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Home to the new sport of Sticky Tennis and the historic game of Real Tennis, played at HRTC since 1889. Follow the latest news from our great club.

Since 1889 Holyport Real Tennis Club has been a sporting and social hub in one of Berkshire's most picturesque villages. We host some of the world's best players, run tournaments for players of all levels, hold social events for members, family and friends, and seek to cultivate support and passion for the sport we love.

13/09/2026

🏆 HOLYPORT BOWL 2026 🎾

That’s a wrap for the Holyport Bowl 2026, our traditional season opener and Holyport’s largest open tournament.

A fantastic weekend of real tennis, with congratulations to our winners and finalists:

🏆 A Grade
Winners: Simon Constantine & Neil Harrison-Smith
Finalists: Katherine Carney & Richard Lawrence

🏆 B Grade
Winners: Rachel Hollington & George Fowler
Finalists: Julia Ballach & Dan Worboys

A huge thank you to our Head Pro Alex Machin for organising his first Holyport Bowl, Ged for marking, and Jill & Sian for keeping everyone very well fed at the club.

And a special thank you to Neil Harrison-Smith and Les Lions Polo Club for their wonderful hospitality and superb food.

Thank you to everyone who travelled to Holyport, competed, supported and helped make the weekend such a success. A brilliant way to open the 2026/27 season!

06/09/2026

The start of the 2026/27 National League season 🎾
Our division 7 team (handicap 30-35) travelled to Canford Real Tennis & Squash Club today for a convincing 2/1 win away. Thanks to Canford for hosting us!

Holyport Real Tennis Club

03/09/2026

A great start to the new season at Holyport!

It was fantastic to see our young players back on court and competing in the Junior Handicap Doubles & Singles.

🏆 Huge congratulations to Sydney & Alfred, our undefeated Junior Handicap Doubles champions, who played fantastically throughout the day!

And congratulations too to Charles Bartlett, winner of the Junior Handicap Singles, who produced a brilliant unbeaten run and didn’t lose a match all day. 🏆

A great day of junior real tennis at Holyport — well played everyone, and a brilliant way to get the new season underway!

The Dedanists' Society

Real Tennis Community

30/08/2026

🏆 WORLD CHAMPION — AGAIN! 🏆

Huge congratulations to our very own Katherine Carney, who has just won the Girls’ Junior Real Tennis World Championship at Seacourt! 🌍🎾

Katherine retains her world title, one year after being crowned Junior World Champion at Tuxedo — an incredible achievement. 👏👏

Everyone at Holyport is immensely proud of Katherine. This title is a fantastic reward for all the hard work, commitment and countless hours spent practising on court.

Back-to-back World Champion. Not bad at all!

Real Tennis Community

24/08/2026

🌍🏆 5 HOLYPORT PLAYERS AT THE JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! 🏆🌍

The 2026 World Junior Real Tennis Championships get underway tomorrow at Seacourt, and we’re incredibly proud to have five Holyport members competing!

👑 Katherine Carney — No.1 seed in the Girls’ Championship and defending Champion
🏆 Max Warner — No.1 seed and defending Boys’ World Champion
🎾 Algie Nottingham
🎾 Robert Blizzard
🎾 Alexis Besnard

A fantastic Holyport contingent on the world stage. Have fun, play well, enjoy the occasion — and bring those trophies back to Holyport! 💪

Best of luck to all five and to everyone competing at Seacourt this week.

📺 We’ll share streaming information as soon as/if it becomes available.

05/08/2026

🏆 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”.

24/06/2026

🏆 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 👏

26/05/2026

🏆 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!!

09/05/2026

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

07/05/2026

🏆 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!

Address

Holyport Street, Holyport
Maidenhead
SL62JR

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 11pm
Tuesday	8am - 11pm
Wednesday	8am - 11pm
Thursday	8am - 11pm
Friday	8am - 11pm
Saturday	8am - 11pm
Sunday	8am - 11pm

Telephone

+441628673964

Website

http://www.hrtc.co.uk/

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