I love playing tennis but sadly my playing days are over since I got golfer's elbow. Obviously I assumed it was tennis elbow but the medics assure me that it is the smaller ball version even though I was playing tennis at the time.
My tennis 'career' started at the Bristol Cathedral school. Whilst I never quite made it into the Olympic team, you will be impressed to hear that I was 'house' tennis captain at school and our house ('Abbots') finished just outside the medals in fourth place. The other three houses were called 'Deans', 'Canons' and 'Priors'.
Tennis facts and trivia:
1. Though the modern game is British in origin, the original game came from France and was called 'tennis' from the French word 'tenez' which means 'hold'.
2. At one time, the strings of the racquet were made from cow or sheep guts.
3. The fastest ever serve so far has been recorded at 156 miles per hour or about 120 miles per hour faster than mine.
4. The first women to play at Wimbledon wore full length dresses.
They could probably have beaten me even though I was in proper tennis kit.
Good morning Tony..My "Salad Days" have all gone to "seed" but I may have one the gold for trying...LOL
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