One of the largest and most active OE Clubs with over 1,000 current members. We welcome OE Lawn Tennis, Rackets, Squash, Real Tennis and Padel Tennis players of all standards.
Join the Old Etonian Racquets & Tennis Club to continue to play your favourite racquets sports after you leave school and be involved in a number of social events across the year.
Sunday 24th saw the return of the Old Etonians to Bristol, captained by Julian Hemming. The first match saw a refreshing pair of youngsters on court, Luke Sutor and Wilf Walker (Old Etonian and BRTC member). The ‘show’ match of the day didn’t disappoint with some fantastic retrieving from both players making it look all to…
Cheltenham Week proved a major distraction to the Harrow ranks in 2024. Harrow managed, with a little help from a couple of OEs (!), to seize back the trophy. Great fun anyway, so well done to all. Author: James Cane
The 2024 real tennis tour of the South-West took place over the weekend of March 9th-10th, playing The Hyde on Saturday, and Canford on Sunday, with the fortunate tourists very kindly hosted on Saturday night by Judith and Andrew Hussey (CAI ’79), in their beautiful home in Dorset. Non-playing Captain Andrew generously liberated some magnificent…
It was an honour to join the ranks of the OETRC as a first time player at the personal request of J.Bingham and to be placed under the enthusiastic tutelage of B.Bygott-Webb. We found ourselves well-matched against the MCC with some aggressive, unconventional shot selection proving difficult at first for our opponents to manage. Eton…
At the age of 99, Leonid Stanislavskyi is one of the oldest tennis players in the world. He’s also one of the world’s oldest refugees. Two years ago he escaped as bombs fell on the city of Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine. Now, to celebrate his 100th birthday Leonid wants to go home. The over 90s…
Prior to the match, we had the bad news that Andrew Davis, Oxford professional, had been diagnosed with a serious illness. Andrew is much liked by our players, and he has been an absolute stalwart, dedicating his time on Sundays to look after our OE team, going back many years. Fortunately, Andrew has a very…
OER&TC real tennis continues to flourish with a win in the Henry Leaf (old boys real tennis championship at Queen’s Club) hot off the press on 16 October 2023. Jamie and Rory Giddins retained their title for the third time, this year beating Hayling College in a clinical match. Henry Leaf finalists Jamie Giddins and…
The Autumn Weekend 2023 saw some ferocious battles during a couple of days of perfect weather. Here are a few of the highlights and the much anticipated professional photos from 2023: Salil Navurpurkar (also winner of the singles) and Nixon bullied the lawn tennis open final against Seely and Bygott-Webb after a tyrannical…
What a difference a year makes. The fourth real tennis match at Lord’s between the OER&TC and Harrow for the Wellesley Trophy in 2022 had taken place amidst dismay and controversy. The tennis match, first played in 2005 on the 200th anniversary of the first Eton v Harrow cricket match, had been designed to showcase…
The two annual tennis fixtures against the school were a roaring success, and a great showcase for Eton and OE tennis. OE vs School, Queens Club (2nd May) Report to be added 1. George Nixon + Salil Navapurkar 2. Roly Denman + Matt Readman 3. Julius M-Jones + Alex M-Jones 4. Jack W-Cohen + Dominic…
