MCC vs Oxbridge TAGS: MCC | Oxbridge | varsity Last Saturday 14th Jan, Cambridge students were invited to play at the MCC courts at Lord’s. (So were Oxf*rd but that is insignificant #GDBO). All matches were played off-level, best …Continue reading →

Giraffe Club Cup: Div 1 Final TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup I think no one would disagree that the Division 1 Final was the ‘match of the day’. Fresh from relatively easy semi final victories, Ed and Patrick took an early lead against Jin and Andy in spite of a substantial handicap disadvantage. However they never led by more than a couple of games and…

Giraffe Club Cup Finals: Part 1 TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup After the morning Group Stage, it was on to lunch and the Finals. Our semi opponents clearly lunched well and we succumbed without even a chase… But the other matches were much more interesting!

Giraffe Club Cup, 26/11/22 TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup Last Saturday saw the 2022 Giraffe Club Cup take place at CURTC. Almost all the pairs comprised of a student partnering a senior member. As you can imagine this lead to some remarkably competitive tennis!

Intraclub Student Tournament TAGS: varsity On Friday 11th November, our first student tournament was held. This was an exciting initiative driven by the new student committee members and aimed to foster an even more cohesive …Continue reading →

Emily in America TAGS: varsity Congratulations Emily, the first ever* Varsity Real Tennis and Seabright Cup double! https://www.varsity.co.uk/sport/24232 *I’m pretty certain this is correct…

Giraffe Club Evening at Queens TAGS: Ed | Giraffe | Jamie | Jamie D | Queens The Bathurst cup team were in excellent form as a packed Dedans was treated to some spectacular Doubles play. It was a great opportunity for Jim to mark top level …Continue reading →

The 2022 Inter-University Tournament TAGS: Durham | inter-universities | MURTC | Oxford The Annual Inter-University Real Tennis Tournament was a huge success this year thanks to sponsorships from the Dedanists Foundation and Pol Roger. The host (Cambridge University Real Tennis Club) welcomed 7 universities from across the country: Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Exeter, Middlesex, Oxford, and St. Andrews. All 44 tennis players demonstrated great athleticism and sportsmanship throughout the 3 day T&RA event. That said, the Middlesex players’ thunderous cheers and support for fellow players were inimitable!

Giraffe Club Cup 2022: Part 2 TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup | Pol Roger Congratulations to our Division 1 winners, Aaron Wienkers and Miles Kempton and Division 2 victors Igor Sterner and Ed Pyman. You can see them beaming in part 1 (below). After …Continue reading →

Giraffe Club Cup 2022: Part 1 TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup | Pol Roger Some Tennis, an Exhibition, Dinner and Pol Roger, what a fantastic day! Congratulations to all the finalists and many thanks for letting us go home after the post-Dinner trip to …Continue reading →

Giraffe Club Cup: Live! TAGS: Giraffe Club Cup The Stream team have been busy for the past few weeks and, fingers crossed, there will be live coverage from this Saturday’s (Feb 5th) Giraffe Club Cup from 9am. Stream …Continue reading →

CURTC Student Cup TAGS: Giraffe | Student Cup On this particularly cold, wet and windy late November day, spirits were high as eight of us participated in the 2021 Real Tennis Student Cup at Cambridge. The tournament began …Continue reading →

2nds Varsity @CURTC, 4/7/21 TAGS: 2nds | Giraffe | varsity Cambridge were (more than) generous hosts for this years much delayed Varsity 2nds match against (of course) the Other Place. That it took place at all is the result of …Continue reading →

Varsity, this Weekend 2-4 July TAGS: Pol Roger | varsity Friday & Saturday Firsts at Lord’s Stream from Lord’s Friday Stream from Lord’s Saturday Sunday @Cambridge Seconds Women Stream Women’s matches (Blue Ct) Seconds Men Stream Men’s matches (Green Ct) …Continue reading →

149th Varsity Match Highlights TAGS: Ivo | Kees | Lord's | Peter | Pol Roger | varsity Another must watch video edited by Jacqueline Siu