Martock: Two Losses, One Win and Several Flying Rackets
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Tennis, Tiebreaks and the Terrifying Prospect of Winning Something
Disclaimer This is a family blog involving junior sport, parental observations, questionable nutritional planning and absolutely no claim whatsoever that I know how to coach tennis. The children…
Grade 3 Tennis: Where the Draw Stops Being Polite
Disclaimer This blog contains junior tennis, parental over-analysis, FAST4 mathematics, relentless sunshine and an eight-year-old who regards losing as a temporary administrative error. No children were harmed in…
The Mid-Wessex Plot Twist: No Semi-Final, but Plenty of Summer Sport
Disclaimer This article contains scenes of mild sporting disappointment, unexplained administrative decision-making and an alarming number of children’s activities. No cricket executives were harmed during the writing of…
Frome, Fast4 and the Curious Case of the 2–2 Toilet Break
Disclaimer This article contains junior tennis, extreme temperatures, competitive parents pretending not to watch, repeated visits to a coded toilet and an England football match in which defending…
Congresbury, Consolation Draws and the Quiet Art of Not Imploding
Disclaimer This article contains junior tennis, NHS staffing shortages, temperatures incompatible with British life and one brief reference to ERCP. No gallbladders were removed during the tournament, although…
The First U10 Tournament: A Case Study in Heat, Hope and Sudden Existential Collapse
Disclaimer This blog entry contains tennis, parenting, child psychology, modified balls, a compass draw, some mild heat exhaustion, and the sort of emotional volatility usually reserved for international…
The Dragon Tour Called. Naturally, We Drove to Frome.
Disclaimer This is a light-hearted family sports diary, not an official LTA tournament report, a parenting manual, or a peer-reviewed study into the emotional volatility of eight-year-olds holding…
A Medically Questionable Bank Holiday with a Tennis Racket
Disclaimer No children, tonsils, cricket balls, tennis balls, Lost Ruins of Arnak components, Somerset cricket fans, or Nando’s peri-peri sauces were permanently harmed in the making of this…
Blackbrook, Byes and Behavioural Reviews
Disclaimer No junior tennis players, parents, coaches, caffeinated spectators or innocent tennis balls were harmed in the writing of this blog. Any opinions expressed are, as ever, my…