Callum Grier (C 08-13) and Charles Whitworth (C 79-84) clinched a fourth win for Rugby in the annual public schools alumni real tennis tournament hosted by Middlesex University (April 10th-13th), defeating Harrow 5-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the final and adding their names to those of previous OR pairings Fred Satow & Robin Geffen, Richard Bray & Oliver Buckley, and Rupert Derham & Hugh Pemberton. 

Playing the qualifying rounds on Friday evening, Callum and Charles recorded solid wins over Eton and Haileybury, and despite a narrow loss to The Leys School, this was enough to secure them a semi-final place on Sunday morning against Sherborne. Making a quick start to the semi-final, they secured the first set 6-2 before making rather heavy weather of the second set, sneaking over the line 6-5. 

Thanks are due to the T&RA for backing the event and to Paul Cattermull for so generously sponsoring and personally hosting the weekend, as well as the delightful pros at MURTC (Will Burns and assistant Jack Carter) for overseeing fair play and marking the matches.