Neil Roxburgh and David Woodman take the T&RA Amateur Doubles Championship title
Presentation of the Premier Division Trophies
HRH Prince Edward    Neil Roxburgh   Rob Fahey   
 

Other news items:

Jim Ludden, Graduate Cup Winner 2007
Item: Graduate Cup 2007

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Neil Roxburgh and David Woodman take the T&RA Amateur Doubles Championship title
Item: T&RA Amateur Doubles winners

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Cambridge Ladies beat Oxford 6-0 in the 2007 Varsity Real Tennis Match
Item: Varsity Ladies Team beat Oxford 6-0

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Cambridge Ladies beat Oxford 6-0 in the 2007 Varsity Real Tennis Match
Item: Varsity Mens Team beat Oxford 6-0

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Mini tennis in early January was a great hit with the kids
Item: Junior coaching

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Cambridge take the Real Tennis Brodie Cup
Item: Cambridge take the Brodie Cup

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Linda Fairbrother, current CURTC Ladies Real Tennis Champion
Item: Ladies Championship

June/July training courses

Due to the success of the January Course, members areoffered the opportunity of participating in a June/July Course. There are places available for the Monday Course and the Tuesday Course - details below....

An 8 hour plus course with Kees.
The course is suitable for all levels of player from beginner through to the very experienced.

The Course is run over 5 weeks in the form of a series of 5, two and a quarter hour workshops. A maximum of 5 pupils per session.
The first 15 minutes is off-court with the presentation of the week's topic; use will be made of DVD footage to support teaching.
The remaining time will be spent on-court 'putting it into practice'.

The course will cover:
 § Techniques of various strokes
 § Serves
 § Return of service
 § The rally
 § How to practice
 § Playing the game including tactics, strategy, movement about the court

You may chose to enrol in the Monday course 6:15 pm - 8:30 pm starting on 11 June and for the next 4 weeks
or the Tuesday course 6:15 pm - 8:30 pm starting on 12 June and for the next 4 weeks

Cost £92.50 per person.

To reserve a place contact Kees by email or by phone 01223 357 106

The Cambridge Weekend

This year’s Cambridge Weekend took place on 12-13 May, and was well attended by past and present members of the club. The excellent tennis was complemented by a terrific Club Dinner, which was held on the Blue Court and attended by almost 100 people.

A full write-up is available on the giraffe club pages.

CURTC Golf Day

It’s that time of year again when the club will hold the prestigious golf event.

This will be held at:

The Old Course – Gog-magogs
25th May 2007
Tee time 10am

If you are interested please sign the sheet on the board or contact Scott at the club or via e-mail

Ladies Club Championship - Fri 8/Sat 9 June
Rescheduled from March

The 2006-7 CURTC Ladies Club Championship will take place on 8th-9th June. All lady members of the club are welcome to enter, whatever their handicap.

Format will depend on the number of entries, but will probably be played as round robin groups on Friday (morning and evening) followed by knock-out rounds on Saturday. This is a level tournament.

All players must be available for the final stages on Saturday from 08.30 to 15.30; when you enter, you must also select the time slots when you are available on Friday:

09.30-12.30, 17.30-21.30

Please sign up for this tournament on the notice board at the club. Alternatively, contact the professionals at the club via telephone or email or confirming the time slots for which you are available. Closing date for entries is Sunday 3rd June.

A light lunch will be available on the Saturday.

"We are the champions ..."
Cambridge 1 win National League Premier Division

The final of the Premier Division of the National League, sponsored by Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander and Maurice Lacroix, took place at the M.C.C. on 17 April. The prizes were awarded by HRH Prince Edward.

Cambridge 1 had topped the league and played Petworth 1, who had beaten Oxford 1 in the play-off. Cambridge was represented by the World Champion, Rob Fahey, and Neil Roxburgh, and Petworth by the highly ranked Nick Wood and Tom Durack.

The first rubber was between Neil and Tom. Both started tentatively, with neither player controlling the game. The first set was a close affair, finally going 6-5 to Cambridge. The second, however, was a different matter, with Neil anticipating Tom’s shots effectively. Tom pulled back to 2-4, but Neil finished strongly, playing some of his best tennis to take the second set, winning the rubber 6-5, 6-2. Neil has supported Rob well all season, but in the last couple of matches he has moved up a level and played with increased confidence in the singles.

