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The 2026 Irish Real Tennis Irish Closed ChampionshipsCambridge, UK12–13 September, 2026 |  |
Champion: Richard Ramjane
Doubles champions: Gus Anthony and William Wilks
Congratulations!
Many thanks to Cambridge University Real Tennis club for hosting our 2026 Irish Closed Championship event, in particular to Christie, Kees, and Peter. On the IRTA side, many thanks for Roland Budd for all his organisational work.
Image: Cambridge University Real Tennis Club
The Irish Championship, for the Mike Bolton Trophy, was played on the Saturday, followed by a meal in the evening in Cambridge, and then an IRTA match against the CURTC on Sunday.
Championship results
Singles
| Roland Budd (30·7) | ||||
| Budd | ||||
| 6/4 | ||||
| William Wilks (51·3) | FitzGerald | |||
| Edward FitzGerald (59·8) | 6/2 | Budd | ||
| 6/3 | ||||
| Gus Anthony (38·4) | ||||
| Sammon | ||||
| 6/1 | ||||
| Laura Neill (40·9) | Sammon | |||
| Kevin Sammon (78·5) | 6/5 | Ramjane | ||
| 6/1 | ||||
| Richard Ramjane (34·3) | ||||
| Ramjane | ||||
| 6/3 | ||||
| Giles McLoughlin (48·9) | Tetley | |||
| Dido Tetley (70·1) | 6/4 | Ramjane | ||
| 6/5 | ||||
| Stuart Kerr (37·6) | ||||
| Kerr | ||||
| 6/5 | ||||
| Mark Heffernan (43·4) | Heffernan | |||
| John Durran (76·2) | 6/0 |
Singles Plate
| Durran | Wilks | ||
| Wilks | 6/2 | Neill | |
| 6/3 | |||
| Neill | Neill | ||
| McLoughlin | 6/5 | Anthony | |
| 6/2 | |||
| FitzGerald | Heffernan | ||
| Heffernan | 6/3 | Anthony | |
| 6/1 | |||
| Anthony | Anthony | ||
| Tetley | 6/0 |
Doubles
First group
| A | B | C | TOTAL | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (matches/games) | |||||
| Roland Budd (33·2), John Durran (80·2) — A | 3 | 4 | 0/7 | ||
| Richard Ramjane (36·3), Kevin Sammon (77·7) — B | 5 | 5 | 2/10 | Winner | |
| Stuart Kerr (36·8), Dido Tetley (61·2) — C | 5 | 4 | 1/9 |
Second group
| D | E | F | TOTAL | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (matches/games) | |||||
| Mark Heffernan (39·7), Edward FitzGerald (57·0) — D | 4 | 3 | 0/7 | ||
| Gus Anthony (40·6), William Wilks (48·5) — E | 5 | 5 | 2/10 | Winner | |
| Laura Neill (44·0), Giles McLoughlin (48·1) — F | 5 | 0 | 1/5 |
Final
| Ramjane, Sammon | Anthony, Wilks |
| Anthony, Wilks | 5/3 |
Championship photos
Eligibility criteria
For reference, here are the criteria for entering the Irish Closed.
A person shall be eligible to play in the Irish Championship if
- the person holds a current Irish passport; or
- the person was born in the island of Ireland; or
- at the time of the person’s birth either parent was an Irish citizen or would if alive have been an Irish citizen; or
- the person has had one year’s continuous residence in the island of Ireland immediately before the Championship and intends to continue residence in the island of Ireland.
IRTA v CURTC match
Over the course of four doubles and seven singles matches, the headline is that the IRTA won six against CURTC's five. The full results can be found at this link:
