Shiplake Football Club Shiplake FC was established in 2004 as a community led football club, initially as an under-11 team. Now an under-13 team playing in Division 2 of the South Chiltern Minor League, the team is affiliated with the Oxfordshire FA. The current squad comprises 24 boys who are actively supported at their matches by many of the parents. Games take place on Sundays with training on Saturday mornings and Thursday evenings in the summer. The team finished 8th in their first season, 4th last season and won the 2005/6 League Cup as well as the Wokingham 5-a-side trophy. Visits are made to Reading FC to support them and build relationships there and one of the highlights of the season is a parents versus boys match. Trips for pizzas are also on the calendar! Secretary Cosima Wagner (07799 773296) would be delighted to hear from anyone suitably qualified to enable the current age groupings to be widened, or who would just like to become involved in helping out.
Shiplake Tennis Club Shiplake Tennis Club has been in existence since 1929. However, playing activities were suspended during the first world war and the club declined over the following years due to the poor state of the original grass courts. Thankfully, it was revived in 1969 by a group of enthusiastic local tennis players, who as a result of fund raising, converted the grass courts into hard courts in 1971. Since this time the club has steadily grown to the thriving membership we now enjoy today. The club is full to capacity at just over 350 members, a staggering 150 of which are juniors. The club is proud to have a particularly strong junior membership. Coaching starts from 5 years up and the club struggles to keep up with demand, the past few years seeing a waiting list for new juniors. Recently, in partnership with Shiplake College coaching for teenagers has now been offered using their floodlit courts during the week. This enables, for the first time, year round coaching for all junior members. Due to the high quality of coaching our juniors regularly compete in Oxfordshire LTA events and, over the past few years, have taken part in the finals of mini events. This link will take you directly to the website of the Tennis Club: http://www.shiplaketc.org