At this stage the Cambridge supporters were starting to relax – the World Champion had a 100% record in the tournament, after all – and looked forward to a good match and a win. Nick Wood, running into some great form after injury, had other ideas, however. With the first set tied at 4-4, Nick began a period of excellent tennis, not allowing Rob to command the court and the game in his usual fashion. Nick took the next game and then, after a long series of deuces, won the set 6-4. Rob started the second set powerfully, but after winning the first game he again found Nick’s good length play into the corners difficult to deal with, and Petworth moved into a 4-1 lead. Cambridge hopes were again high as Rob came back to 3-4 and then 4-5, but Nick stood up to the pressure and Petworth won the rubber 6-4, 6-4.

At this point there was a break for refreshments in the Museum – we all needed a drink! This being Lords, at every turn there was someone watching the Cricket World Cup, so we also had the dubious pleasure of seeing England being crushed by South Africa and knocked out of the tournament. Then it was back to the court for the deciding doubles.

Neil and Rob had been unbeaten at doubles all season in the league, and Neil had won the National Amateur Doubles with David Woodman, so they went into the rubber as favourites. Nick and Tom had shown themselves to be difficult opponents in previous matches, however, and were full of confidence after Nick’s success in the singles. They won the first game, but then Rob showed his true form and, with Neil volleying ferociously even when pinned against the galleries, Cambridge took the next 7 games. Petworth pulled back another game but their challenge ended as Cambridge took the next game to win the rubber 8-2, and the match.

Our congratulations go to Neil and Rob for their excellent play over the season, and to the other players who helped Cambridge reach the final. Those of us who have watched the matches have enjoyed wonderful and exciting games between great players, at a fraction of the price of most top-class sporting events. If you have never been to a National League match then look on the website in October for next season’s matches, book your seat and come along. You won’t be disappointed!

The Club On-Court Dinner - Sat 12 May

Come to this year’s premier Club event. Join the Committee, the competitors in this year’s Graduate Cup and Cambridge Weekend Doubles Tournament and the pros, to celebrate the Club’s achievements.

Either book a single or a double ticket and leave it to us to do the table plan or reserve a table for 8 and organise your table yourself. This year’s guest chef will be Sue Colquhoun

An indication of the Menu
  . starter
  . main course (hot)
  . dessert
  . cheese board with port and coffee

£30per person – a four course meal (some wine included)

Everyone should be there: undergraduates, older members, former members, spouses and partners, prospective members, and players with handicaps between +15 and - 95.

  · 7:00 p.m. Pre-dinner drinks at the Club
  · 7:30 p.m. Blue court for dinner, which starts at 7:45 p.m.

Cambridge 1 through to the Premier League Final

A week of exciting Premier League matches saw Cambridge 1 go through to the Premier League final, to be held at Lords on 17 April.

At the start of the week it was between Cambridge and Petworth for the top spot and automatic qualification. Both teams played midweek, with Cambridge 1 beating Cambridge 2 by 7 points to 0, thanks to Neil Roxburgh winning his first league singles of the season, playing “out of his mind” (Rob Fahey), and Petworth beating Queens by the same score. With only a couple of points in it, and Cambridge 1 and Petworth meeting in the last match, the winner would go through, leaving the losing team to play off against Oxford for the other place in the final.

Cambridge had team problems; although Rob Fahey was back after his successes in the US Open, Neil Roxburgh was playing in the British Amateur Singles and had to withdraw from the league match. Peter Paterson stepped up to take his place – a big step as he had never played doubles with Rob before.
Peter opened the match against Tom Durack, who had played well all season. The first set went Tom’s way but then Peter found some excellent form to move into a 3-0 lead. Tom fought back to 5-5 and then closed the set and the match out 6-5.

The first-string singles promised some great tennis between two of the top players, Rob Fahey and Nick Wood, who is finding good form again after returning from injury. The enthusiastic crowd were not disappointed in an excellent match, full of winners, that Rob won 6-4, 6-3.

So to the doubles. Tom and Nick had been playing well together all season, whereas it was a first-time partnership for Rob and Peter. The set started with Petworth trying to put pressure on Peter, but he and Rob withstood it and won the first three games. Petworth pulled two games back but then the Cambridge pair, with Rob showing everyone why he is the World Champion, and ably supported by Peter, went on to win the match 8-4.

The final points score was 5-2 to Cambridge, giving them top spot in the league. We look forward to the final against Petworth or Oxford at Lords. Our congratulations go to Rob and Peter, and to Neil for his play in all the other matches of the season. Congratulations also go to David Woodman and Rod McNaughton, who came fourth in the league playing for Cambridge 2. Both David and Neil complete their time at Cambridge this year, and they will be greatly missed at the club. We thank them for their efforts and successes – they have been wonderful to watch and inspirational to younger players.

