Time for a new section?

Bladetiger · Pro player

Time for a new section?

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

considering Arka has done a great job in updating the going ons in the juniors, i think it should have it own section BUT i think commentating on the major tournaments should be a priority rather than going all the way down grade 5! i think lower tournaments can be accepted providing alot of brits have entered the tournaments.

Salmon · Tennis legend

I think that we can do with a new section....

But there is a small problem. How do we deal with the player threads?
Like the Tara Moore one. I mean, she plays both Juniors and women's and the thread has info from both. Where do we place such threads then?

VSandhi20 wrote:

considering Arka has done a great job in updating the going ons in the juniors, i think it should have it own section BUT i think commentating on the major tournaments should be a priority rather than going all the way down grade 5! i think lower tournaments can be accepted providing alot of brits have entered the tournaments.

That's what I try to follow.

I don't post on many of the Asian and African tournaments because often they have like - one British player ranked 1898 who went out in the first round.

RobC · All-time great

I vote yes, and if people want to cover anything down to Lower Middlewich Tennis Club's Under 10s, they're welcome to - and thanks for their enthusuasm! (I won't read it, of course, but luckily diskspace is as close to free as makes no difference)

As for the Tara Moore etc threads, I suggest that we leave those in the juniors as long as a player is noteworthy because of their age (e.g. Dan Cox, whose ranking is nothing special for a British Pro player, but incredible for someone of his age), and have them in the seniors when they're noteworthy because of their seniors form (e.g. Naomi Cavaday).

That said, I can't think of any seniors who have just one thread devoted to them, so maybe best to leave in Juniors.

Salmon · Tennis legend

And if we have one section for both boys and girls there arises a problem....

How do we create tournament threads?
Do we make separate threads for boys and girls or make a single one.

If we make a single one, it'll be really mad at times. At times you can have four divisions (12s, 14s, 16s, 18s), two genders and three disciplines (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) in the same tournament in the same week!! And even in regular tournaments it will be difficult to follow four or eight different draws in the same thread.
Imagine a Wimbly thread for men and women combined.....
In Juniors there are tournaments with 19 different draws.

And it can look a bit odd if we have two threads for the same tournament in the same section. We can name them differently; but still it'll seem awkward.

-- Edited by Arka at 16:36, 2007-01-02

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I have already suggested elsewhere - can't remember where! - that the board needs some tidying, with a separate section for juniors and Tim and Greg moved to British Men.
It seems daft having Greg outside the mens section when his ranking is lower than Josh and Richard.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

One section with as many threads as we like!

Keep player profiles in juniors so we know where to find them!

Sheddie · administrator

I think this is an excellent idea and so I've created a junior tennis section. Please feel free to move existing junior threads to that section.

I'm not going to be around much on the site for the next 3 weeks unfortunately as my exams start next week and go on till Aussie Open semi-finals day

This means that plans for britishtennis.net will have to be put on hold unless someone else is willing to get it launched. There's not much more to do on it before it's ready.

There are also other problems, yesyesbadboy is still at large. Yesterday he registered as "Appy Arry" and sent several abusive pms before getting banned. He's threatening to crash this site with a virus which is slightly worrying. In my absence I'm going to appoint Drew as site administrator so that he can ban yesyesbadboy when he registers again.

I also agree with Madeline about "tidying up the site." I think the ideas which were suggested in the rankings thread a while back were great. Once I've finished, I'll look into doing that.

RobC · All-time great

Best of luck with the exams! Do pop in to let us know how they're going.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Study hard and ace them. Best of luck.

RobC · All-time great

Thought I'd Google "yesyesbadboy": He's getting quite famous:

From Murraysworld:

Name:
yesyesbadboy

Posts:
6 (0.035 per day)

Position:
Banned

Registered:
July 15, 2006, 08:51:04 PM

Active:
November 12, 2006, 01:12:14 AM

Status:
Offline

From here, of course.

From Andymurray.com (being unoffensive - 1 post)

From Richard Gasquet.net, back in August (again no problems - 2 posts)

From LAdbrokes Poker:

Alias: yesyesbadboy
Full Name: shane r.
Age: 18-25
Sex: Male
City: London
Country: UK
Occupation: Porn Star

How do you rate yourself as a player (1-10)? 8

How long have you been playing? January 06

Best Poker moment? Having massive chip lead in live tourney, but only finished 3rd, few squid though

Any ‘off-line’ tourney wins? Alot of 2nds, and 3rds, good few 1sts with my mates though

If you play in a local Poker card room, which one? The Western Park royal, colindale

Best Poker advice? Work out a rhythmic game, whateva wins, keep doin it, forget tiltin, tell yourself the only result is loss

Any comments on Ladbrokes Poker? Like to see in cash games, players cards,

Which player at Ladbrokes Poker do you most respect and why?
DJ3WAY AND DJ_RAZOR, CAUSE I KNOW THEM LOL and they the badboy at poker , well not as good as i, YA GET ME BLAD --------------------------

Turns out we've banned Shane Ritchie!!!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Heehee. Good work there.

Out of interest, do you have a habit of Googling almost everything? That's what I have.

RobC · All-time great

Arka wrote:

Out of interest, do you have a habit of Googling almost everything? That's what I have.

Well, it's taken me a few months to do this one, but yes, I do do the google.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Cool!

I once Googled 'yesyesbadboy' once with the intention of finding what that username means ( i.e. if it had some significance). Couldn't find anything.

RobC · All-time great

(Hi yybb, if you're watching!)

- I think it's supposed to be something his girlfriend would say to him when he's in bed with her.