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20’s Category Tournament

It was closer than it looks...

It was closer than it looks…

On Finals Day, sponsored by Hannay Robertson Financial Planning, the 20’s did battle over on the Green Court to determine their finalists. They was some great tennis but Charlie D’Oyly and Duncan Colquhon prevailed after their Group match went to 6-5 in Duncan’s favour. In the final Duncan started slowly causing one DeDans wag to exclaim, ‘Duncan’s Done’. But he clawed back to 6-7 from 2-5 and had a point to draw level. But Charlie was not to be denied his place on the 2016 Honours board. Some photos, per chance?

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CURTC Finals Day sponsored by Hannay Roberston Financial Planning, Saturday March 12th

!!Congratulations to Hugh, Grattan, Chris, Venetia and Charlie!! Duncan Hannay Robertson Financial PlanningCategory Tournament Finals and the 2016 CURTC Ladies Championship will be contested on the Blue Court starting at 10:30am, Saturday, March 12th

60+10:30Hugh Markus vs Richard Bowers
50's11:20Grattan MacGiffin vs Robin Faux
40's12:10Chris Schramm vs Paul Brown
CURTC Ladies13:00Linda Fairbrother vs Venetia D'Arcy
20's14:15Charles D'Oyly vs Duncan Colquhon
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Good Friday just got (even) Better…

Jamie & Ed, Neil Mackenzie & Darren Long (Manchester)

Jamie & Ed, Neil Mackenzie & Darren Long (Manchester)

… as Cambridge defeated Manchester in Division 1 of the National League. This means they win the round-robin stage and will host a (or the) final. Ed was in supreme form as Darren Long was swept away after a tight 1st set by a combination of power and retrieval. Jamie also seemed to be cruising through the 2nd set (prompting a certain professional to be say the Doubles would be starting in 10 minutes…) before Neil Mackenzie struck (literally) back to take it. Cool as ever Jamie tuned down the power and turned up the finesse to win in three sets, complete his undefeated year and confirm his MVP status for the Division. (The Doubles didn’t seem to be going as planned when I left). Congratulations! Read More

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Varsity Report: Seconds 2016, March 4-6, Oxford

Following on from the epic success of the first team last weekend at Lord’s, the seconds were not to be outdone and performed outstandingly in Oxford at the weekend. CURTC launched two formidable teams at the enemy, led by fearless captains Jimmy ‘the beard’ Campbell and Amanda ‘stockings’ Murphy.

The Cambridge teams comprised, for the girls: Leah Bramwell (3), Emily Chadwick (2), Mia Lewis (4) and Amanda Murphy (1) (capt.); and for the boys: Jimmy Campell (1) (capt.), Matt Shaw (2), Oli Quarry (3) and Nick Worsnop (4).

Kees Ludekens, Oli Quarry, Matt Shaw, Jimmy Campbell, Nick Worsnop, Mia Lewis, Amanda Murphy, Leah Bramwell, Emily Chadwick

Kees Ludekens, Oli Quarry, Matt Shaw, Jimmy Campbell, Nick Worsnop, Mia Lewis, Amanda Murphy, Leah Bramwell, Emily Chadwick


Read On!!

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Top Tennis Techniques

In our never-ending quest to bring you the best of real tennis (our Green Court is 150 this year, don’t forget to sign up for the celebrations!), here are some top technicians in slow motion. Enjoy – and don’t forget to apply what you learn the next time you play.

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Cambridge-3 Queens-0 National League Div. 1

Andrew Fowler vs Ed Kay: 0/6 6/4 3/6
Ben Boddington vs Jamie Giddins: 1/6 1/6
Andrew Fowler & Ben Boddington vs Ed Kay & Jamie Giddins: 6/8
Cambridge consolidate their position as League leaders.
Next up a visit to 2nd place Oxford on March 10th. One more Home match (vs Manchester) to come.

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2nd’s Varsity – Cambridge Win: Gals 6-0, Lads 4-2

Victorious Cap'n Amanda...

Victorious Cap’n Amanda…

...and Cap'n Jimmy

…and Cap’n Jimmy

Yes, Oxford’s Court is a bit smaller….Congratulations to One and All!!

Yes, there’s more

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150 Years of Play Celebration, Deadline in <3 days

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We begin on Thursday, April 14th Schedule, Noted Guests, Entry Form & Latest

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Varsity Match: Gals win 5-1, Lads 6-0 with Report

Vix, Jamie, Alice, Ed, Venetia, Alex, Freddie

Vix, Jamie, Alice, Ed, Venetia, Alex, Freddie

Kees, Venetia, Alice, Cap'n Sophie, Bella, Vix

Kees, Venetia, Alice, Cap’n Sophie, Bella, Vix


Read on, There’s lots more…

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And … we’re back

As was probably obvious, our website was hacked. We have managed to remove the offending parts and have rebuilt it. Christie Marrian put in a lot of effort (with some help from me) to get the site back up and running.

The hacked website didn’t even fulfill what the hacker had intended: the spread of their virus progeny, as the changes to the website crashed it and brought it down. This means we probably were not targeted explicitly but were caught in the crossfire of a self-replicating virus that wasn’t quite as clever as it thought it was.

We have decided we need to tighten up on our security and our backup strategy so we can survive this sort of mishap more quickly in future; we are not able to guarantee we won’t suffer this sort of outage again, but we can hopefully make it less painful on us

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CURTC visit Hardwick House

HHRTC 2, CURTC 3

HHRTC 2, CURTC 3

The Court at Hardwick is magnificent and well worth a visit. The Court managed to be cold and sweaty (which I didn’t fully understand) but it didn’t stop a fine day of tennis. And we won 3-2!
Many thanks to our generous hosts for a splendid lunch and we look forward to seeing them here next year. Of course, Keith and I had our cameras with us

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40’s Knees-up

Clockwise from top left, Keith, Dave, Keith, Dave and Paul, Chris & Nick, Paul

Clockwise from top left, Keith, Dave, Keith, Dave and Paul, Chris & Nick, Paul

Some fine knees (and braces) were on display in the 40’s Category Tournament that occurred during the website melt-down. Glad to say there were no further injuries to add to last year’s carnage and we all survived physically (if not mentally).
Both semis went to 5 all (and one to 40 all). Congratulations to Paul Brown (who needed the tie-breaker to squeak into the semis ahead of unlucky Nick) and Chris Schramm who will compete for an elbow brace and a place on the Honours Board on Finals day (sponsored by Hannay Robertson Financial Planning), March 12th. Results & Photos

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40’s are Next!

40 Category

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50’s Category Tournament

50 Category Tournament, 2016

50 Category Tournament, 2016

Robin Faux won the key point at 5-5 and 40-all to edge Mark Law and win the right to play Grattan MacGiffin in the final of the 50 Category Tournament on Finals Day (March 12th) sponsored by Hannay Robertson Financial Planning. Grattan won the battle of the G-men in his semi-final, 6-3 over Guy Kirk. The Contestants….

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2016 Graduate Cup: It’s Started

Graduate Cup spots filling up fast!

Graduate Cup spots filling up!

Sign-Up by February 19th on the Club Noticeboard (or e-mail our fantastic pros)

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