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 →

CURTC at British Ladies Singles and Doubles Handicaps TAGS: Linda | LRTA | Prested | Vix The Cambridge ladies at the British Ladies Handicaps didn’t quite sweep the board, but had a good go at it. Mind you, we covered all bases – age range from …Continue reading →

The Inaugural CURTC Doubles Championship… TAGS: Doubles Championship | Nigel | Smuts .. has a winner*! Congratulations to Smuts Beyers and Nigel Belbin who will be representing CURTC at the Callender Cup at Wellington. Commiserations to the other finalists Tony Kennedy and …Continue reading →

Drum Roll(s), please TAGS: Alumni | Champagne League | Doubles Championship | Graduate Cup The first of our Summer Tournaments has concluded with the CU Alumuni taking the honours (pun intended) over the other place’s Alumni. Full results, notably for another Vix, 7-all, 40-all …Continue reading →

The LRTA High/Low tournament hosted by CURTC TAGS: Hi/Lo | LRTA Anyone coming into the Club on September 4 or 5th, might have concluded an influx of (mostly) ageing lady tennis players had suddenly overwhelmed CURTC en masse. Not so – the Ladies Real Tennis Association (LRTA) was occupying the Blue Court for a tournament with the intriguing name of The High/Low…

20 Category Tournament TAGS: 20's | Category Apologies but camera and cameraman being in need of a recharge meant that Jacqui kindly improvised a couple of shots from the last final on Finals Day. And here they …Continue reading →

40 Category Tournament TAGS: 40 | Category Another 8-7 nail biter! This match featured two very contrasting players, underdog Charlie, left-handed, gives the ball a fair old whack and imparts a lot of spin especially on his …Continue reading →

T&RA Category Tournaments TAGS: Category | T&RA Not had enough Category Tournaments? If  so consider signing up for the T&RA versions. They are in September at various different Clubs (50 at Prested, 30 at Hatfield, the others …Continue reading →