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News Menu Draws and Fixtures All the latest from the world of Rackets. News Archive Look through our past news items, going back a full four years: 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 Ask Your Question If you've a specific question - ask the Rackets.co.uk Team. ............................................ Specialist Links Sponsorship We provide promotion & sponsorship opportunities to suitable companies. Site Terms Our complete terms of use.	Fortune Favoured by Bold Tactic. Will Fortune of Harrow won a remarkable victory in the final of the Foster Cup, recovering from two match points down to beat James Rock of Cheltenham by three games to two, 8/15,5/15,17/16,15/4,15/13. At 6/11 down in the third game none of the spectators gave Fortune any chance and despite a good fight back to 9/12 the game seemed to be over. At this point, Fortune started to serve an underarm twist Real Tennis from the left hand service box and levelled the scores at 12/12 as Rock struggled to read the spin. Rock then put him out and took the next two points to have Championship James Rock Charles Hue Williams Will Fortune point. Fortune put him out in turn and won the next 3 points to to go one up in the set to 3. Rock made a good return off a not very penetrating serve, won the next two points to set up his second match point but was unable to convert it and having got back in the box Fortune served another underarm twist to set up his first game point and made sure of the game with another ace. Will continued to vary his serve in the next game and this combined with his much more decisive play during the rallies was successful at unsettling James and the Harrovian went from 4/3 to 8/3 in one hand and lost only one more point in taking the game 15/4. Fortune stuck to these successful tactics in the deciding fifth game taking an 8/2 lead before the Cheltonian who never gave up came back in one hand to level the score at 8/8. Fortune then went to 13/8 in his next hand but Rock came back again to 12/13 and then Fortune having put him out reached match point only to be denied by an excellent return but having conceded one more point he took the Championship on his next serve. The Renny Cup was won by Andrew Stout from Cheltenham who defeated Etonian James Rowland-Clark in five close games 14/16,15/10,11/15,15/6,15/11. The Incledon-Webber [Colts] was won by Harrow's Sam Northeast who beat James Gibbor [St Paul's] 8/15,15/12,15/7,15/2. c James Gibbor 'Beau' Agate Sam Northeast The Jim Dear Cup for Junior Colts was won by Dan Shiner [Cheltenham] who put up a very mature performance in coming back from one game down to beat Henry Nicholls [Eton], who had played really well to take the first game, 3/15,15/9,15/1. Draws Other Links ....................................................................................................................................... Read About The History Of Rackets From its roots of a game played outside taverns, through to the modern game. About The Past Champions The past and present leading players of the game. Find Out The Latest Results In The World Of Rackets All the results, fixtures and draws for the UK game.