Petworth House Real Tennis Club visits TAGS: Peter | Petworth Petworth visited on Saturday, April 27th (2013) for some keenly fought tennis. Petworth’s team are definitely in the ‘senior’ category with one over 80 and two nearly 80, although this …Continue reading →

Four men go to Manchester TAGS: Jimmy | Jules | Manchester Jimmy Campbell led a four-man crew off to his home town of Manchester last weekend, April 12/13 2013. The first match on Friday night was an epic show-down between Jimmy …Continue reading →

CURTC beat the freeze in Leamington TAGS: Leamington On Saturday 23rd March, a team of 5 braved the snow and adverse weather reports to make the trek across country to Leamington Spa. It was worth it. As expected …Continue reading →

Cambridge win the 2013 Field Trophy TAGS: Ed | Field Trophy | Jimmy | Jules | Pol Roger This year’s Field Trophy final was held at Moreton Morrell. The Jesmond team cunningly travelled the night before and managed to get a couple of hours of practice on the …Continue reading →

Varsity Seconds 2013 TAGS: Ed | Jimmy | Oxford | varsity The Varsity Seconds match was played over two days at CURTC this year. The Cambridge men provided a masterclass in dispatching the opposition, winning all their matches in straight sets …Continue reading →

National League Division 4 v Moreton Morrell TAGS: Alex | Jules | National League As we near the end of the National League season, teams are looking to secure their place in the semi final and final. A win for the CURTC Division 4 …Continue reading →

Varsity Match at Lord’s TAGS: Alex | Freddie | Jules | varsity On 22nd and 23rd February 2013 Cambridge University fought the latest Varsity encounter against Oxford. The men’s varsity match went down to a deciding doubles at Lord’s this year. The …Continue reading →

CURTC Ladies vs Newmarket Jan 20, 2013 TAGS: varsity The Cambridge Ladies Real Tennis squad scored a decisive victory in their first competitive outing of the season at Newmarket on Sunday January 20th, with the four completed matches all …Continue reading →

Th’Underdogs vs Hazard When Wet TAGS: Peter A tremendous evening, rounded off with a superb dinner and most convivial peri-prandial conversation. The first match between Tom Hartley and Rob Cassels proved to be quite a struggle, with …Continue reading →

National League Division 4 vs Oxford: 2-1 to Cambridge TAGS: Ed | Freddie | Jules | Oxford Cambridge v Oxford is always a big match occasion, and as National League matches go this was no different. With the entire Cambridge side made up of students and the …Continue reading →

The Dutch are coming, the Dutch are coming*… TAGS: The Dutch | Trapp Well they have been and gone but not before handing the CURTC a good beating on Saturday, January 5th. And it all started so well with Johnny Bailey prevailing on …Continue reading →

December 2012 was a busy Month TAGS: Jimmy | National League | Scott | Trapp | Xmas Tournament Christmas Tournament A long but highly successful day culminated in Richard Bowers (70) winning the Christmas Tournament final at 10.15pm, taking the match 6-5 against Emma Lord (67). The group …Continue reading →

2012 Varsity Match Results TAGS: Alex | Ed | Jules | varsity In another exciting weekend of very well contested matches, Oxford managed to overcome our Men’s team 4-2 and our Ladies’ team 5-1. Each of our players should take pride in …Continue reading →

Great day out at the Palace TAGS: RTC In a rare excursion for real tennis players, CURTC were invited to send a team to play at the Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace on Sunday 4th December 2011. …Continue reading →

Early exit from Brodie Cup TAGS: Brodie | Jimmy On Sunday 20th November a team from CURTC traveled to Lord’s to play the MCC in the second round of the 2011/12 Brodie Cup. All 5 matches were keenly fought …Continue reading →