We’re off to Prested and Oxford… TAGS: Brodie | Oxford | Pol Roger | Prested Good luck to the Brodie Cup Team who travel to Prested and the Pol Roger squad who are off to Oxford on Sunday.. Two tough matches in prospect!

10 Things you might not know about the Green Court TAGS: 150 | Green Court At the time of construction (1866) there were two other tennis courts in use in Cambridge. Wellington Court (aka East Road Court, Parker’s Piece Court or the Phillips’ Court) situated …Continue reading →

150 Years of Play: Noted (early) Cambridge Real Tennis Players #2 TAGS: 150 | Green Court Spotted in Wikipedia…Vane Pennell was educated at Eton, Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge. However, on going up to Trinity College, Cambridge Pennell failed to find a place in the University …Continue reading →

150 Years of Play: Noted (early) Cambridge Real Tennis Players TAGS: 150 | Green Court Eustace Hamilton Miles was born in 1868. He went to Heath Mount school (near Whitestone Pond) and Marlborough College followed by Kings College Cambridge in 1887. At Cambridge he began …Continue reading →

150 Years of Play Celebration, April 14-16, 2016 TAGS: 150 | Green Court Yes the Green Court is having a (big) Birthday… SAVE THE DATE(s) More at www.curtc.net/wp/green-court-150th-anniversary-celebration/

Inter-Universities Tournament Report A large entry in the two draws (the Inter-Uni Cup and the Handicap Singles) made this years Pol Roger Inter-Uni Event another great success.  Players from Cambridge (C) were joined by …Continue reading →

Pop-up Fixture: CURTC vs BBRTC, Saturday, December 12th CURTC has been ‘challenged’ both on and off court by the Blue Ball in Grantchester (that’s the BB in BBRTC) on Saturday, December 12th it all starts at 11am @CURTC …Continue reading →

Every Tournament Needs a Dinner… …and the Inter-universities Tournament was no exception. Our undercover reporter has smuggled out the following footage which, I should warn you, has sound attached… BTW, the Newcastle University Real Tennis …Continue reading →

Inter-Universities Tournament, 27-29th November TAGS: Alex | Ed | Freddie | Jamie | Kees | Sophie Kees has given me the low-down on this weekend’s tournament. Most (if not all) of the Varsity squads will be playing including Ed, Jamie, Alex and Freddie and not forgetting …Continue reading →

vs Bristol in the Brodie Cup, Sunday November 22^nd TAGS: Brodie | BRTC | Peter Yes, after 4 years, CURTC had a Home match in the Brodie Cup! Very many thanks to Peter for marking and all who dropped by to lend their support (much …Continue reading →

West Coast (well, Oxford and Bristol) Tour: part 2 TAGS: BRTC The second stop was BRTC on Sunday, November 15th. Again we were hosted most splendidly by Ben Coleman (marker in chief) and Sam and Eleanor Beale who provided another excellent …Continue reading →

CURTC vs OUTC, November 14^th, 2015 As the first stop on CURTC’s ‘West Coast’ tour, we visited OUTC on Saturday, November 14th. You can see the main protagonists by clicking on Photos

Live (+ Recorded) Streaming from the British Open TAGS: British Open https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz4vpvhBrBB-ZLFRzCxwBCA Doubles 1/4’s-Friday, Singles 1/2’s-Saturday, Doubles 1/2’s-Sunday, Singles Finals-Monday, Doubles Finals-Tuesday. Draws, Results

Linda Runner-up in British Ladies Handicap TAGS: Linda Linda Fairbrother, our current Ladies Champion, played with (almost) great success in the Ladies British Handicap Tournament November 13th to 16th at Leamington. She was runner-up in the Division 1 …Continue reading →

Rob Fahey Exhibition Match Friday 11th December 2015 6pm at Newmarket Dear Pros at Cambridge, I would like to let you know about the exhibition match NRTC are hosting in December. I’ve managed to secure Rob Fahey and Chris Chapman to …Continue reading →