With July now upon us, it's time to turn our attention to the UK Pro Doubles championship. Prested are proud to be hosting the UK Professional Doubles for the 3rd time. Kicking off Weds 11th July at midday, 10 pairings will battle it out with the final on Saturday 14th July. Not only have we got our own World Champion Rob
Prested Hall In Essex Life Magazine Did you miss us in the July edition of Essex Life? The premier glossy magazine for Essex covered Rob Fahey, Prested's very own World Champion in a wonderful 4 page feature. If you missed it, click the image below to download the PDF. Essex Life PDF Rob feature We're passionate about racket sports here at
May 2018 He's done it! Rob Fahey won the World Championship at Queens Club on Saturday 28th April 2018 after a knuckle-biting three day battle against Camden Riviere. The world challenge started on Tuesday 24th April with 4 sets played of a possible 13 sets. At the end of some of the most exciting tennis ever seen Riviere led by
The last week of April 2018 saw real tennis history being made at Queens Club, with Prested's Rob Fahey playing three days of amazing world class tennis against opponent Camden Riviere. Rob was real tennis world champion from 1994 to 2016 when he was unseated by Riviere. Since then, Rob has been training hard at Prested with wife
16th July 2018 16th July 2018 was a momentous day for Real Tennis at Prested. Honoured to be visited by HRH the Earl of Wessex as part of his 2018 Real Tennis Challenge, our fantastic team got together over 80 local youngsters all keen to learn a bit more about the sport. The Earl arrived by helicopter from his home
Prested's own in-house real tennis professionals, Rob & Clare Fahey didn't let jetlag stop them when they reached Hobart for the Brave 2018 Australian Open. In fact, Team Fahey smashed the competition, and won both the Men's singles and doubles, and Women's singles and doubles (so pretty much everything there was to be won). We're thrilled for Rob
We're always being asked how did Prested end up as a Real Tennis Racket Club, so here is a potted history of how we came to be. After years of searching for a site, and after a few failed attempts, we finally found the perfect location in early 1994, a semi derelict manor (Prested Hall) with planning permission
Prested Hall Real Tennis Club has appointed Rob Fahey MBE and his wife Claire as the head professionals. The pair have dominated the sport of Real Tennis in recent years. Rob, who was world champion for an astonishing 22 consecutive years (only to lose his crown in May 2016) is considered the greatest ever player. His wife Claire, from Inworth, started playing at Prested aged 12, and
Blake's Old Racket (handicap doubles with a family member/relation). We had 13 pairs including a junior section battling it out for the title. A huge congratulations to Archie and Colin Sprott, who played faultless tennis all day and were victorious in the final - winning a nail biter, 6/5 against Hannah & Vince Lucey. Well done to
If you would like to view the matches please visit our YouTube Channel: Prested Hall Tennis & Hotel This event proved to be one of the most exciting and closest ever in terms of world class tournaments. It had everything, including, according to the many cognoscenti present,, the best doubles tennis ever. In the last game of the semi-final
