January 12, 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
Road Trips 1: Moreton Morrell
CURTC have been on the Road while the Category Tournaments have been occupying weekend Courts. On Feb 11th, it was off to Moreton Morrell, a Court I had not previously visited. With exemplary courtesy, the early shift of Kirks allowed our hosts to take a 2-0 lead as they lost by identical scores in 3 sets. But then the wind shifted (or maybe it was the ‘bonnes odeurs’ from the kitchen) and Paul Brown got CURTC back on track without recourse to a third set and importantly, back on time so lunch could proceed. With remarkable restraint Ben Geytenbeek & Joe Zygmunt didn’t overdo things at the Table and levelled the match score on the Court.
CURTC @MMTCC, 11/2/18
Lunch clearly invigorated the Hip & Knees duo who romped (well maybe romped is a bit of an exaggeration) through the first set without losing a game. Normality was quickly restored as our opponents Keith Beechener (remember him?) & Tim Messer eased to a 5-2 lead before another of those change in directions in the local airflow. And so at 5- and 40- all, a despairing lunge from yours truly failed to reach a 2nd bounce at the 6 yard line giving us the game, set, etc on a 5 & 6 yard chase…. A more coherent view of the proceedings can be found here
Many thanks to Moreton, especially Nick Jury for marking, Tom Granville for organisation and whoever was working so diligently in the kitchen!
50’s & 40’s Category Tournament Finalists
Congratulations to Robin Faux and Jim Ludekens who will face each other in the 50’s category Final at 10:20am (tbc) on Finals Day, sponsored by Hannay Roberston Financial Planning, Saturday March 17th. They played a tight match on Saturday but this could be even closer in the Final!
How Robin and Jim made it to Finals day
Congratulations also to Will Boys-Stones and Nigel Parslow who will be contesting the 40’s category Final, also at 10:20am (but on the other Court…)
It’s Will vs Nigel in the Final
Please plan to come along on Finals Day to lend your support! It starts at 9:30am.
ps Click on the images and you will actually be able to read them….
60’s Category Tournament Finalists are…
…Kate Kirk and Tony ‘walk-in’ Kennedy. They will join the other finalists on Finals Day sponsored by Hannay-Robertson Financial Planning, Saturday March 17th. Congratulations to them both and the other participants!
Next up, 50’s and 40’s next weekend, followed by 30’s and 20’s… Sign-up HERE
KK and TK make it to Finals Day
CURTC February 2018 Newsletter…
… featuring a very youthful looking someone who looks kind of familiar, can be found by clicking HERE
Trois Tripots 2014 Video
Now in magnificent colour! and with sound!
The historic victory of the CURTC team at Bayonne September 2014
from CURTC’s ace video-man, David Hope, who is leading a foray later this year to regain the coveted trophy!
IRPTA National League Div 1, Thursday Feb 1st
Radley visit Cambridge for 1st Division National League on Thursday 1st February. Cambridge currently top the table with Radley in a close second, so this promises to be an exciting match with a lot at stake.
First up, at 6pm, Craig Greehalgh (assistant professional at the other place) takes on Alex Evans. Following this will be Robert Shenkman vs Ed Kay, two of the highest ranked amateur players in the country. Robert is in great form having recently won the world under 24 title and will look to end Ed’s 5 year unbeaten singles streak at the home of real tennis. After the two singles matches there will be a doubles.
Please come down and support the Cambridge team as they try and cement their place at the top of the table.
Some great tennis last night. Click on the links below for a recap!
Pol Roger & Brodie Squads in Semi action
Cambridge welcome RTC to the Home of Real Tennis on Sunday in the semi-final of the Pol Roger Trophy. There are some familiar names on the RTC squad so they will not be at much of a disadvantage playing away from home. Please come along and support if you can. There is bound to be some exciting tennis…
Meanwhile Captain ‘Guy’ Kirk’s Brodie team are off to Radley in their Semi. Its is going to be a tough one but who knows.. The squad has already has shown it can win away from the Home of Real Tennis! If you are anywhere near Radley on Sunday, any support would be much appreciated!