T&RA Amateur Doubles Championship
sponsored by British Land, Sat Mar 3

The field of four pairs was small but perfectly formed. It included three members of the current successful Cambridge Varsity team (Woodman, Roxburgh, Douglas), two who played for the Varsity in earlier years (Howard, Page), the holders of the title (Danby, Danby), the Amateur Champion (Woodman), the holder of the Seacourt Silver Racket (Luke Danby), and the current CURTC club captain, Charles Acheson-Gray Cup holder (with Kees Ludekens) and ex CU blue (Colquhoun).
David Woodman and Neil Roxburgh, who reached the World Championship Doubles final in 2005, comfortably made their way to the final, defeating Andrew Page and Mark Howard 6/2, 6/2.

The second semi-final was a closer affair, with Duncan Colquhoun and Jamie Douglas winning through against Luke and Charlie Danby, 6/1, 2/6, 6/1.

The plate event was a delight to watch, and a very close match that ended with the Danby partnership winning out 5/6, 6/3, 6/4.

So to the final, the best of five sets, between Woodman/Roxburgh and Colquhoun/Douglas. On paper, Woodman and Roxburgh were the clear favourites: finalists in the 2005 World Championships, playing regular top-class doubles in the Premier league, and playing together in the Varsity team. However, the combination of experience and solid volleying from Colquhoun, and energy and fearsome power from Douglas, meant that the less fancied pairing were no walkover. A closely fought match, full of long and exciting rests and many more winning shots than errors, had the spectators on the edges of their seats. Woodman and Roxburgh won the first set 6/3, then Colquhoun and Douglas won the second by the same score. A tight third set went to Woodman and Roxburgh, who then kept up the pressure to close the match out 6/3, 3/6, 6/4, 6/2.

Our congratulations go to them, and especially to David Woodman, who is now the Amateur Singles and Doubles Champion – a fine achievement.

Neil Roxburgh and David Woodman take the T&RA Amateur Doubles Championship title
T&RA Amateur Doubles Championship winners
CURTC's Neil Roxburgh   and   David Woodman    
 

Graduate Cup 2007
a report from the winner - Jim Ludden

So come on”,' yelled Kees's invite. “Shrug off that winter lethargy and sign up for this year's competition.''

I was perfectly happy with my winter lethargy, thank you very much, but having my first crack at the Grad Cup seemed a decent enough excuse to meet some fellow tennis obsessives, get the blood pumping and avoid those springtime domestic chores. And just a few weeks later, I was leaving the annual dinner (memo to Sue C: the beef was especially wonderful) clutching a mighty fine trinket and with the best wishes of several eminence grises.

Would that it were so simple. A ridiculously early morning start for a clash with Tony Clarke in the group phase was but a prelude to a day of tension, fightbacks and mishits in the knockout stage on May 5.

Mark Perriton had the delight of kicking it all off at 8.30 a.m. Some of the feared previous champions – including Andrew Petrie and John Burnett – fell in the early rounds, leaving a host of middle-ranking underachievers competing “at the business end'' of the tournament. That may have had something to do with the new rules setting a handicap limit of 45, giving an advantage to any bandits prowling around in the high-30s/low-40s.

Because of my draw, I only really got to see one other game – Glen Pilgrim and Ben Graham in their quarterfinal belted the ball at each other relentlessly. Watching from the dedans was a fairly frightening experience and Glen looked to be the man to beat, until Mark promptly eased past him 8/1 to get to the final.

Ludden, meanwhile, rode his luck. Jay Harrison was especially voluble as he proceeded to hit the outside of the grille, the rim of the dedans and the bottom of the net. And in the semifinal, I came up against Patrick Ward and his metronomic forehand. He, I discovered at the dinner, was Messrs. Paterson and Blaber's hot tip for the title – thanks for your confidence in me, boys.

A match report should normally be an account of key chases laid and winning galleries found, but you'll just have to take my word that the contest was dead close. Patrick's forehand was especially depressing to watch from the other side of the net – nope, no weaknesses there – and his backhand was none too shabby either. He led 6/5. So I resorted to swearing quietly at myself (if anyone remembers back to the happy days when England used to win at rugby, it was the mantra that Brian Moore would scream at his pack when defending a five-yard scrum in Paris.) It worked, too. Result: 8/6 and onto a showdown with Mark P.

