March 15, 2026
- 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
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
150 Years of Play Celebration Photos
Thursday & Blaber Group and Friday. Saturday: Some of the Sweet Sixteen as well as the Semis & Final and Exhibition Match & Dinner
2016 Graduate Cup Finalists….
…are Chris Eggleton (thanks Chris, I now feel a lot better about my defeat in the Group stage!) and Richard Bowers. Congratulations Read More
150th in the News
Our special visitor to the 150th celebrations last weekend was noticed by the Cambridge News:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Prince-Edward-comes-Cambridge-Real-Tennis/story-29126840-detail/story.html
Duncan Hannay Robertson & Rich Wainwright
Duncan & Rich, worthy winners of the 150 Years of Play Celebration Tournament
150 Years of Play Celebration Finale
With our sincerest thanks to Paul Brown & Freddy Adam
10:00-37:00 Tournament Final
49:15 Emily Chadwick interviewing the Tournament Winners Duncan Hannay-Robertson & Rich Wainwright
56:45 Emily and Jeremy Fairbrother
1:03:53 Emily with George Pearson & Kees
1:12:27 Emily with Anthony Pearson
1:26:06 Emily with Kate Kirk and Nick Heath
1:30:25 Emily with Peter Raby and Anthony Hothfield
1:33:00 The Green Court Photo
1:47:00 John Burnett interviewing Ed Kay, Chris Bray, Jamie Douglas and David Woodman
2:22:30 150 Years of Play Exhibition Match starting with Kees’ introduction. Commentary by John Burnett and Jamie Giddins.
3:14:07 Second Set
3:37:05 Last Point
3:50:00 Prizes
4:10:45 Emily with Howard Angus
or…..
Click on times in Comment
CURTC’s Celebration would not be possible without the generous support of our Sponsors
Proof that Cambridge Pros are THE BEST
You know your Pros are a tip top team when you find Peter clearing the chairs off the Blue Court at midnight after working all day with Scott and Kees to make sure the culmination of the 150th Celebration tournament and festivities went off without a hitch. When the hangover doubles crew rocked up first thing on Sunday morning (ahem, ok, it was 10am), both courts were back to their pristine best, not a champagne glass or Pol Roger cork in sight. Thanks Pros, you’re the best.
Tournament’s Blaber Group…
Andrew, Amanda, Aureilian, Guy, Scott, Kees, Vix, Howard, Karen
CURTC is grateful for the support of our Sponsors…
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