And finally… part 4
I promise you this is the last… Friday of the DofE Tennis Challenge was Seniors day and featured three matches with a brave HRH. In the second match with Anthony Dean partnering HRH against Vix Harvey and Morten Landrock, the banter level hit 11 although Anthony seemed to be living on borrowed time. Not so long ago, that amount of poaching from Royalty would have earned an extended stay in the Tower (or worse).
DofE Seniors, click on image for larger
Click for the Google Photos Gallery of the individual photos
Congratulations to the Graduate Cup Finalists…
…Donald Fung and Hugh Markus who made it through the Group and KO Rounds to play for the 2018 Graduate Cup on Finals Day Saturday, March 17th, sponsored by Hannay-Robertson Financial Planning.
Donald and Hugh join the 70’s Category Tournament finalists (Helena Tunks and Matthew Johnson) and the 60’s, 50’s, 40’s, 30’s and 20’s finalists to be decided next month. It’s not to late to sign-up! Finals Day will also feature the CURTC Ladies Championship, so a great day of tennis on March 17th awaits…
Behind the Scenes, part 3
By any account, the Juniors session at the DofE Tennis Challenge at CURTC was pretty special. There are loads of photos of these sessions already out there and there are more to come. But here are a few more taken from behind the galleries….
DofE Juniors, click on image for larger..
…plus a link to a Google Photos Gallery of the individual photos which let you see some of the detail!
Behind the Scenes, part 2
Of course, the DofE tennis challenge at Cambridge couldn’t have taken place without a large crew of volunteers. With apologies to those I missed, here are a few pictures in a Google Photos Gallery of everyone hard at work (but having fun, I hope!) along with the collage…
DofE Crew, click on image for larger..
Behind the Scenes, part 1
Incredible couple of days at the home of Real Tennis as the HRH the Earl of Wessex ticked off the first two of courts on his DofE Real Tennis World Tour. One of the truly remarkable aspects was the transformation of the Blue Court orchestrated by Jocelyn Poulton for the DofE reception on Thursday evening. It all started just after 2pm. Guests started to arrive just before 6pm and weren’t over keen to leave at closing time. But by 8:30pm the Blue Court was back to what it was designed for! Here’s a collage of the transformation….
Blue Court Transformation. Click on image for larger..
….and a link to a Google Photos Gallery of the Court between 2:30 and 8:30…
DofE Reception Doubles Exhibition Match…
…as streamed by CURTC’s Stream Team, Thursday January 18th. The Doubles Exhibition Match featured Ed Kay and Matt Shaw vs Ed Hyde & Alex Evans from broadcast from Cambridge’s 151 and a bit year old Green Court.
Update: Apologies the streaming gremlins hogged the audio for the relay on the Blue Court and failed to leave anything for the stream….
DofE Car Wash
On a very chilly Saturday morning, four of our intrepid juniors, led by Kees, washed nine of the Members’ cars. These ranged from fairly new looking and shiny to those which had clearly been ragging their motors round the field in preparation for the big day! Once Kees was up and running with his new toy, the power hose, none of the above proved too much for the juniors and a veritable feast of scrubbing, polishing and rinsing began. Many thanks all the juniors (Jim, Bella, Etienne and Andrew) for participating with such good humour, and to those members who gave so generously and patiently to our initiative (Andy, Christie, Doug, Peter, Stuart, Will’s Mum, Paul, Tom and Sue). Special mention to Jim who survived the entire day! The juniors raised a total of £170 for the D of E, which will be presented to HRH The Earl of Wessex on Thursday, alongside the juniors’ other fundraising efforts.
The Dutch visit the Home of Real Tennis
On their annual trip to Cambridge, the Dutch showed that ‘no Court’ is ‘no Problem’ as they won the match 7-4. 
Match result (missing Cambridge salvaging a bit of pride in the last Doubles) and John Trapp (missing from the above).
The Dutch 7 -4 CURTC
John Trapp, away cooking dinner
 The Dutch, 6/1/2018 |
 CURTC, 6/1/2018 |
 Part 3! |
 Part 4!! |
Click on the Thumbnails for much larger images!
and finally a link to a Google Photos gallery containing the photos in the collages above….
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