Two lefties in the final. Having one is annoying enough since they're tricky to read and generally contrarian – and they're none too easy on court either. Mark swept backhand crosscourts with ease and surged into an early lead but then rather overdid it on the volleys and railroad serves. It soon came down to who was better able to cut out his mistakes and it was perhaps fitting that the contest ended as Mark clattered a low volley into the net.

So, four hard, tight games and a cup. Fab. It was my first piece of silverware since a controversial third-place finish in the under-9 school long jump – controversial because the first two turned out to be 12-year-olds from Ghana.

Well done to all who took part, thanks to Peter Paterson for marking and congrats to Adrian Grange for fixing the draw in what turned out to be my favour.

Peter made some reference to the day being a triumph for youth and fitness, but that's sadly wide of the mark. The domestic chores remain undone because I was too frail to operate the lawnmower the rest of the weekend and I missed the train to work on Tuesday because I couldn't hobble across the car park in time.

Still, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Jim Ludden

Premier League Matches - Mar 15/21/24

Upcoming Premier league matches:

Cambridge 2 versus Queens 1
Thursday March 15th
6pm 7:15 8:30
No 2 singles No 1 singles Doubles

 

Cambridge 2 versus Cambridge 1
Wednesday March 21st
6pm 7:15 8:30
No 2 singles No 1 singles Doubles

 

Cambridge 1 versus Petworth 1
Saturday March 24th
4pm 5:15 6:30
No 2 singles No 1 singles Doubles

If you are interested in a complimentary family ticket to any of these three Premier League Real Tennis matches, please ask

Jim Ludden, Graduate Cup Winner 2007
Jim Ludden - Graduate Cup winner 2007   
 

Clean sweep for Cambridge in Varsity match

Cambridge completed a clean sweep of the men's and ladies' Varsity matches at Lord's last weekend, with both teams winning 6-0. A fortnight earlier, the men's 2nd team won 4-2, and the ladies 4-3,(Cambridge like to be called the Cambridge Ladies, incidentally, in case anyone thinks this report is politically suspect). Warm congratulations to the teams, their captains, and the professionals. The standard of play throughout was extremely high, and showed that at both universities, there is both quality and depth, as well as huge enthusiasm for the game. It was great to see so much Cambridge support in the dedans, as well as at the reception and the dinner in the Long Room, sponsored by Pol Roger.

The format and timing was slightly adjusted this year, because the reception and dinner was shifted to the Saturday night, after the match, much to the relief of the players. The ladies match began with the four singles, starting with Charlotte Barker (Trinity), the captain, playing at 4. She had a tremendous battle with Emma Ormerod, who squared the match by coming back to take the second set; but Charlotte held on to clinch the decider at 6-4. After that, Cambridge never looked like losing a set. Marsali Grant (Trinity Hall), won 6-0, 6-1, Helen-Frances Pilkington (New Hall) was almost as ruthless, winning 6-1, 6-1, and Sarah Vigrass (Caius) overwhelmed the plucky Oxford captain, Gabby Savage, 6-0, 6-0. So Cambridge had retained the trophy, won for the first time last year, by the end of the first day's play. In the doubles next morning, played at an extremely early hour to allow Sarah to get back to Cambridge and represent the university at football, she and Charlotte won their doubles 6-0, 6-1, and Helen-Frances and Marsali followed this up with a cool and efficient performance, 6-1, 6-3, showing a very good tactical sense. When the whole match was over, the Cambridge reserve, Julia Clark (St John's) played a 'friendly set against her Oxford counterpart, and won that too.

Ladies win 6-0
 
CambridgebeatOxford 6-0
 
Charlotte Barker
Trinity
beat
Emma Ormerod
6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Marsali Grant
Trinity Hall
beat
Bryony Tomlinson
6-0, 6-1
Helen-Frances Pilkington
New Hall
beat
Fay Dalby
6-0, 6-1
Sarah Vigrass
Gonville & Caius
beat
Gabby Savage
6-0, 6-0
 
Pilkington &
Grant
beat
Dalby &
Ormerod
6-1, 6-3
Vigrass &
Barker
beat
Savage & Tomlinson
6-0, 6-1

The men's match was played the other way round, with the two doubles on Friday afternoon, and the singles on the Saturday. Burak Salgin (Caius) and Jamie Douglas (St John's) were first on court, against the Oxford numbers 2 and 3, William Fortune and Alistair Mitchell-Innes. They soon established dominance, and moved swiftly to a convincing 6-2, 6-1,6-2 result. David Woodman (Trinity) and Neil Roxburgh (Darwin) are a hugely formidable doubles pair, having played so much together, and, of course, having extensive experience in the Premier Division. Ted Alexander, the Oxford captain, and William Broadbent are both good players, and there were some entertaining and lengthy rests. Each Oxford point, and game, was loudly cheered, but it was clear that the Cambridge pair had plenty in reserve, and they duly won 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.

