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A. is a tennis player - at this time of writing she is the current Number One U16 Girl in the UK. It is a huge achievement in dedication and hard work; and a great source of joy to this nearly 55 year old. In the summer she was photographed with top ranked, world class, Jelena Jankovich http://www.jelenajankovic.net/ at Eastbourne, after taking part in a coaching session. Just to see her here, smiling and dreaming that one day they will play against each other is such a nice image. And I certainly hope that it does happen for her - she certainly works hard enough at it. Even with full time schooling and gaining 10 GCSEs she spends around 25 hours a week on court and travels all over the world - yesterday it was Wrexham, next its Manama (Bahrain), before that Istanbul, the list goes on and long may it continue to please her, what a way to see the world. But when she returns she still has time for her kid brother. The other day she said, well some time in the future at least I will be able to say I am the former UK No 1... sounds good to me! Curiously, it might seem to some, but she is very fond of this band - and we often listen to them when driving to UK based tournaments. She may have been born in England but she has celtic roots:
A. is a tennis player - at this time of writing she is the current Number One U16 Girl in the UK. It is a huge achievement in dedication and hard work; and a great source of joy to this nearly 55 year old. In the summer she was photographed with top ranked, world class, Jelena Jankovich http://www.jelenajankovic.net/ at Eastbourne, after taking part in a coaching session. Just to see her here, smiling and dreaming that one day they will play against each other is such a nice image. And I certainly hope that it does happen for her - she certainly works hard enough at it. Even with full time schooling and gaining 10 GCSEs she spends around 25 hours a week on court and travels all over the world - yesterday it was Wrexham, next its Manama (Bahrain), before that Istanbul, the list goes on and long may it continue to please her, what a way to see the world. But when she returns she still has time for her kid brother. The other day she said, well some time in the future at least I will be able to say I am the former UK No 1... sounds good to me! Curiously, it might seem to some, but she is very fond of this band - and we often listen to them when driving to UK based tournaments. She may have been born in England but she has celtic roots:
