Being such a massive tennis fan, the chance to be on the same court as tennis sensation Martina Hingis can’t really be ignored. The middle Sunday of the Wimbledon fortnight finds us at the Wimbledon Club (opposite the AELTC) for a day of tennis at the invitation of Maui Jim. We were to be coached by […]
9 things you didn’t know about Wimbledon
250 Ball boys and ball girls are selected from 750 applicants and they start training in February every year. 23 tonnes of strawberries are served every year, laid end to end someone worked out that this would stretch about 60km. About 55,000 balls are used in the Championships and they are changed after the first […]
The Wimbledon Championships – The Best of the Tennis Majors
I love tennis and I think Wimbledon is the best of the Grand Slam competitions, even the BBC commentators agree with me. The only problem with Wimbledon is how difficult it is to get tickets. You can apply for the ballot, you can buy some very expensive hospitality tickets or you can queue and hope […]