December 13, 2025
- Riya Bharwad wins the LRTA Under 21 singles at Radley
- Godsill and Glasscock (almost!) win the Doubles Double
- CAMBRIDGE WIN AWAY AT MIDDLESEX!
- National League on Friday (17th)
- East Anglia Cup, 28/6/25 at Newmarket
- East Anglia Cup+ 2025 @Newmarket
- FLM IRPTA National League, Division 9: Final
- Leamington Visit Redux
CURTC rise above Ol’ Rugbeians
CURTC got back on track with a 3-2 win against the Ol’ Rugbeians last weekend. CURTC were helped by Andy Smith’s ‘big jump’ to get above Simon Hirtzell (Old Rugbeians). Andy took up the sport this summer and proved he’s one to watch this season.. he won 6-2, 6-0.
Kees and Vix
ps Spotted on Court: this CURTC leadershhip pairing
President George & Cap’t Jimmy
National League: October 27th & November 24th @CURTC
National League Division 1, 2016/7
Ed & Jamie begin their defense of their National League Division 1 title
ps If anyone can identify the algorithm used to rank the teams in the above table, please leave a comment…
CURTC joins forces with the Workplace Challenge
CURTC is offering 6 companies the chance to compete in the first ever Real Tennis Workplace Challenge. Thanks to the generosity of the T&RA and Living Sport, teams of 3 players can enter the Challenge for only £150/ team. This will cover all equipment, court fees, lessons for 4 weeks with the Pros and a fun tournament and drinks reception on 30 September. Please encourage your colleagues to sign up without delay; lessons start at the beginning of September ow.ly/ZtBA302TnDf
Tayabali Tomlin & White Singles League, 2016
Around 125 people from Handicap 2 to 85 played in The Tayabali Tomlin & White Singles between January & July 2016.
We would like to congratulate you for making the TT&W league so enjoyable over the season with the hosting of meals after the matches.
Furthermore, we would like to thank the Captains for their organisation of their teams & extend our gratitude to Simon White and to Imram Tayabali of TT &W for their sponsorship.
Congratulations to the division winners (listed below) who will now have the opourtunity to battle against each other in the Champions League in the last 2 weeks of September.
Division 1
CU Students,
Jimmy Campbell (c), Alex Evans, Nick Worsnop, Ed Kay & Andy Webster
Division 2
Tayabali Tomlin & White,
Imran Tayabali (c), Simon White, Paul Robison, John Lees, Gerald Smith & Shaun Ruffles
Division 3
Earthworks,
Mark Law (c), Howard Mason, Guy Kirk & Stuart Laing
Division 4
Hit n’Hope,
Richard Bowers (c), Andrew Rowson, Simon Hirtzel, Hugh Markus & Richard Brown
Division 5
Etcheblasters,
Richard Jones, James Keatley, Ollie Brenton & Sara Hawkins
Apologies to anyone we have missed out who filled in for these teams
Peter
Jimmy Campbell vs Simon Fox
The first match in last week’s National League, Division 5 Final was a 2 1/2 hour epic. Simon Fox won the first set and had a 4-1 lead before Jimmy removed his headband and won 5 straight games. In the 3rd, Jimmy changed shirts and moved to a 5-3 lead but Simon was not done as he got the service end and 2 games to even it up at 5 all. But at 30-all in the last game, Jimmy crucially got two chases… Some PHOTOS
CURTC vs RTC: The Final
The CURTC stars played magnificently to defeat RTC 2-1 in a very close Div 5 Final.
The confident CURTC Captain, Jimmy Campbell, promised Kees a 10 pm end to the the event, and who would doubt him; the team’s preparations could not be faulted – weekly fitness session with Karen Pearce and early morning practises with Duncan Colquhoun, Scott and Kees should have made for a quick victory.
Clearly wanting to demonstrate his new levels of fitness, Jimmy Campbell lasted longer than ever before (2 and 1/2 hours!) to clinch victory over ex Cambridge Blue Simon Fox by 2 sets to 1 (4/6, 6/4, 6/5).
Andrew Petrie left no room for questions, overpowering his opponent Fred Satow in two clear sets (6/1, 6/1).
Charlie D’Oyly played a confident first set winning it 6/2; however, his opponent Geoffrey Russell came back fighting and took the second two sets (3/6, 3/6).
Pork pies and beer made a welcome post match meal. Jimmy really went the extra mile to make the guests feel welcome, showing serious attention to detail by trimming his beard to resemble the picture of Henry 8th positioned in the grille at RTC.
Kees
Cambridge vs Manchester: The Photos
You’ve seen the video, you’ve read the report, now for the PHOTOS
Another National League Final: Cambridge win
Charlie’s ready
Latest: Cambridge win 2-1 after a Jimmy Cambo 3 set epic and Andrew Petrie’s stylish victory…
Cambridge take on RTC (aka Hampton Court ) starting at 6:00pm, yes 6:00pm on Friday in the Division 5 Final.
First up is Cap’n Jimmy Campbell vs Cambridge alum Simon Fox, followed by Andrew Petrie vs Fred Satow and a night cap of Charlie D’Oyly vs Geoffrey Russell (best of three full sets Singles with none of this short third set business).
I’m sure all support would be most welcome!
Spotted at the Club
Novel commemorative t-shirt with deliberate mistake – collector’s item!
BBC1 Documentary featuring CURTC Mon 10:45pm
Martina Navratilova shakes hands with Sophie Morrill on the Blue court
The club will feature on BBC One next Monday!
Martina Navratilova’s recent trip to CURTC will appear towards the end of the new BBC documentary ‘Just call me Martina’ on BBC1 on Monday 4 July at 10.45pm, after the news. Sophie Morrill makes an appearance and represents the Club and Real Tennis perfectly.
I had the opportunity to see the documentary at the advance press screening and I found it fascinating. I would highly recommend it to you all.
This is a great opportunity to promote Real Tennis to your friends, so please let them know about it as well.
Kees
(not) Up for Cup
This year’s East Anglia Cup was held at Prested last Saturday. Still buzzing from Cambridge’s epic victory in the National League, Division 1 final the day before (tinnitus following a headphone malfunction while streaming on Friday), your intrepid reporter set out for a return to Prested on Saturday. The Cup is a four way end of season Read More
Cambridge win an epic Doubles decider….
Cambridge are 2016 National League Div 1 Champions. Congrats Ed & Jamie and thanks Darren & Rob for some great tennis! Many thanks to Jimmy Campbell, Rob Shenkman and Ed Hyde for taking turns behind the mike and to Paul Brown without whom none of this would be possible. If you missed the live stream (or want to see it again) the video of the entire Final is available HERE
National League, Division 1 Final: 3:30pm this Friday 24th…
Please come along and support Ed and Jamie as they take on Manchester in the Division 1, National League Final. Read More
CURTC vs Canford: The Movie (and Photos, of course)
The Hyde’s Court was nice and bright but Canford was even brighter with an interesting mix of natural and artificial (sodium, I think) light. Well that’s my excuse for even more photos than usual and a ‘movie’ (after the photos). You can find it all HERE
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Giraffe Club: CURTC Alumni
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