So,
back before Wimbledon there were lots of tennis related competitions on twitter
etc. In typical fashion I was entering them all and expecting to win nothing.
Then
out of the blue I was checking my twitter notifications and there was a message
from IMG saying that I had won! Of course, at this point I had to work out what
the competition was....!
I
had won tickets to the twilight tennis event which included a gourmet BBQ and a
champagne reception.
It wasn’t great timing though as the event was on Tuesday
17th June and we were going on holiday the next day :( I did manage
to convince my work colleague that she wanted to cover for me at a meeting
though so I could go! :)
I
still had to go into the office so I was there at 7 whilst I left Rob at home
to take the dog to the kennels – he would now stay there until we can home from
our holiday.
I
finished work around 11 and headed home,
then we drove to Salisbury to catch the train as otherwise we wouldn’t be able
to get home!
We
caught the 1320 and arrived at Waterloo just before 1500, we had got some sandwiches
before we got on the train and were stunned at how expensive they were!
We
took the tube across to Putney Bridge and walked the short distance to the
Hurlingham club.
Once
inside we headed over to find the champagne reception. We passed a court where
Kyle was practicing with Greg.
We had to ask where to go as the grounds were a
bit confusing but eventually we found it and got our wristbands.
We
found a table and took a seat, we were offered lots of little snacks and we got
some water as we don't really drink. While we were here we saw Natasha
Kaplinski walk past.
After an hour we headed across to the court to find our seats – we were in row G behind the court and we were really quite close to the court.
Kyle
Edmund was playing Marin Cillic. It was actually a really competitive match.
The first set went to a tie break which Marin won.
The
second set went the same way but this time Kyle edged the tie break. To decide
the match they played a match tie break. Marin took an early lead but Kyle came
back at him and won!
We
went to get a drink from the bar and while we were waiting we saw Brendan Cole
and Will Young. I was going to ask Brendan for a photo but didn't want to
bother him.
Back
to the courts where Bahrami etc had just started their match. They were
brilliant, Bahrami pulled all his usual tricks and the rest of the guys were
fab too. I have no clue who actually won but then that didn't seem to matter!
Tennis over and we headed across for the BBQ, we had a funny moment earlier when we looked at the seating chart where we were listed by my name....almost all the rest were company names!
We were seated at a table with an assortment of people most of whom appeared to have also won their tickets.
After the gazpacho (which was not good!) we got pork steaks, sausage and salad which was lovely.
Dessert was chocolate and hazelnut cream with raspberry sorbet which was delicious but I couldn't eat all of mine :(
I quickly drank my coffee (in a teeny tiny cup), collected my coat and then we headed back to the tube.
We
were aiming to catch the 2220 back to Salisbury and we made it to Waterloo with
just a few minutes to spare!
The train home was pretty busy and we arrived back at Salisbury just before midnight. It was a quiet drive back to Gillingham and then I somehow managed to get up for work again at 6am the next day!
The train home was pretty busy and we arrived back at Salisbury just before midnight. It was a quiet drive back to Gillingham and then I somehow managed to get up for work again at 6am the next day!
