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 No 2 Court by alucas
Ticket prices for Centre Court range from £ 34 for the first two days up to £ 83 for the men’s final. No 1 court is slightly cheaper, ranging from £ 32 at the start of the tournament up to £ 62 in the middle of the second week, before dropping to £ 23 at the end of the tournament, when the semi-finals and finals are held on Centre Court, unless the inevitable happens and the English weather intervenes to delay the matches. In this case No 1 court may still host top matches for those lucky enough to have tickets. Tickets are also available for No 2 Court (from £ 25 to £38). No 2 Court has some very good matches, particularly in the first week, and has been the scene of numerous upsets over the years. Around 500 tickets for each of these courts are also available on the day at the turnstiles for those prepared to queue, and around 6,000 ground tickets are available each day at prices up to £ 16. There are long queues for tickets every day, with many people queuing overnight for the chance to see the top matches. Leave a Comment
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 Fellow spectators - don't
annoy them ! by alucas
Enough said, one of my personal dislikes ! Leave a Comment Theme: Sports Watching
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Remember that tennis matches go on for a long time. Mens tennis at Wimbledon is the best of five sets, and matches can easily last three hours or more. The tennis usually starts at 12 noon, and play can continue on into the evening, maybe until after 8 at night if it is not to dark. You could be sitting for easily 6 hours or more. So give some consideration to your backside. The seats at Wimbledon used to be very hard wooden seats, and after an hour or more started to become uncomfortable. The seats are much better now, (hard plastic ones !)and you don't get anything like as sore as you used to.
If you've got a suitable cushion, consider taking it. Otherwise you can hire cushions at a price of two pounds per day from kiosks within the ground. Or you could buy one from the Wimbledon Shop - at six pounds, or fifteen pounds for a luxury souvenir cushion (it better be special at that price !). Leave a Comment Theme: Sports Watching
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 Wimbledon by alucas
The main proportion of tickets for Centre and Number One courts are allocated through the public ballot, for which applications must be submitted by 15th December 2005. Successful applicants are selected at random by computer as the ballot is many times oversubscribed, and those applicants are then offered tickets for a day and court, also randomly selected by computer. So it really is the luck of the draw whether you get a ticket, and for what day. Generally you will always get to see the top players in action, but only in the second week does the competition really heat up, as in the first week quite a few matches can be one-sided.
Full details of ticket arrangements can be found on the official website. Leave a Comment
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 Wimbledon - No1 Court - SW
entrance by alucas
There are other toilets all round the grounds, including the four corners of Centre Court. But No 1 is the best ! Leave a Comment Theme: Sports Watching
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A wimbledon title is greatly sort after by tennis players across the globe.
The gass is a notoriously difficult surface to play tennis on
More often then not rain interrupts play but many people chose to sit it out rather then leave the stands as ticket prices are expensive
Lots of people chose to sit outside the grounds on a hill affectionately known as Henman Hill after our Tim Henman (he has never yet won wimbledon but there is always hope :-))
It is traditional to enjoy strawberries & cream at this event
The championship starts 26 June 2006 & ends 9 July 2006
People resident in the UK can apply for tickets by Public Ballot to AELTC
A cushion as the seats are fairly hard
Definetly an umbrella & some water Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: Church Road, Wimbledon SW19 5AEDirections: Bus 143 from Wimbledon, South Wimbledon or Southfields tube
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 Wimbledon - programme
stall by alucas
You could manage without a programme - after all the draws, results and order of play are all on display - but there is so much additional information in the programme that you'd be missing out big-time. This year (2006) it contains 124 pages, of which the middle 16 (and the cover) is printed specially every day. All the draws are updated daily, the order of play (i.e. who is playing where and when !) is set out in detail, and there are articles and features on all the top players and various aspects of the game.
Excellent value at £ 6.50 from stands inside the ground, or the Wimbledon Shop.
The best one to get for a souvenir though is the special edition published after the tournament ends with ALL the results printed in it. (Can also be purchased from the Wimbledon website for £ 8.00) And even better is the special edition presented to the Honorary Stewards with their names on the cover (I presume they still do that - I know they used to !) Leave a Comment
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 by alucas
DO remember that you'll probably be sitting in the sun for most of the day, so unless you've already got a healthy tan you need to be able to cover up to avoid getting burnt. Also, remember to check the weather forcast before you go - it nearly always rains on at least one day during the tournament. Leave a Comment Theme: Sports Watching
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 Scoreboards (2005) by alucasLeave a Comment Theme: Sports Watching
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If you keep your eyes open, it's surprising who you might see at Wimbledon. Of course, former tennis stars are all over the place, and some play in the over 35 and over 45 events. For example. Goran Ivanisevic and Henri Leconte were partners in the over 35's mens doubles this year, and the ladies over 35's doubles was full of familiar names - Jana Navotna, Hana Mandlikova, Tracy Austin to name a few.
Other sporting stars can be spotted around the grounds, mostly in the Royal Box in Centre Court - but I saw Peter Beardsley (former England football star) leaving No 2 court this year.
Other easy-to-spot celebs are those associated with the players - the picture shows Richard Williams (Venus and Serena's Dad) watching in No 2 Court in 2005. The second picture is Hana Mandlikova in action out on court 4 this year. Leave a Comment Theme: Sports Watching
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