December 15, 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 stagger on to Canford – June 5th, 2016
The Home (in the UK) of Chase 8
Fortified by an assortment of fine dining, wine and whiskey (and I dare say a few beers) our intrepid CURTC travellers made it to Canford for the 2nd leg of their Dorset tour in more or less one piece. Andy Murray was due to play that other kind of tennis so would it be a day to remember or forget… The first thing to note is that Canford really does have a Chase 8… Read More
The Hyde, part 2
Just in case you were wondering there are a few more photos from CURTC’s visit to The Hyde and they can be found HERE
CURTC visit The Hyde, June 4th 2016
It’s quite a way and the ‘end of half term’ weekend is probably not the best one to choose but one of the more characterful Tennis Court awaits. It’s had a varied life including a tank repair depot during WW2 (the vehicle entrance is visible from the outside). But it was restored to its rightful use in the 90’s and by all accounts is thriving. A warm welcome awaits including matching cutlery…
…and NO Three Pronged Forks
Wise Words
…and sage advice. Read More
The Northern Powerhouse (aka Manchester) Returns: National League Division 1 Final
Having topped the regular season of the National League Division 1, Cambridge host runners-up Manchester on Friday 24th June starting at 3.30pm. Read More
Friday, June 24th…National League, Division 1 Final
…a special Event* is coming to CURTC. Details to follow….. All starts at 3:30pm @CURTC…..
*Yes, it involves Real Tennis and Ed and Jamie and Manchester
The Home of Cricket comes to Cambridge for some proper sport
With a test match and the final of the Real Tennis World Championship going on, what better way to celebrate some famous victories than for the MCC team to visit CURTC? Read More
World Championship catch-up
The World Championship continues tonight, but if you missed the first day’s play, you can catch up here:
http://packnetwork.com/wc2016/
The Results are in…
Richard Bowers & newly polished Graduate Cup
Howard Mason & Aurelien Gueroult were Divison 2 winners defeating Emily Chadwick and Amanda Murphy who clearly put her team at a huge disadvantage by forgetting her shoe matching pink socks seen at the 150th Anniversary Tournament.
Duncan Colquhoun & Ed Kay were Division 1 winners overcoming Gary Weller and John Firth who at least had the presence of mind to wear matching length shorts… Photos with longer captions than usual
Announcing the CURTC Twitter Feed @cam_tennis
Hello to all the tweeters out there. The land of @-symbols, hashtags and <140 character updates has a new feed: @cam_tennis (Unfortunately there is a CURT out there who has grabbed @curtc)
Follow this link: https://twitter.com/cam_tennis
to see tweets of all news from Cambridge’s best Real Tennis club.
World Championship Screening
We will be streaming the 2016 World Championships Read More
LRTA vs Newmarket, May 8th 2016
LRTA beat Newmarket 3 matches to 2
Linda Fairbrother lost to Julia Scott 1/6 6/5 5/6
Hazel Dunn lost to Rob Bawden 1/6 6/1 3/6
Pam Tomalin beat Ian Lindsay 2/6 6/4 6/5
Karen Pearce beat Dominic Tomalin 6/5 3/6 6/5
Kim Walker beat Jeremy Barnett 6/5 6/3
The Roof is on and so are We….
Wellington Real Tennis Court, April 2016
Rose Bowl 24-26 June, 2016
Hello RT Players & Enthusiasts!!
The time has come again to register interest in the Rose Bowl 2016 at Newmarket Real Tennis Club. This year we already have more players due to a Dutch & also Aussie contingent wanting to join in the fun! Read More
The Varsity Captains’ Challenge (and CURTC AGM)
The CURTC AGM was standing room only (and not because we’d removed all the chairs…). Fortified with some delicious white courtesy of Ken Moody, President George get a rapid review of what has been a notable season for the Club. Also, the finances are in good shape (but we could always do with a few more members). The Varsity teams repeated last year’s sweep and Ed and Jamie are unbeaten in the National League Division 1 (and the website is looking good).
But on to the main business of the meeting which was to guess the number of winning shots in the Varsity Captains’ Challenge. Played-off handicap, Sophie was 2-0 up before Alex had worked out which bits of the Court he could safely aim at. While he ruined my guess with repeated Dedans misses, he clawed back to lead 5-2. Sophie (briefly) stopped smiling and suddenly it was 7-All. And 40-All. Alex missed the Tambour by a whisker yet managed to hit the Grille (banned Tambour was part of his handicap) to clinch it. Some photos above, just click on them for larger versions.
And the winner with the correct guess of 11 and the closest to the number of WGs/Dedans/Grilles was….Isabella Harvey, last photo above.
Back to the AGM… President’s Report
Souvenir photos from the 150th celebrations fundraising for the Club
There’s a fab selection of photographs from the 150th celebrations available to order. If you’d like a souvenir picture (or two), you can follow the link below to select the ones you want. Any purchases will trigger a donation of £3 to the Club. You can also see the photos on the Club noticeboard.
http://www.joanthony.co.uk/gallery_697264.html
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