On Wednesday 4th October Tom and Louis along with 6 PHTC members travelled up to Cambridge to have a tour of the Gray’s Factory. It was absolutely fascinating to see the 4 craftsmen at work. The rackets start with about 2 or 3 bits of wood, then go through some 60 odd processes to create the racket we love and use today. The PHTC group then headed over to the Cambridge club to play some doubles before watching Tom and Louis take on Cambridge in Division 1 of the National League. Louis beat Alex Evans 6/0, 6/4, Tom lost out to Ed kay 3/6 4/6 and they lost the doubles 8/5 with some very good tennis on show. A huge thank you to Martin and his team at Grays for showing us around and giving us an insight into how a real tennis racket is made. If you would be interested in doing a tour, do let us know and we will try and arrange a trip for you.
I worked in the offices of Grays of Cambridge from 1955-6 and I’m so delighted that you are still a flourishing business.
My vividest memory of my time there is the South African Tour players on their visit to the Factory, I still have a photo of them in their long raincoats!
I have lived in Canada for nearly 50 years but I am still an avid follower of cricket and tennis.
Best wishes, Gillian Fisher