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2022 British Player of the Month/Season Overview Thread
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So as promised, Ive done a deal with Indy and bought back the rights to the franchise. This is an overview thread where Ill summarise the PoM winners and PoS qualifiers in due course. As per last year, we will have PoM polls for Jan to Oct and then a joint one for Nov / Dec in mid Dec. PoS will take it plac...
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2022 British Player of the Season Vote - Semi Final Group 1
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Here we are with the semis for our Player of the Season vote! 6 players in each group - 3 men and 3 women in each. Top 2 from each group progress to the final, plus any ties. 48 hours to vote - this poll will close Saturday at 8 am!! Going for some late overnight action this time!! Semi 1 Eliz M...
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2022 British Player of the Season Vote - Semi Final Group 2
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Here we are with the semis for our Player of the Season vote! 6 players in each group - 3 men and 3 women in each. Top 2 from each group progress to the final, plus any ties. 48 hours to vote - this poll will close Saturday at 9.30 am!! Semi 2 Alicia Barnett/Liv NichollsAugust PoM/Briti...
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2022 British Player of the Season Vote - Round One, Group D
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The final of 4 Round One groups, 7 of 28 players. Vote for the player of these that you feel is the Player of the Season - if you feel someone in another group is more deserving, don't worry - please still vote here and we will see as the field whittles down who is the overall player of the season. There are ve...
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2022 British Player of the Season Vote - Round One, Group C
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The third of 4 Round One groups, 7 of 28 players. Vote for the player of these that you feel is the Player of the Season - if you feel someone in another group is more deserving, don't worry - please still vote here and we will see as the field whittles down who is the overall player of the season. There are ve...
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2022 Player of the Season Wild Card Vote
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We are voting for two players to get wild cards to our player of the season vote . Vote for who youd like to get the wild card For whatever reason you favour. Only one vote per person, but top two highest number of votes will get the wild cards votes will close Sunday pm at 8 pm. in event of a tie , Ill have a vo...
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2022 British Player of the Season Vote - Round One, Group B
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The second of 4 Round One groups, 7 of 28 players. Vote for the player of these that you feel is the Player of the Season - if you feel someone in another group is more deserving, don't worry - please still vote here and we will see as the field whittles down who is the overall player of the season. There are v...
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2022 British Player of the Season Vote - Round One, Group A
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NOTE - one voter mistakenly voted for Joe instead of Ryan. Hence, the votes showing in the poll above should in increased by one for Ryan and reduced for Joe by one to get the correct number of votes So, here we go. The first of 4 Round One groups, 7 of 28 players. Vote for the player of these that you feel i...
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RIP Nick Bollettieri
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At the grand age of 91, Nick Bollettieri has passed away. An amazing and 'pioneering' US tennis coach, a big character, working with a lot of the big names, but also a whole load of kids. There are lots of great tributes out there to him, not only for his coaching but also for being a good guy.
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November 2022 Player of the Month Vote
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So 48 hours to vote, that will be circa 8.45 pm Tuesday vote from the list below for the player you feel is the PoM in the final vote of 2022! 1. Matthew Rankin - for making it on to the WR rankings for the first time with a L32 in in Egypt, and still a junior.2. Jamie Murray - for reaching the milestone of 500 wi...
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2022 November Player of the Month Nominations Thread
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Last of the season - month closes on November 27th please list your nominations and some supporting reasons below!
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2022 ITF Wheelchair Tour
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New thread to record performances in wheelchair events. This week is Victoria Open, Series 1 event with $32k prizeMoney. Gordon Reid is into mens singles semis and Luch Shuker womens doubles final. next week is Melbourne Open Super Series with $45k at stake. and then the AO.
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The perils of tennis betting
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[url]https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/20/gambling-addiction-tennis-bet365-online-betting-hannah-jane-...
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Wimbledon dress-code taken a leetle too seriously !
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I know this was back in 1953, but it's still a little worrying that this was regarded as being "dressed to kill" back then ! -- Edited by Sheddie at 17:44, 2007-04-01
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2022 British Tournaments
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This is possibly aimed at Bob. I saw the LTA is partnering with padel 4tennis association and today Simon Briggs in telegraph arts about how padel is taking Spain by storm. I noticed there is a world padel tour , largely in Spain, a little in south America, but there is a tour event in bishops park in Londo...
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WTA Finals 2022
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Most low key tour finals I recall. Little publicity and venue in Fort Worth. The crowds are literally zero, no one there. Poor show by the WTA. mind, lack of women star names in top 8 doesnt help.
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2022 October Player of the Month Vote
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Here we go - I will leave this up for 48 hours so it will close Tuesday evening around 18.40 - still playing around with timings! Remember one vote per person and if you can, tell us who you voted for and why - it makes it much more interesting! And I wont pressurise or hassle too much this time!1. Giles Husse...
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2022 October Player of the Month Nominations Thread
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October is well underway and as we near middle of week 1 of 4, thought I would put the thread up This months period ends Sunday 30th October You know the score, add names below with a brief description of why you are nominating and cut and paste a new list to update the thread and keep it going over the month...
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Lots of controversy at the US Open this week about umpiring decisions. Firstly, the decision to issue a warning to Alizé Cornet for turning her top around which revealed her sports bra. (The US Open have since apologised for this) And now Lahyani's decision to come down from his chair and try and chivv...
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Arthur Ashe - Storyville Citizen Ashe
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For those who have iplayer, the bbc has a 90 minute documentary on the remarkable Arthur Ashe - it is a biopic of his life, some great tennis action but also an amazing portrayal of the life and influence in society of a black man playing and thriving in a white mans sport and in a white society. His influen...
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2022 - Favourite British Tennis Player - Poll - THE FINAL
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Here it is. One winner. If theres a tie we will have a tie break. 4 players - vote closes 8 pm Monday. Vote for your favourite -- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 17th of October 2021 04:49:51 PM -- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 27th of January 2024 10:05:17 PM
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September 2022 Player of the Month Vote
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So here we go, the player of the month poll. 12 players listed below. Vote this month will last for 3 days so until Thursday Oct 6th at 10 am!! I wont be pushing this one so much, a couple of updates a day max. As ever, if folks could comment when they vote it makes it more interesting and also prompts others to...
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2022 September Player of the Month Nominations Thread
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September starts here! This is a 5 week period and the nominations will close 2nd October, you know the process now, add the name of your nominated player below and your reasoning and then add to the list as the month continues Nominations: 1. Harriet Dart -- Edited by steven on Monday 29th of August 20...
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US College Signings and General College Chat 2021/22
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Signings for 2021 Will Nolan - Auburn- Tom Owen - Buffallo (Spring 2021)- Jamie Bixby - University of North Alabama (Spring 2021)- Conor Gannon (from Tennis Ireland) - Tennessee- Max Basing - Stanford- Matt Clegg- Drake- Sam Nicholson - University of Montana (Spring 2021)- Zach Cox - Lenoir-Rhy...
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