The singles next day were very good to watch. Burak played Alexander, who has a lot of natural talent, and occasionally smacked the ball around to good effect. Burak's speed about the court was notable - he takes the ball very early - and although he was made to work hard at the beginning of the first set , he went smoothly up a gear and won 6-3, 6-1. Neil Roxburgh came next, and gave a highly impressive performance of concentration and ruthlessness, winning 6-1, 6-2 to ensure Cambridge won the match. Jamie Douglas followed, against a first year Oxford player, William Fortune, who is a rackets champion. Jamie played beautifully in the first set, using his great range of strokes, and from time to time producing an unanswerable boast to Fortune's backhand. At 6-1, 5-1, we were beginning to think of tea, when Fortune fought back to 5 all, playing at the high level Jamie had set, and learning on his feet. However, Jamie dug in, went for winners, and closed out the match 6-1, 6-5. Finally, David Woodman played the very talented William Broadbent, like David a top-class squash player, with long legs, and very sure strokes, especially in terms of retrieval. David gave a highly controlled performance, and showed the full variety of his game, together with a pin-point ability to hit the winning openings when required, especially the winning gallery, and the dedans after a main-wall force. He won 6-2, 6-2.

Men win 6-0
 
Cambridge beat Oxford 6-0
 
Burak Salgin
Gonville & Caius
beat
Ted
Alexander
6-3, 6-1
Neil Roxburgh
Darwin
beat
Alistair
Mitchell-Innes
6-1, 6-2
Jamie Douglas
St Johns
beat
William Fortune
6-1, 6-5
David Woodman
Trinity
beat
William
Broadbent
6-2, 6-2
 
Douglas &
Salgin
beat
Fortune &
Mitchell-Innes
6-2, 6-1, 6-2
Woodman &
Roxburgh
beat
Broadbent & Alexander
6-2, 6-2, 6-3

It's never easy for a team when they are expected to win comfortably, and Cambridge accomplished all that could be asked of them, with a quartet that must be the strongest ever to represent either university. It's been a pleasure to watch them over the last few years.

One final note - there was an 'old boys' dinner match, for the first time, with Cambridge represented by Andrew Page and Simon Kverndal. A small comfort for Oxford - they won. But we fortunately didn't have to pay for the dinner. And Andrew Page, in his long white flannels, comfortably won the best-dressed player award.

Cambridge Ladies beat Oxford 6-0 in the 2007 Varsity Real Tennis Match
2007 Varsity Mens Team beat Oxford 6-0
Roxburgh  Woodman   Salgin  
Douglas

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Cambridge Ladies beat Oxford 6-0 in the 2007 Varsity Real Tennis Match
2007 Varsity Ladies Team beat Oxford 6-0
Grant   Vigrass   Barker   Pilkington

Category 40-49 Championship - Sat 17th Mar

Club members with handicaps from 40 to 49 (inclusive) were invited to compete for the “C.U.R.T.C. Category 40 – 49 Championship”.

The 40-49 Championship was won by Julian Stafford. He defeated Louise Ludekens 8-2 in one semi-final and David Pimblet was defeated in the other, very close, semi-final 8-7 by Ian Alister. The final was again pretty one sided, the CURTC's Brodie Cup 40+ singles representative, Julian Stafford, winning 8-4.

Cambridge take Brodie cup - 11th March
Cambridge beat Jesmond Dene at Bridport; winners second year running

Linda Fairbrother and Helen-Frances Pilkington played the first match. In the first game Linda served to 40-love, and then lost the game; games were chalked up against Cambridge, and they lost the first set 6-1. Peter Paterson suggested changing the positioning, with Helen-Frances up at the net and Linda patrolling the back. Helen-Frances then provided an impregnable defence, and the opposition resorted to playing to Linda's forehand. Slowly but surely the match turned round, and in the last game of the third set, Helen-Frances killed two volleys at the net to win the rubber.

