Holyport Real Tennis Club

🏆 HOLYPORT BOWL 2026 🏆

Holyport's Annual Open Doubles Tournament!
One of the best social tournaments on the calendar!

Handicap doubles tournament over 3 days split into A grade and B Grade. Handicap cut off as a pair is 60. 

Friday 11th September - Sunday 13th September

Entries close August 24th
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While Competitive play is occuring on the court we will have a Casino Night Entertainment on the Friday

Then one of the biggest highlights of the weekend will be a superb tournament dinner at Les Lions Polo Club on Saturday 12th September.  Arrival is 1845, with food served from 1930. Attendees will be enjoy an extensive buffet with meat and veggie options . Players receive a dinner ticket as part of their entry, guests are encouraged to join, with under 16s going free. Les Lions bar will be open for additional drinks.

Light lunch will be provided on Saturday & Sunday for £5 a head, but will be included for any players who purchase the “Full Tournament Ticket”.

🏆 A fantastic weekend for Holyport at the prestigious King's Goblet tournament at Hampton Court! 👑🎾

We are incredibly proud of our members who flew the Holyport flag so brilliantly on one of the sport's biggest stages.

🥇 Neil Harrison-Smith & George Fowler were crowned King's Goblet Champions after a superb campaign.

👏 Mac Harrison-Smith and Sara Lambie also enjoyed excellent runs, reaching the semi-finals.

⭐ As if that wasn't enough, Neil Harrison-Smith was awarded the tournament MVP award, recognising an outstanding all-round performance throughout the event.

🏆 Neil then completed a remarkable weekend by winning the Chalice Pro-Am Challenge alongside Max Wetton.

Congratulations to Neil, George, Mac and Sara — and thank you for making us proud! Fantastic tournament and great organisation from our friends at Hampton Court 👏

🏆 Bathurst Cup 2026 - Women 🏆

Today is the start of the Bathurst Cup, with team GB facing Rest Of the World in Paris.
Matches are streamed live on YouTube [https://youtube.com/].

We are super proud to have 2 Holyport members in the British squad : Katherine Carney and Nicola Dodle 👏
Best of luck!!

What a fantastic Finals Day at Holyport today — a great celebration of real tennis and of our club community.
Members gathered to watch three excellent finals.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the day feel so special, especially Jill, Paul and Neil from the committee. Well done also to our new pro Alex, and to Ged, for marking such great matches, and to Jon for the photos and drone videos.

Congratulations to today's winners and finalists:

Handicap Singles
Winner: Alex Stobbs
Finalist: Neil Harrison-Smith

Club Doubles
Winners: Algie Nottingham & Richard Lawrence
Finalists: Andy Keeley & Nick Baker

Club Singles
Winner: Algie Nottingham
Finalist: Max Warner

The Junior Championship final between Robert Blizzard and Algie Nottingham will be played at a further date.

We also took the opportunity to recognise some of the club’s other tournament winners and award recipients, full list below:

Category B
Winner: Richard Lawrence
Finalist: Mark Candlish

Category C
Winner: Paul Harniess

Category D
Winner: Emily Elmitt
Finalist: Giles Triffit

Category E
Winner: Mac Harrison-Smith
Finalist: Simon Heywood

Category F
Winner: Mac Harrison-Smith
Finalist: Lawrence Gee

Christmas Doubles
Winners: Neil Harrison-Smith & Andy Parkinson
Finalists: Paul Harniess & Peter Stonor

Hangover Doubles
Winners: Simon Heywood & Giles Triffit
Finalists: Richard Lawrence & Neil Harrison-Smith

Generations Doubles
Winners: Mike Skjott & Alfie Norris
Finalists: Sian Evans & Sidney Norris

Bandit Cup
Winners: Charles Bartlett & Lawrence Gee
Finalists: Sarah Lambie & Harry Rusher

Holyport Bowl A
Winners: Nicola Doble & Robert Blizzard
Finalists: Neil Harrison-Smith & Jim Brough

Holyport Bowl B
Winners: Christopher Figg & Simon Heywood
Finalists: Luisa Ballach & Dan Worboys

Most Improved Player — Richard Lawrence
Most Improved Junior Player — Mac Harrison-Smith

Member of the Year - Jill Newby

Mark Piper Award (most bookings) - Katherine Carney

A brilliant day for the club — congratulations again to everyone who played, supported, organised and helped make it happen!




Chasing the Hazard

🏆 HOLYPORT FINALS DAY 🏆
Saturday 9th May, from 9am

Come and watch some great tennis and exciting finals, followed by the trophies for the season.
Light food and refreshments will be available.

Please confirm attendance to Alex, all welcome!

⭐ New Head Pro. New chapter. Same great club. ⭐

We’re delighted to introduce our new Head Professional, Alex Machin.

Joining us from Radley, Alex brings a wealth of experience, a left-handed game, and a passion for developing players of all levels. We’re excited to see him build on the club’s fantastic momentum and take Holyport into its next chapter.

A big thank you to Josh King for his incredible contribution over the past few years — from growing our thriving junior section to shaping the spirit of the club today. We wish him every success in his next adventure at Leamington.

👋 Be sure to say hello to Alex on court soon, and even better book a lesson!

🏆 PLH Trophy 🏆
Great junior match today hosting
The visitors won 5/1 but each game was close and we are super proud of the next generation of talented players at Holyport!

Many congratulations to Holyport Real Tennis Club member Ed Popplewell, finalist in the over-60s category at the World Masters in Australia, only losing 6/4 in the 3rd set 👏

The club was super proud to be represented by so many excellent players at the World Masters, 2 weeks of exciting competitions (Team, Doubles, Singles) for players over 50 y.o., across 4 different real tennis clubs in Australie 🇦🇺

Tennis & Rackets Association
The Royal Melbourne Tennis Club
Australian Real Tennis Association