The Dedanists' Foundation

Great to see a growing female group playing so well.. hopefully a regular flow of new girls joining and playing to come.

Progress is being made but this is urgent so please sign this and give any support you can ASAP.

Sign the Petition Save Our Court - Middlesex University Real Tennis Club

The Executive body of Middlesex University have told the club they intend to close our Real Tennis court, giving us 4 years notice once their decision has been ratified by the Governing Body of the University on 17th January.

The club is appealing to the Governing Body of the University to reverse the decision by the Executive to close the court.

Please click on the link below and sign our petition to try to save our court!

Have your say by leaving your statement in the comments section! A copy of our appeal is in the link below, which will give you background on what our club does for the University, and the stated grounds for this decision.

The Club are contacting all in the Real Tennis world who could possibly help.

If you have played at or had any other experience of being at THE MIDDELSEX court and can give a testimonial please do so. All testimonials will be shown to the university and are priceless!!

https://www.change.org/p/save-our-court-middlesex-university-real-tennis-club/

Please share the link as much as you can and spread the word to your members and if a University Real Tennis Club please ask your University team captain to circulate to their student teams. Every signature counts!

This is really urgent as our appeal with the petition needs to go to the Governing Body by Friday 7th January. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Yours in Tennis,

Nick Hamilton

Sign the Petition Save Our Court - Middlesex University Real Tennis Club

Calling all girls…It is not to late to sign up. Very exciting for the Oratory to be hosting this Girls’ Rackets camp next week, perfect opportunity to try new sports, meet new friends and work on those rackets skills! Last few spots remaining so get in touch!

Please share with all those aspiring you lady players. Great opportunity to have the world champions coach our future potential lady champions Take advantage of this great opportunity.

Oratory is thrilled to have the famous Champagne House Pol Roger very kindly supporting the hotly anticipated upcoming World Championship Eliminator on the 27th and 29th January.
Dedan and Dedan Gallery seats include Champagne Pol Roger reception, dinner and drinks all evening. Come and enjoy some fantastic tennis between Camden Scott Riviere And Nicky Howell. Tickets available via [email protected]. Thank you Pol Roger for all your continued support of Real Tennis,

GB Juniors vs Queens

A team of juniors travelled to London on sunday for the annual fixture against the Queens Club.

There was some really impressive tennis displayed by both teams throughout the day, with Queens winning the match 4/1

Results

James Rossiter v Rory Musgrave
(love-owe15) 4/6 4/6

Max Trueman & James Medlow v George Nodder and Rory Musgrave (level) 2/6 4/6

Henry Henman v Nick Summerlin (level) 6/3 6/3

Magnus Garson & Max Jones v George Bretten & Tom Symonds (level) 2/6 4/6

William Flynn v Freddie Bristowe
(level) 4/6 3/6

The future is bright!

The 2019 British Junior Open Championships Finalists

What a weekend of Tennis!

Inspirational matchplay in the British Junior Open Championships finals today.

In the Under 12s Max Warner & George Jameson displayed tennis way beyond their years, with Max becoming the youngest ever to take the title at only 8 1/2 years old!

In the Under 14s Bertie Vallat & Henry Henman showed similar maturity of play. With Bertie taking the title.

Henry subsequently was named as the recipient of the Nat Duncan Trophy and Racket, which was presented by Jim & Nora Duncan, in memory of their son Nat.

In the Under 16s Max Trueman & clubmate James Medlow offered a repeat of the Under 14s final of 2018. With James showing stronger character and determination this year and reversing the result from last year to take the 2019 title.

In the Under 18s Patrick Smart made a very strong start, taking a one set lead against William Flynn. William wasn't going to give up without a fight though and casting initial nerves aside took the next 12 of 13 games to win the next 2 sets and the Under 18s title.

Thanks to Paul Weaver for his passion and organisation of the event, to Queens Club for hosting the tournamnent, but most of all to the 37 stars of the present and future of the game.

The future of Real Tennis continues to get brighter!