Early on Wednesday morning I made my way to the fields next to the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club to join the queue to get into the tennis. I met my friend Emily in the queue and together we waited in the for three and a half hours before entering the venue. Many spectators including my mate Ross camp out all night prior to the days play to get the best tickets.
When you join the queue you get a queue card number as well as a guide to queueing information booklet. My card told me I was number 4922 in the queue. We made it in just after eleven o'clock and made our way to court five to watch two Aussies Sam Stosur and Rennae Stubbs compete in the doubles. My mate Ross and a bunch of his mates where all watching the game as well before they left to watch the games on court one where they got tickets for their camping out efforts. The Aussie girls easily defeated their opposition.
Following the match Emily and I went for a wander around the venue. All the courts are very close together and there is limited seating so we spent much of the day after on Henman Hill or Murray Mount and watched the action on the big screen. Emily then left for work and I spent some more time wandering with some of my pedal boat mates. Before Emily left though we did manage to get some strawberries and cream as it is a big part of the Wimbledon experience. The strawberries were very tasty although the cream was so thin it was like eating milk.
It was very warm in the sun so I decided to take some time and check out the Wimbledon tennis museum. I thought the John McEnroe ghost was the best part of the museum. A holographic image of McEnroe explains what the feeling was like to win at Wimbledon.
I made my way back out to Murray Mount and found my mate Ross and all his friends. We were sitting a table and the girls next to us offered us their centre court tickets so we went inside and checked out the game going on. By this time it was getting late and I had watched enough tennis. Sitting with all the snobs didn't excite me a lot either so we did not stay long.
Instead we made our way to the exits and completed our Wimbledon experience.
It was fun day although I felt it lacked the passionate fans you see at the Aussie Open, the crowd is a lot more conservative. The security this year banned fans from wearing flags and costumes which I think is part of the reason the crowd also did not seem as patriotic as those you find at the Aussie Open.
When you join the queue you get a queue card number as well as a guide to queueing information booklet. My card told me I was number 4922 in the queue. We made it in just after eleven o'clock and made our way to court five to watch two Aussies Sam Stosur and Rennae Stubbs compete in the doubles. My mate Ross and a bunch of his mates where all watching the game as well before they left to watch the games on court one where they got tickets for their camping out efforts. The Aussie girls easily defeated their opposition.
Following the match Emily and I went for a wander around the venue. All the courts are very close together and there is limited seating so we spent much of the day after on Henman Hill or Murray Mount and watched the action on the big screen. Emily then left for work and I spent some more time wandering with some of my pedal boat mates. Before Emily left though we did manage to get some strawberries and cream as it is a big part of the Wimbledon experience. The strawberries were very tasty although the cream was so thin it was like eating milk.
It was very warm in the sun so I decided to take some time and check out the Wimbledon tennis museum. I thought the John McEnroe ghost was the best part of the museum. A holographic image of McEnroe explains what the feeling was like to win at Wimbledon.
I made my way back out to Murray Mount and found my mate Ross and all his friends. We were sitting a table and the girls next to us offered us their centre court tickets so we went inside and checked out the game going on. By this time it was getting late and I had watched enough tennis. Sitting with all the snobs didn't excite me a lot either so we did not stay long.
Instead we made our way to the exits and completed our Wimbledon experience.
It was fun day although I felt it lacked the passionate fans you see at the Aussie Open, the crowd is a lot more conservative. The security this year banned fans from wearing flags and costumes which I think is part of the reason the crowd also did not seem as patriotic as those you find at the Aussie Open.
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