Oratory Kids Top Guns !

With Bryn's coaching the Oratory kids club players are improving with each week that passes. The video shows a few clips of them in action - its nearly 7 minutes long so be patient ( all those who attended last week are in there somewhere !). Most important however is that everyone is having fun and enjoying the game. The smiling faces tell their own story.

Rob Fahy featured in Telegraph Sport

Real Tennis & The Core

Tom has been working on 'Real Tennis & The Core' - a presentation on why core training is so important for real tennis. It includes information on anatomy and physiology, and some exercises to improve your core stability/mobility for real tennis.

Follow the link below and click on the blue sound icon in the bottom right hand corner for commentary.

http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/RealTennis_files/frame.htm

Jonners & Julie's Farewell Evening

Click on this link for more pictures from Jonners & Julie's Farewell Dinner

Here is the moment when Jonners & Julie arrived to be suprised by nearly 200 friends, professionals and supporters from the world of Real Tennis. Most suprising however was probably the lifesize cardboard cutout of Jonners waiting to greet visitors.

The old court in Bordeaux

In October 2007, a group from The Oratory took Jonners to visit Bordeaux. They found what is left of the original court which was sold in the mid 60's and the site converted into a cinema which has now been demolished in preparation for a supermarket! Roman remains have been discovered at the site so further re-building has been postponed while further excavation is undertaken.
Fortunately, Tim Tomalin was on hand with his camera to capture what may become the final pictures of this court.

Oratory Launch Newsletter - "Real Matters"

Mark & Tom have released the 1st issue of Real Matters the Oratory Real Tennis Club Newsletter. Click on the image to download. Featured In this Issue :-

• Farewell Jonners
• Fitness Corner
• Club News
• Junior Section
• French Open
• Diary Dates