Cambridge Weekend and Club Dinner 2012 TAGS: Cambridge Weekend The Seventh Cambridge Weekend will take place on the 12th and 13th May 2012. It will again be an ideal occasion for members to enjoy some very competitive tennis, and …Continue reading →

National League News TAGS: Ed | Scott <h3>National League Semi Final at CURTC May 16</h3> CURTC 1, our Premier League team, with David Woodman and Andrew Fowler, has progressed to the semi final and will play The …Continue reading →

Ladies Tournament Results TAGS: Ladies Championship | Linda The Ladies Tournament took place on Saturday the 3rd of March and was won by Linda Fairbrother. Semi-finals: Linda Fairbrother bt Louise Ludekens 8/2 Alex Bryant bt Sonja Badenhorst 8/2 …Continue reading →

2012 Varsity Match Results TAGS: Alex | Ed | Jules | varsity In another exciting weekend of very well contested matches, Oxford managed to overcome our Men’s team 4-2 and our Ladies’ team 5-1. Each of our players should take pride in …Continue reading →

40-49 Handicap Category Tournament Results TAGS: 40 | Category After Ben Graham fell to Nigel Parslow and Philippe Nemery fell to Keith Beechener in the semi-finals, the 40-49 handicap tournament was won by Nigel Parslow, beating Keith Beechener 6-2 …Continue reading →

Great day out at the Palace TAGS: RTC In a rare excursion for real tennis players, CURTC were invited to send a team to play at the Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace on Sunday 4th December 2011. …Continue reading →

Early exit from Brodie Cup TAGS: Brodie | Jimmy On Sunday 20th November a team from CURTC traveled to Lord’s to play the MCC in the second round of the 2011/12 Brodie Cup. All 5 matches were keenly fought …Continue reading →

Tatham Harper in British Junior Championship Final TAGS: Juniors | Scott In this year’s championships, hosted at the Queen’s Club, CURTC were represented by: Robert Backhurst (under 18) Dominic McOmish (under 16), and Tatham Harper (under 12) Whilst Robert and Dominic …Continue reading →

Cambridge University Real Tennis Club USA Tour 2011 TAGS: Giraffe | Jules Tour Fixtures and Results CURTC Prince’s Court, Washington won 6-3 winners of the Fowler-Hamilton Cup Racquets Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia won 6-3 The Racquet and Tennis Club, New York won …Continue reading →

Cambridge Handicaps adjusted for all above 35 TAGS: Category The large number of new players taking up real tennis and improving quickly at Cambridge has the effect of increasing the handicaps of players with established handicaps. From time to …Continue reading →

2011 Varsity Match Results TAGS: Jimmy | Jules | Oxford | varsity Ladies’ Singles Oxford v. Cambridge Alexandra Walvis beat Charlotte Breen 6/1 6/3 Christina Fast beat Kimberley Green 6/4 6/0 Maggie Henderson-Tew lost to Helen Morgan-Rees 6/3 4/6 4/6 Victoria Ormerod …Continue reading →

Scott reaches Browning Cup final TAGS: Scott Congratulations to Scott Blaber who reached the final of the Browning Cup at the Hatfield House Tennis Club. Scott won three, tight, three setters in the early rounds of the …Continue reading →

Cambridge win at MCC – Saturday 11 Dec, 2010 TAGS: MCC The opening game in this inter-club friendly fixture of doubles was won by Charlotte Breen and James Campbell who overcame more experienced opposition to set us on our way. However …Continue reading →

Broadband upgrade – Friday 29 Nov, 2010 The club may be offline for half an hour or so on Friday the 29th of October whilst we upgrade our broadband to a faster connection that supports the broadcast …Continue reading →

More flexible court bookings – trial ended After a canvassing of views, an analysis of court usage and some discussion, the Committee decided to end the trial allowing members to book half hour slots on both courts. …Continue reading →