In the next rubber, Simon McLoughlin, a late replacement for the injured captain, Roger East, in the first singles, was awesome. His opponent was left wondering what to do; in one game he played two great shots in succession, hitting the floor then side wall under the last gallery, and both times, Simon returned the ball; ouch! Simon went on to win the rubber in straight sets.

Next was Julian Stafford in the second singles, and this was a war of attrition. His opponent is a recent convert to the game and was still improving. He was able to match Julian, and was a good retriever. The first set went to Jesmond Dene. Julian managed to win the second set with some fine serving, and then excellent play on both sides eventually ended in a win for Jesmond Dene.

The third singles was also a long struggle, with Jesmond stealing the first set at 6-5; Gerald Smith then played well to win the second 6-3, only to find a rejuvenated opponent fighting back hard, and unexpectedly, to take the final set and the rubber for Jesmond Dene.

At two-all, the final doubles was the decider. In the first game, the Cambridge pair, Nick Wright and John Trapp, were receiving and were 40-love down and then laid a chase. The next nine games went to Cambridge, who kept the service end all that time. For some reason the Jesmond Dene pair assumed that the Trappy at the net would have the same impregnable defence as Helen-Frances, and not the one composed of paper tissue that was usual to him, and never hit a shot in his direction. Nick played beautifully, hitting crisp shots at pace over the net, and leaving Jesmond bemused. When a chase was finally laid, a cheer went up from the many Jesmond supporters. Cambridge lost their concentration, and the score went to 4-2, at which point they were admonished severely by Simon; they eventually went out winners 6-3 in the final set.

Scores (Cambridge scores first):

Linda Fairbrother & Helen-Frances Pilkington v. Carol English & Colin Smith 1/6 6/4 6/3

Simon McLoughlin v Martin Kellaway 6/1 6/4

Julian Stafford v Simon Johnston 3/6 6/2 4/6

Gerald Smith v Alistair Leitch 5/6 6/3 4/6

Nick Wright & John Trapp v Tony Harrison & Gordon Reed 6/0 6/3

It was a great event, and an enjoyable weekend. Cambridge have now won the Brodie two years running, and we aim to be back next year.

The three Cambridge pros were a great help in the preparations of the players for the match, and invested a lot of time in coaching the team, particularly in the doubles. This is a joint club effort, and emphasizes the supportive club atmosphere. It was also very good to have Peter there on the day, and all the team would like to thank him for his support.

Report from John Trapp

Cambridge take the Real Tennis Brodie Cup
Succesfull Cambridge Team holding the Brodie Cup

Tea & Tennis - Sunday 11th March

Fancy an afternoon of real tennis, with tea and cakes on the side-lines? There will be a ladies-only event on Sunday 11th March from 3.30pm to 5.30pm.

Games will be informally arranged amongst the attendees. No scores will be recorded on the handicap system. It is open to all lady members and is meant to be a fun, non-serious event.

There will be a nominal charge of £3. Tea and cakes will be available – but please bring along additional delicious calories! Bring along children to spectate and /or scoff cakes too.

If you are interested please contact Gill Houston or by phone 01799 584167.

Linda Fairbrother, current CURTC Ladies Real Tennis Champion
Linda Fairbrother
Current CURTC Ladies Champion

Junior Real Tennis Coaching - 10th - 13th April

How many of us who play real tennis wish we had taken it up earlier? Even if we can’t turn back the clock for ourselves, we can now give our younger family members the opportunity to start early at CURTC.

A different sort of real tennis was played on the Grange Road courts in the first days of 2007 (see picture, right), in CURTC’s new Junior coaching initiative: three short sessions offered an introduction to the game for children aged 6 – 14. All three professionals and over twenty children had a great time on court, using short/lawn tennis racquets and lawn tennis balls.

Following the success of these January coaching sessions, short after-school courses have been introduced in February/March and in April. The Easter Course is £16 for the 4 days (more details available on this downloadable flyer), although the Extended Course has already started (five consecutive Mondays in February/March). Please call 01223 357106 or use the signup-by-email icons below:

Extended
Course
19 Feb - 19 Mar
Easter
Course
10 - 13 April
Age
Time
Age
Time
Signup
Under 7
16:30 - 17:10
Under 7
10:30 - 11:10
Under 9
17:10 - 17:50
Under 9
11:10 - 11:50
Under 11
17:50 - 18:30
Under 11
11:50 - 12:30
Over 11
16:15 - 17:00
Over 11/td>
10:00 - 10:40

Mini tennis in early January was a great hit with the kids
Hit it hard enough & your feet leave the ground!

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