Jo Vince

Louise was our guest last weekend at the BATS AGM and tournament in Basingstoke. She presented the trophies on court at the end of the afternoon and she says “I really enjoyed meeting you all… I would like to thank you all again so much for your kind donation to support me on my road to Rio”

BATS was very pleased to be able to present Louise with £500 to help her on her “Road to Rio” and we all look

forward to hearing about her experience at the 2016 Paralympics later this year.

Next week, Louise is off to Romania to compete in the ITF (Grade 3) tournament, before heading to Tokyo for the World Team Cup. Then she travels to Korea for 2 weeks of ITF (Grade 1) tournaments.

Good evening Tennis fans. The LTA have today confirmed that the Final WILL go ahead as planned this weekend in Ghent.
Eurostar trains as of this afternoon (MONDAY) are running normally and their advice is to check in as normal for your train.
Obviously Brussels is on a high alert following the terrible events of last weekend, and this has had a knock-on effect over the rest of Belgium and into France.
For those who prefer, it is possible to travel from Lille Europe direct to Ghent without needing to go into the centre of Brussels, however the trains from Ghent back to Lille on Sunday are all fully booked.
Also, if you have a Eurostar ticket which allows onward travel to any other Belgian city, this would speed up your journey through Brussels as trains to Ghent leave from Brussels Midi.
We look forward to seeing many of you on Friday. It is certainly an event which we will remember for many years to come but hopefully for sporting reasons over and above anything else.

“On Friday August 14th, I took part in the inaugural Ipswich ‘twilight’ run. I chose this event because Ipswich is the home of the Elena Baltacha Academy of Tennis (EBAT).  So far in 2015 I have raised over £300 for the Academy.

The response which I get when I run in my EBAT colours is, quite simply, overwhelming. I cannot begin to describe the amount of respect and affection displayed by fellow runners and spectators, for Bally. She certainly made an impact on many people.

August 14th is also Bally’s birthday and the other reason I chose to do this run. She would be 32. Even though Bally is no longer with us, to see the progress made at her Academy, she can rest in the knowledge that her Spirit lives on through the efforts of Nino, Jamie and all the staff of EBAT.

I have already informed Nino of my intention to continue my fund-raising efforts in 2016, but before that there is a (small) matter of finishing the 2015 schedule in style:

THE ROYAL PARKS HALF MARATHON

Sunday 11th October 2015