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Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship

Published 22 June 9 4:7 PM | charlotte

22 June 2009 to 5 July 2009 All England Lawn Tennis Club, Museum Building, London London SW19 5AE (0)20 8946 6131 The world of tennis descends on Wimbledon in London every summer for two weeks of tennis, strawberries and cream and good-natured queuing. The Wimbledon tennis tournament in London attracts around 500,000 spectators and millions of television viewers worldwide. During the tournament Wimbledon sells approximately 500 tickets each day for Centre Court (except for the last four days), Court...

Filed under: Centre Court, Tennis, Doubles, Tickets, London, mens, ladies, juniors, all england lawn tennis club, strawberries & cream, veterans, top seed, singles, henman hill, musuem building, mixed doubles, wimbledon lawn tennis championship

World Conker Championships - Sunday 12th October 2008

Published 24 September 8 9:18 AM | charlotte

The picturesque Northamptonshire village of ASHTON hosts the World Conker Championships on the second Sunday in October every year. Thousands flock to Ashton to watch this great spectacle as modern day gladiators fight for glory armed only with a nut and 12” of string. Organised by Ashton Conker Club, the competition first took place in 1965 and has grown year-on-year ever since. Nowadays, teams from all over the world meet for the competition. The competitors play on eight white podiums on the village...

Filed under: charity, world conker championship, ladies & juinior teams, ashton conker club, sunday 12th october 2008, mens, ashton, northamptonshire