I'm sure it goes without saying that you've all got Finals Day scribbled in your diaries in big red letters for this Saturday, and have been awaiting it with rampant anticipation. So with only 50 nailbiting hours to go until kick off, here's a bit more info for you....
Matches will be starting at 12, so pleez make sure you're ready to play, lend your most vocal support or stare intently at the lines. I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that there are some new faces amongst the finalists, alongside the old stalwarts of the fair game, so come down and give them a cheer...
Order of play will be:
12:00 Men's singles & Ladies' singles
1:30/2:00 Men's doubles & Ladies' doubles
3:30/ 4:00 Mixed doubles
We'll be having a party tea throughout the afternoon, so if everyone who's coming down can bring something to chip in, that'd be great... Sarnies, cakes, sickly sausage rolls. La la la. Then we'll be doing a big fat barbeque from 7:30, so make sure you're around for that... And - oh - there just happens to be a Liverpool tea time kick-off at 5:30pm which we had to ask them to reschedule around our finals, so you don't need to miss a thing. Presentations will take place in the evening once everyone's suitably well oiled and rowdy. Come and join the party!
And, dare I say it? We're due some sunshine, although scorchio it won't be, so a few layers might come in handy...
If you've got time on your hands then both quarter finals and a couple of semis are being played dow at the club over the next couple of nights, so have a stroll down and take a look.
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Davis Cup arrives in Liverpool
Team GB's (that's Great Britain, not Team Gary Burns - although it's an easy mistake to make...) tie against Poland in the Davis Cup comes to Liverpool for the first time ever in the event's history next week. NEXT WEEK. We (!) are playing Poland in the Euro/Africa Group I tie from 18th to 20th September at the Echo Arena.
Davis Cup captain John Lloyd, said: 'Liverpool is a fantastic city with a rich sporting pedigree and I’m very excited to be taking the tie to the Northwest. That Mersey Bowmen is a cracking club and I'm thinking of calling up a few of their players. They really are something else. I am delighted that the city is so keen to host what will be a difficult tie for us and we will need the support of a vocal crowd if we are going to maintain our place in Group 1 in 2010.' Or did he?
The stats tell us that the tie'll be played on an indoor hard court with an arena capacity of 4,000 to 5,000... We've played Poland seven times in the Davis Cup and won all of the previous ties. Oops. And the last tie was held in Poland in 1991 with Great Britain coming out on top 4-1. Ken Skupski (of Palmerston fame) is in the GB squad, so for all of you out there who beat him when he was four, it's your chance to brag about glory days against a Davis Cup player.
Tickets are still available from the Liverpool Echo Arena Box Office on 0844 8000 400 and online at www.echoarena.com and I think British Tennis Members may even be able to get a discount...
Davis Cup captain John Lloyd, said: 'Liverpool is a fantastic city with a rich sporting pedigree and I’m very excited to be taking the tie to the Northwest. That Mersey Bowmen is a cracking club and I'm thinking of calling up a few of their players. They really are something else. I am delighted that the city is so keen to host what will be a difficult tie for us and we will need the support of a vocal crowd if we are going to maintain our place in Group 1 in 2010.' Or did he?
The stats tell us that the tie'll be played on an indoor hard court with an arena capacity of 4,000 to 5,000... We've played Poland seven times in the Davis Cup and won all of the previous ties. Oops. And the last tie was held in Poland in 1991 with Great Britain coming out on top 4-1. Ken Skupski (of Palmerston fame) is in the GB squad, so for all of you out there who beat him when he was four, it's your chance to brag about glory days against a Davis Cup player.
Tickets are still available from the Liverpool Echo Arena Box Office on 0844 8000 400 and online at www.echoarena.com and I think British Tennis Members may even be able to get a discount...
It's YOUR MBC
Your MB needs you:
26th September: is the day of the MB clubhouse clean-up, from 11am. Please come along and wield a hoover, duster or make yerself useful and put the kettle on. By the end of the sesh we're sure the club'll be clean enough to eat your tea off the floor (although someone else can test the theory) so please come along and chip in. I'd almost go so far as suggesting it'll be fun, but can confirm it will be followed by the summer's final fling of tennis in the afternoon sun, and.....
