Riya Bharwad wins the LRTA Under 21 singles at Radley TAGS: LRTA | Radley An incredibly close tournament with 11 players competing, played over the weekend with many matches going to five all 40 all and the final was no exception. The final was …Continue reading →

CAMBRIDGE WIN AWAY AT MIDDLESEX! TAGS: MURTC | TK As we arrived we found Dave Pimblett losing the day’s opening match. So far, so Cambridge. Then we waited until Faustus Vilimas (30), the day’s lowest handicapped player, a horribly …Continue reading →

Champagne League Finals TAGS: Champagne League | Kees | Pol Roger The Division 1 final between Stephen Doel (handicap 28) and Alan Sharpe (handicap 49) was the closest of matches from the very start and continued without either player achieving a …Continue reading →

The Dutch Visit TAGS: The Dutch Last weekend, The Dutch landed once again on our courts, armed with rackets, team spirit, and a suspicious amount of good cheer. From the first serve to the last reste, …Continue reading →

East Anglia Cup, 28/6/25 at Newmarket TAGS: EAC+ | East Anglia Cup | Newmarket It was hot… Even at 8:30 when we arrived at Newmarket to take on the hosts in the first round of the East Anglia Cup. The EAC is a round …Continue reading →

FLM IRPTA National League, Division 9: Final TAGS: Div 9 | National League On the final day of May, 2025 CURTC hosted Prested in the National League Division 9 final. Cambridge had qualified first for the final, losing only once, in a game …Continue reading →

Cambridge Mixed Doubles TAGS: Cambridge Mixed Doubles | CMD They came from far (St Andrews) and wide (Jesmond) for CURTC’s Mixed Doubles tournament. The 13 pairs were divided in the two Divisions each with semi finals and a final. …Continue reading →

Graduate Cup Final TAGS: Graduate Cup The Graduate Cup is CURTC’s  premier handicap competition and was first played in 1875! The Honours Board may be a bit faded but includes many luminaries of CURTC membership past …Continue reading →

20 Category Final TAGS: 20's | Category | Peter The final of the final CURTC’s 2025 Category Tournaments was played last Sunday when Ed Pearson and Roly Denman met in the 20-29.9 handicap Category Tournament. The other Category tournaments …Continue reading →

Leamington Visit Redux TAGS: Leamington Many thanks to the Leamington match manager, Paul Brennan, for sharing his report! Leamington fielded a team of nine for the weekend’s match against Cambridge for an engaging day of …Continue reading →

Leamington Visit TAGS: Dogs in Dedans | Kees | Leamington | Peter | Pinot Nine of Leamington’s finest made the trip to CURTC last Saturday in some style (see below). Tennis wise, the hosts got off to a flier as I managed to lose …Continue reading →

Varsity Match Report TAGS: Giraffe | Lord's | varsity Read all about it: HERE. Thanks Ben! Kees & Ben Geytenbeek

CURTC’s 2025 30 Category Tournament TAGS: 30 | Category | Peter Group matches: Lots of 7-alls and a nail-biting quarter final also going to the last possible game! Semis: 8/7 Josh Elliott beat Colin Clifton-Brown, great match Colin came back from …Continue reading →

Billy Ross-Skinner TAGS: Billy Ross-Skinner | Hatfield Ulla Petti (CURTC) and Simon Edmond (RTC) won the Billy Ross-Skinner Cup at Hatfield House. They overcame Katie Leppard (Oxford) and Henry Stuttaford (Hatfield) 2/6, 6/5, 6/3, countering their opponents …Continue reading →

2nd’s Varsity Wrap-up TAGS: 2nds | Giraffe | Kees | Mark | Peter | varsity A light blue tide swept through CURTC last Friday and Saturday. Our visitors battled man (and woman) fully but faced a strange court and a strong and focussed Cambridge squad. …Continue reading →