGS: Seacourt Seacourt visited Grange Road following tennis related detours to Hatfield and Newmarket last Sunday. To be fair, they had had to endure the day/night of eternal rugby whilst in Newmarket …Continue reading →

The Hyde Visit TAGS: Hyde The Hyde is the UK’s westernmost Court in the UK and is about as close to Devon as you can get and still be in Dorset. Their Court has had …Continue reading →

Jesmond TAGS: Jesmond | Scott Some familiar faces (and magnificent weather) greeted us in Jesmond after a fairly dismal drive on Saturday morning although what on earth I was thinking in arranging this trip on …Continue reading →

Booted in Wellington TAGS: Wellington Inspired by a great afternoon at CURTC watching the denouement of the RT World Championship, streamed from Queen’s, it was off to Wellington to put newly found inspiration into practice. …Continue reading →