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.
In the Handicapped Mixed, Alex Manton-Jones and Olivia Chesser battled through a tough semi-final against the heavily handicapped pairing of Rory Giddins and Eve Shenkman, setting up a final that typified what handicap tennis is all about. The match against James Denham and Mei Whattam was marked by Olivia’s pinpoint accuracy at finding the dedans…
The two annual tennis fixtures against the School, that together make up the Hanson Cup, were once again hugely successful and well-attended. The first leg on 20 May, usually held at The Queen’s Club, was this year played at the Eton courts with supper afterwards at The Boatman in Windsor. The keeper of tennis, Marcus…
Sadly this year, the OE’s returned to a habit of years bygone – defeat at the hands of Oxford. It was however a battling defeat, and much closer than the overall 4-1 scoreline would suggest. Much like the recent GB defeat to New Zealand in the America’s cup, Oxford built up a commanding lead that…
The Autumn Weekend 2024 saw some ferocious sporting battles being played out over the course of two days and a Friday evening. Here are a few of the highlights and the much anticipated professional photos from 2024: The real tennis tournaments this year proved to be extremely popular, with the handicap singles gaining…
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…
