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The 2003 IRTA Championship, sponsored
by Investor Select Advisors,
consisted of heats, semi-finals, and finals for the main Open
tournament, as well as friendly doubles games and some instruction
for newcomers to the game. Our final programme for the
weekend was as follows.
| Saturday (31st May) | |
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| 10.00am |
Welcome (Nick Ponsford) |
| 10.05am |
Introduction to the game and demonstration |
| 10.30am |
Beginners' session |
| 11.00am |
First session of heats |
| 1.00pm |
Friendly doubles game |
| 1.30pm |
Second session of heats |
| 3.30pm |
Friendly doubles game |
| 4.00pm |
Third session of heats |
| Sunday (1st June) | |
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| 9.00am |
Beginners' session |
| 10.00am |
Friendly doubles game |
| 10.30am |
Fourth session of heats / Irish Championship |
| 12.30pm |
Talk by Brian Rich (*) / Friendly doubles game |
| 1.00pm |
First Open semi-final |
| 1.45pm |
Second Open semi-final |
| 2.30pm |
Friendly doubles game |
| 3.00pm |
Open Final |
| 4.00pm |
Presentation of trophies (Peter Probyn) |
(*) Brian Rich gave an extremely
interesting illustrated talk on the history of real
tennis. |
