Pretending to be a tennis writer… I went to two days of the qualifying sessions for Wimbledon in Roehampton, and couldn’t resist the temptation to write a bit. Some sunny days for sure, about 35 degrees or higher for both
new version out: goodMatches Network bottleneck and DTO For my app goodMatches I have been working on DTOs… hard. Well you may ask what they are, Data Transfer Object is just a form of data rendered easier to move between
The Queue for Day Tickets The queues for the day tickets have become such a hallmark of Wimbledon that the word has become almost synonymous with the Championship itself; however, competition is becoming fiercer every year, and the tactics used
How to enter the ballot2️⃣ [LTA Advantage Member Priority Ballot] Priority Ballot for LTA Advantage Members The LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) offers its members priority entry in the ticket draw. Whilst becoming a member does not guarantee a ticket, it
How to enter the ballot1️⃣ [Public Ballot] The methods for securing Wimbledon tickets and the situation surrounding them change every year. What worked a few years ago may no longer be effective. Therefore, I intend to provide the most up-to-date
QUALIFYING Tickets are now on sale! The most important events on the tennis calendar are the Grand Slam tournaments. And of these, surely the one regarded as the most prestigious is the British Open, commonly known as Wimbledon. I imagine
Day Tickets 2️⃣ 【Overnight Queue, or Camping】 Right then, to round off this series of articles, I’d like to talk about the ‘Overnight Queue’—Wimbledon’s famous camping queue. The queues at Wimbledon tend to get longer every year. Until just a
… is what Germans say, only outside the U.K., mind you. Not sure why I don’t hear it from Germans living in London, but Germans, outside England, use the phrase to mock British beer I suppose. That their beer isn’t
goodMatches As promised in a previous post, I worked on speeding up combination calculations of my app, goodMatches, finally to see it quickly returning results in a truly reasonable time for more people. The results are now contained in its