Category: Sport
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The fourth and final day of the Easter Weekend Tournament saw me competing in Mixed Doubles with my partner Ivanka Kuric. The strange thing about the last day is the more successful you are the worst you will be physically and your drive home will be about an hour longer due to increased traffic. Being…
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After the five matches yesterday I wasn’t scheduled for any matches today. I did get to experience Erin’s excitement that it was Easter and time for chocolate! This left the rest of the day to enjoy the chocolate and hear about Andrew’s excellent B Grade Singles win from yesterday. I did get a chance to…
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Today saw me playing 5 sets as I progressed in the D Grade singles to my first final after 12 previous attempts. D Grade Singles Semi Final – Andrew Robertson 8-7 (7-2 tie break) Final – Jordan Forbes 3-8 C Grade Doubles (w Leon Roche) Steve Lloyd / Scott Matheson 7-2 Joe Thorpe / Kyle…
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Good Friday saw me back at Myrtleford for the local tennis tournament which I have been attending since 1999. This was a real family affair as I’m staying at a local hotel with my mother (Helen), brother (Jason), sister (Kara), brother-in-law (Jason) and niece (Erin) in a family room with my nephew Andrew and his…
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On a warm Saturday my Men’s B Grade team won our grand final against East Coburg by 14 games. Andrew (my nephew), Tony Hendy, Cameron Hendy and Nick Norman carried the day against a very strong former A grade team. East Coburg dominated the competition only losing 1 match (to us) and having…
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I had a great time today at the Australian Tennis Open 2008 with Andrew and my sister Kara. Found out my serve speed is 127 kph, on his second attempt Andrew managed to get a serve at 160 kph but I say his average speed when trying to hit hard is 140 kph. With…
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Well on Wednesday night we played our big Grand Final in B Reserve 2. Unfortunately we went down very badly on the scoreboard. Last season we finished top with one loss and then lost the semi-final on sets (i.e. a draw). This year we finished top with two losses in a higher grade,…
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Last night my tennis team managed to win our mixed B Reserve 2 grade semi-final by 2 games, meaning next week we have a Grand Final. My nephew Andrew and myself won our men’s set 6-0 our first 6-0 score of the season. In the end we had to win the last mixed…
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Yesterday I played and lost in a tennis semi-final but in an important way felt a winner. We played the top team in B Special 3 Men’s tennis (we finished 4th). This team had not let anyone get within 15 games during the season (out of 48 maximum, 6 sets of 8 games)…
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