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Category: Sport

  • Australian Tennis Open 2008

    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…

  • Losing Tennis Final

    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,…

  • Tennis Victory!

    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…

  • That high feeling

    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)…