And finally… part 4 TAGS: DofE | Poaching I promise you this is the last… Friday of the DofE Tennis Challenge was Seniors day and featured three matches with a brave HRH. In the second match with Anthony …Continue reading →

Congratulations to the Graduate Cup Finalists… TAGS: Category | Finals Day | Graduate Cup | Ladies Championship …Donald Fung and Hugh Markus who made it through the Group and KO Rounds to play for the 2018 Graduate Cup on Finals Day Saturday, March 17th, sponsored by Hannay-Robertson …Continue reading →

Behind the Scenes, part 3 TAGS: DofE | Juniors | Kees By any account, the Juniors session at the DofE Tennis Challenge at CURTC was pretty special. There are loads of photos of these sessions already out there and there are …Continue reading →

Behind the Scenes, part 1 TAGS: Blue Court | DofE | Giraffe | HRH Incredible couple of days at the home of Real Tennis as the HRH the Earl of Wessex ticked off the first two of courts on his DofE Real Tennis World Tour. One of the truly remarkable…

DofE Reception Doubles Exhibition Match… TAGS: Alex | DofE | Ed | Ed H | Giraffe | Matt …as streamed by CURTC’s Stream Team, Thursday January 18th. The Doubles Exhibition Match featured Ed Kay and Matt Shaw vs Ed Hyde & Alex Evans from broadcast from Cambridge’s 151 …Continue reading →

DofE Car Wash TAGS: DofE On a very chilly Saturday morning, four of our intrepid juniors, led by Kees, washed nine of the Members’ cars. These ranged from fairly new looking and shiny to those which had clearly been…..

Brodie & Pol Roger Cup matches on Sunday TAGS: Brodie | Pol Roger On Sunday, Prested are visiting the Home of Real Tennis in the Brodie Cup and Holyport in the Pol Roger Cup. It all starts at 10am, please drop by and …Continue reading →

Pol Roger Final Recap TAGS: Alex | Ed | Jamie | Jules | Pol Roger It’s only 5 minutes….

Ball Making Workshop(s) TAGS: balls It’s Monday vs Wednesday in CURTC’s new morning ball making league. With not much help from me, I believe Wednesday eked out a narrow lead following their 20-ball output this …Continue reading →

Lottie Fullerton, Oxford University Tennis Club TAGS: Oxford Dear Members, It is with great sadness that I inform you of the tragic death of Lottie Fullerton. Lottie was the Ladies Blues Captain of the Oxford University Real Tennis …Continue reading →

A Fond Farewell to Scott & Kerry TAGS: Jesmond | Scott An amazing array of cakes made the Hazard end of the Blue Court even more hazardous than usual on Saturday as we said farewell to Scott…

Farewell to Scott, Saturday 5th August 2017, 10:30 am – 12 noon TAGS: Scott Please come and say farewell to Scott and wish him well as he and his family move to the most northerly of England’s RT Clubs, Jesmond Dene where Scott will be the new Head Pro. Tea and cakes will be served….

Varsity Captains’ Challenge (and AGM) TAGS: AGM | Amanda | Jimmy Our Varsity Captains gamely went on Court following the CURTC’s AGM* last Thursday. The Beard (Jimmy Campbell) was under some discomfort handicapwise to the tune of rec 30, owe h30, …Continue reading →

Pol Roger Trophy Final @RTC TAGS: Ed | Jamie | Pol Roger | Queens | RTC The CURTC Stream Team were at Hampton Court on Sunday for the Pol Roger Trophy Final where the Home of Real Tennis took on the Queen’s Club.