Battle of the Amateur Champions TAGS: Ed | Giraffe | Jamie D Giraffe Club Cup & Blues Reunion, 1 – 3 February 2019 is an exciting new annual CURTC tournament. The idea is to invite previous Blues, Cambridge alumni and other Giraffe Club members to compete in a doubles tournament as part of the build up to the Varsity match (1-2 March 2019 at Lords).

Victory in the North Our esteemed Fixtures Secretary is keeping quiet about this – but CONGRATULATIONS, Christie, that trip to the Jesmond Dene invitational doubles seems to have paid off!

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 →

Cambridge Weekend, sponsored by our good friends at Pol Roger TAGS: Cambridge Weekend | Giraffe | Pol Roger This year’s Cambridge Weekend featured a new Team Mixed Doubles Tournament, an ‘A Grade’ Doubles tournament for those too under handicapped to qualify for the aforementioned TMDT and myself commuting …Continue reading →

Captains’ Challenge, 2018 TAGS: Captains Challenge | Matt | Olivia Olivia Chesser and Matt Shaw, this year’s Varsity Captains, set the tone for last night’s Challenge right from the first reste of a dozen or so (I lost count) hard hit shots. I almost felt sorry for….

Finals Day Wrap-up TAGS: Category | Graduate Cup | Jimmy | Ladies Championship A great day of tennis at the Home of Real Tennis on Saturday. First up were Helena Tunks and Matthew Johnson in the inaugural 70+ Category Final. Both played well …Continue reading →

Finals Day, Saturday March 17th TAGS: Category | Finals Day | Graduate Cup Yes, CURTC’s Finals Day, sponsored by Hannay Robertson Financial Planning takes place tomorrow starting at 9:30am. There will be 10 finals including two Junior Club Championships, six Category tournament Finals, …Continue reading →

Varsity Match live stream You can watch the Varsity match live stream from Lords here: https://youtu.be/XcXvmltWReg Click on link if video player doesn’t appear…

20’s and 30’s complete the Finals Day Line-up TAGS: 20's | Category | Finals Day | Jimmy Andy Smith & John Firth will be competing for a place on The Honours Board after a closely fought 30’s Category Tournament. Meanwhile Jimmy Campbell will no doubt be equally confident in his rematch with Charlie D’Oyly in the 20’s final…

Road Trips 2: Hardwick House TAGS: Hardwick After Moreton Morrell, Hardwick House of Toad of Toad Hall fame was our destination. An early (and brisk) start was at least rewarded with a gloriously sunny lull before the arrival of the Beast from the East. Again, CURTC showed exemplary courtesy in graciously allowing our hosts a 2-0 lead…

Road Trips 1: Moreton Morrell TAGS: MMRTC | moreton CURTC have been on the Road while the Category Tournaments have been occupying weekend Courts. On Feb 11th, it was off to Moreton Morrell, a Court I had not previously visited. With exemplary courtesy, the early shift of Kirks…