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Diary For 12th June 2008 Since I've been back in the UK I've had a bit of a cold, but nothing serious, then to my bad luck the weekend before I was to go up to Sheffield it hit me hard and as Sheffield is a bit of a treck away and I still wasn't 100% guaranteed to get in as I was a late entry and the best they could do was put me 1st on the reserve list, I thought it would be better to hold back and get well and back to 100% for the next run of tournaments starting in July. I haven't been ill for so long and I forgot how horrible it was, I had no strength at all for a good 5 days. But I'm all good now and touch wood that will be my cold over and done with for this year, and nothing like that will hold me back this summer! I haven't raised enough money yet to by my self a stringing machine, but I've been hitting with this kid called Tom Gill here and in exchange his dad re-strings and buys my string for free for me, so that's been very handy, and Tom still hits a good ball, so it's a win win. I joined west Hants the other day. Its got a good gym, lots of courts, clay, indoor, ect, and there are allot of players there who I can train with and also a few young kids who I could hit with for money, and as it's only 30 pounds a month I thought it was worth every penny. I've been really enjoying being a member of West Hants, 2 of my mates who don't play tennis go there for the gym, so I've got someone to go with now which makes it a bit more fun and helps to have someone there so you can lift heavier weights with no risk you might drop them on yourself with no one around to help :). I've got one more week of the 4 week fitness programme I'm on at the moment then It'll be time to mix things up again. This week I will chart all the times and weights to see if I've improved from the first week I started this programme, usually there is a big improvement, but with me being ill for a week, my weight training suffers so this time I don't know what to expect. On the tennis court I've been hitting for a good couple hours every day with either Lloyd or James Whike. Since I've recovered from being ill I've been moving around the court and serving really well which always gives me a big boost for when I go and play matches to know that I'm fit and my main weapon is feeling strong. It's a good sign that my fitness level can bounce back this quick after being off for the other week.
My tournament schedule for the next couple of months is :
NOTTINGHAM BRITISH TOUR 30 June -5 July
FELIXSTOWE FUTURE 5 JULY - 13 JULY $15,000
FRINTON ON SEA FUTURE 11 - 20 JULY $15,000
ILKLEY FUTURE 25 JULY - 3 AUGUST $10,000
WREXHAM FUTURE 1 - 10 AUGUST $10,000
WOKING FUTURE 8 - 17 AUGUST $10,000
NOTTINGHAM FUTURE 5 - 14 SEPTEMBER $15,000
NOTTINGHAM FUTURE 12 - 21 SEPTEMBER $15,000
They are all played on grass, so as long as I serve well, I should hopefully do well.
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