The 2017 Earthworks Cambridge Doubles League Please let us know if you are interested in playing in the Earthworks doubles league (details below). The 2017 Earthworks Cambridge Doubles League will commence at the start of October …Continue reading →

The Green Court in a New Light Our fearless Senior Treasurer has installed an LED light on the Green Court. Note the the way the colour of the wall above the Penthouse changes from left (old lighting) …Continue reading →

Farewell to Scott TAGS: Scott All members, past and present will be sad to know that Scott will soon be leaving CURTC to take up the position of Head Professional at Jesmond Dene, Newcastle. Although …Continue reading →

East Anglia Cup TAGS: East Anglia Cup | Hatfield | Newmarket | Prested | Vix The EAC is an end of season tournie featuring our three neighbours Prested, Newmarket and Hatfield for (roughly speaking) 45-55 handicappers. The format is a round robin between the clubs …Continue reading →

Double Header! TAGS: CU Ladies | Dedanists | RTC CURTC hosted two matches last Saturday. The CU Ladies took on RTC, see Amanda’s match report below while The Dedanists took on CURTC in a close fought match and even …Continue reading →

CURTC Overcomes all from North & South May 20th saw the Eggs & Bacon team (MCC) arrive in Cambridge for the first leg of their ‘Fens weekend’. In spite of a last minute hiccup due to a …Continue reading →

Real Tennis Fitness Pilot – FREE TRIAL (CURTC members)   CURTC is hosting an exciting new agility class on Monday 29 May at 4pm on the Green court. The aim of the class is to improve your footwork, speed …Continue reading →

CURTC v PHRTC at Prested – Sat 6 May 2017 Honours were well and truly even after CURTC’s visit to Prested this weekend! Marker: Ged Parsons, PHRTC 3 handicap points for Home Court advantage Match Result: CURTC, 3 – 3, …Continue reading →

Stream Team being outdone? Wellington, the lapis lazuli court and newest addition to the Round-Britain-Can-You-Play-The-Lot-In-A-Year challenge, has got a drone! Our Stream Team have produced some amazing coverage of some incredible matches, but this …Continue reading →

post ‘Racketathon’ Update I thought you would all like to know that I successfully completed the London marathon on 23 April, for which so many of you sponsored me. You will recall that …Continue reading →

Brigands share the spoils TAGS: Brigands A fun afternoon of tennis ended with CURTC and The Brigands even at 2 apiece with the final Doubles being definitely the MOTD. CURTC’s Perriton/Parslow combo fought back from losing …Continue reading →

Upcoming CURTC AGM @6pm on Thursday April 27th followed by the Captain’s Challenge when Jimmy ‘The Beard’ and Amanda ‘The Hat’ will battle in the 2nd (hopefully) annual match between our …Continue reading →

Cambridge vs Manchester, National League, Thursday 13th @5:30pm Manchester visited for a Club match on Sunday and will be back in the form of their National League Elite/Premier Division team to take on our very own Ed Kay …Continue reading →

Ed vs Kieran Booth… …Deciding rubber in the 2017 Bathurst Cup Final UK vs Oz. Thanks to Savannah Poolman for a Live Feed!! Congratulations, Oz and Commiserations UK. Looks like it was an epic …Continue reading →

20-29s Tournament The 20-29s category tournament was held over the last couple of weeks, with just 3 entries (the bearded wonder was incapacitated after his trip to Krakow). In the round robin …Continue reading →

Hampton Court vs Cambridge National League Cambridge’s permier league team travelled to Hampton Court last Friday to take on the team currently topping the table. World number 5 Chris Chapman (who was owing 15) beat Ed …Continue reading →

CURTC Finals day…. TAGS: Category | Finals Day | HRFP …sponsored by Hannay-Robertson Financial Planning Click on the Thumbnails for much larger images!

from the 2017 Pol Roger Trophy Final TAGS: Ed | Pol Roger | RTC Click on the Thumbnails for much larger images!

Prested Hall cat ‘F’ Open Championships 25/26 March Prested Hall Real Tennis Club are holding an Open Championship for Category F handicap players, that is players with a handicap from 50 to 59, on the weekend of the …Continue reading →

Pol Roger Trophy Final CURTC will be playing the Queens club in the Pol Roger trophy final, starting at 10am on Sunday 12th March at Hampton Court Palace.

CURTC Finals Day sponsored by Hannay Roberston Financial Planning, Saturday March 18th TAGS: Finals Day Hopefully final schedule…. – All matches on Blue Court 50’s 10:15 Andy Smith vs Johnathan Becher 40’s 11:00 Chris Schramm vs Alex Wright 30’s 11:45 Pieter Van Beesten vs Tim …Continue reading →

Busy Couple of Days TAGS: varsity The Women’s and Men’s Varsity Teams are in action today & tomorrow at Lord’s. Across town at Queen’s, Jamie is in the Amateur Doubles semis @5pmn and Ed is in …Continue reading →

Check the CURTC Twitter Feed Ed & Jamie through to the Amateur Semis… Gotta be a first for CURTC or any other club!

Giraffe Club Tournament Photos TAGS: Amanda | Ed | Giraffe Only 4 photos this time…. Click on the images for much bigger versions.

40’s Roll On TAGS: 40 | Category | Finals Day Congratulations to Chris Schramm & Alex Wright who are the latest additions to the race card for Final’s day, sponsored by Hannay-Robertson Financial Planning, on Saturday March 18th.

Final’s Day Update TAGS: Finals Day Congratulations to Amanda Murphy & Hugh Markus who will battle for the 60+ Category Cup on Final’s day, sponsored by Hannay-Robertson Financial Planning on Saturday, March 18th. They will join …Continue reading →

150 Years of Play Celebration: Doubles Highlights TAGS: 150 | Ed | Green Court | Hope | Kees Just in time for the 151st Anniversary, CURTC’s Stream & Video Team bring you some carefully (you have no idea how carefully) selected highlights of the Doubles Exhibition between Chris …Continue reading →

Congratulations to…. … the Giraffe Tournament Finalists! Preceding the Final, an entertaining series of Group matches, where the after effects of the previous evening were much in evidence, included the first ‘chaseless’ …Continue reading →

Giraffe Club Tournament Finalists… Congrats to our worthy Finalists who live to take the Court tomorrow. In no particular order they are: Alex Evans & Andrew Petrie, Amanda Murphy & Annie Plews, Jimmy ‘The …Continue reading →

Giraffe Club Exhibition Matches, February 10th TAGS: Alex | Claire Fahey | Ed | Jimmy | Scott To kick-of the 1st Giraffe Club Weekend, the Ladies World Champion, Claire Fahey visited the Home of Real Tennis to play against CURTC’s very own Ed Kay. But first she …Continue reading →