…but chef Guy Kirk pulls one back for the team in the Club Room Kitchen. On an almost as sunny (but a bit warmer) day as our visit to Hardwick last year, our visitors were sufficiently generous to not take full advantage of some CURTC on-court lapses as we recovered from 3-0 down in the first match and all but blew 7-1 and 5-3 leads in the other two matches CURTC won. There was some excellent tennis (admittedly mixed with some of the usual dross) and mighty smiting from which my hand (left, oddly enough) is still recovering.

When the dust settled, it was a 5-3 Hardwick victory with CURTC’s blushes being spared largely by Guy winning both his matches. So it was up to the Club Room to be entertained by James and Charlie (see below) and excellent chilli washed down with some perfectly paired rouge from the Iberian peninsula.

We look forward to our return visit next February!