{"id":3661,"date":"2026-10-20T11:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:43:40","slug":"sad-news-passing-of-raymond-butterworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/index.php\/2026\/10\/sad-news-passing-of-raymond-butterworth\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad News &#8211; Passing of Raymond Butterworth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>It is with great sadness that I write to inform you of the passing of Raymond Butterworth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raymond was a member of Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club for over 70 years and a hugely respected and much-loved figure. He represented the club as a first-team player and captain during the 1950s and 1960s, was a former Club Champion, and was renowned for his vicious slice backhand and exceptional court craft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raymond was also a keen squash player and captained the Glamorgan team for many years. He was a highly accomplished player who also represented Wales at full cap level on several occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even after retiring from competitive tennis, Raymond continued to be a familiar presence at the club. For many years, he could be found there at lunchtime, enjoying coffee with friends and sharing stories. His memory, knowledge of tennis and recollection of results from over seven decades were second to none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raymond also served on the committee for many years and remained a Club Trustee until his passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A true, well-spoken gentleman, kind and respected by all who knew him, Raymond will be fondly remembered at Cardiff LTC and greatly missed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great sadness that I write to inform you of the passing of Raymond Butterworth.<\/p>\n<p>Raymond was a member of Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club for over 70 years and a hugely respected and much-loved figure. He represented the club as a first-team player and captain during the 1950s and 1960s, was a former Club Champion, and was renowned for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3662,"href":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661\/revisions\/3662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cardifflawntennisclub.co.uk\/cltc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}