Hello, and welcome to the Executioners Club.

Our 2011/12 season is now officially under way, having started at the beginning of September '11, and our regular Wednesday night sessions at St Paul’s School, Barnes, are are in full swing. Do come and join us.

Alternatively, if you'd like to know more about the club or the game, or want to get in touch with the committee, please click on the Contact Us, About Us or History links above. We're always keen to welcome new members to the club, so whether you're a lapsed player of the game or newly moved to London, we'd love to see you on court...

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LATEST NEWS

(Previous news can be found using the link at the bottom of the page)

December 14th - Just when we thought the year could get no better, the club had a superb day at the President's Cup. No less than six club members played in what is traditionally seen as the season's most gruelling event - and four reached finals. In the T-Pot, Richard Dyke teamed up with Derby's Max Frost to beat Andy Pringle and Charles Lamb, but pride of place goes to Guy Matthews (right): playing with fellow Old Blue Luke Thomson, he won the President's Cup itself - a superb achievement. 

December 6th - The club can look back on a very successful few months in the run-up to Xmas 2011. Occasional Executioner Will Ellison continued his superb run of form, finishing as Singles runner-up in the London Open, West of England Championships and the big one - the National Championships. Here, Tom Maconie also did very well, reaching the quarter-finals, where he lost narrowly to national number 3, Dan Tristao. Will also retained his Yorkshire Open Doubles Championship, while Andy Pringle performed well with Manchester's John Minta (left - in black) to reach the final of the West of England Doubles Championship.

July 13th - Despite the fact that the club is yet to have its end-of-season tournament, plenty of members went to the first RFA event of the 2011/12 season - the South West Open - and a good time was had by all. Will Ellison (who we claim as one of our own, as he's paid a sub!) won the singles championship, and then went on to win the doubles with Marcus Bate, who's definitely one of us. At the same time, Jay Gravatt did well to win the singles plate, while Andy Pringle and Tom Dean reached the semi-finals of the doubles, where they lost to a pair including Chris Burrows. 

March 14th - The club's members proved themselves very adept at Winchester Fives in the recent National Championships. Occasional Executioner Will Ellison won the men's doubles title with Hal Mohammed for the third year on the trot, while Andy Pringle (pictured, right, with partner Gareth Price) picked up the Plate. However, pride of place goes to Alex Steel and Anita Ganguly, who won the ladies national doubles title after Alex had been runner-up in the singles. 

February 1st - All too often we concentrate on the men at the club, so we're delighted to report some great success for our ladies in the 2010 Ladies Championships, which were played in January 2011 after being postponed from December because of the snow. Alex Steel reached the semi-finals of the singles, where she only lost after a truly magnificent game against Kathleen Briednhann. However, she and Anita Ganguly went one better in the doubles, reaching the final. And, although they lost, they put up a very creditable performance against the nine-times champions, who have been unbeaten in this competition since 1999.