....... the comedy-dancing, eccentric food and tennis-people-looking-very-strange-stripped-of-their-trackies that is the League Dinner. Making its debut at the Liverpool Marina this year, go along to whoop and cheer the clever folk who won things in the league and cups this season. Sadly I can't go, because, er, I've got plans (KAZIMIER, KAZIMIER, KAZIMIER!!) but if you'd like to go, or even organise the MB delegation minibus, then feel free... Nuff said, it's a cracker of a night.
Then...
8th Oct: is the uber-informative AGM. Which will take place in the clubhouse. Very clean clubhouse. And tell you all about funding, plans for the club, the teams' performances, our new coaching programme, a bit of financial chit-chat and other Bow banter. Can't wait? Put it in your diary now - always fond of a cliche, it's YOUR chance to find out what's going on at YOUR club, and YOUR chance to get involved and make a difference. Remember kids, this isn't the BBC, this is the MBC.
8th October will also be the last date you can sign up for the winter ladder, which will run throughout the bright sunshine and frosty mornings of winter until March next year, when Bow Boot Camp begins for pre-season. Matches can be played at your leisure, at a venue of your choice - under floodlights, indoors, at the Bow in a sunny Satdee afternoon - as long as it's keeping you playing and socialising. It's a ladder, so pairs of all abilities are welcome. You're not going to be finding yourselves playing someone 1000 times better - or 1000 times worse than you - as ladders let you bob around and find your own level. Clever, eh?! We'd prefer mixed pairs, please, as it includes the greatest number of members, but don't be shy, grab a partner, and sign on the line... If you're already raring to go, drop me an email saying you'd like to play, your partner's name, shoe size and favourite colour and we'll dust that list off.
We'll also be having a monthly social night at the club - probably on Thursdays, but feel free to suggest - when we'll whip up some food and get everyone to congregate for a bit of scran and a few beers and some truly enlightening tennis talk. Ahem.
26th September: is the day of the MB clubhouse clean-up, from 11am. Please come along and wield a hoover, duster or make yerself useful and put the kettle on. By the end of the sesh we're sure the club'll be clean enough to eat your tea off the floor (although someone else can test the theory) so please come along and chip in. I'd almost go so far as suggesting it'll be fun, but can confirm it will be followed by the summer's final fling of tennis in the afternoon sun, and.....
....... the comedy-dancing, eccentric food and tennis-people-looking-very-strange-stripped-of-their-trackies that is the League Dinner. Making its debut at the Liverpool Marina this year, go along to whoop and cheer the clever folk who won things in the league and cups this season. Sadly I can't go, because, er, I've got plans (KAZIMIER, KAZIMIER, KAZIMIER!!) but if you'd like to go, or even organise the MB delegation minibus, then feel free... Nuff said, it's a cracker of a night.
Then...
8th Oct: is the uber-informative AGM. Which will take place in the clubhouse. Very clean clubhouse. And tell you all about funding, plans for the club, the teams' performances, our new coaching programme, a bit of financial chit-chat and other Bow banter. Can't wait? Put it in your diary now - always fond of a cliche, it's YOUR chance to find out what's going on at YOUR club, and YOUR chance to get involved and make a difference. Remember kids, this isn't the BBC, this is the MBC.
8th October will also be the last date you can sign up for the winter ladder, which will run throughout the bright sunshine and frosty mornings of winter until March next year, when Bow Boot Camp begins for pre-season. Matches can be played at your leisure, at a venue of your choice - under floodlights, indoors, at the Bow in a sunny Satdee afternoon - as long as it's keeping you playing and socialising. It's a ladder, so pairs of all abilities are welcome. You're not going to be finding yourselves playing someone 1000 times better - or 1000 times worse than you - as ladders let you bob around and find your own level. Clever, eh?! We'd prefer mixed pairs, please, as it includes the greatest number of members, but don't be shy, grab a partner, and sign on the line... If you're already raring to go, drop me an email saying you'd like to play, your partner's name, shoe size and favourite colour and we'll dust that list off.
We'll also be having a monthly social night at the club - probably on Thursdays, but feel free to suggest - when we'll whip up some food and get everyone to congregate for a bit of scran and a few beers and some truly enlightening tennis talk. Ahem.
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