Friday 3rd February 2012
It was our rest day today after 7 days of training and competing but it ended up being a busier day than we’d all expected.
After checking today’s order of play yesterday evening we realised that Jack had been scheduled to play consolation this morning even though he had told the tournament referee that he was going to have a rest day. I still wanted Jack to make sure that the referee knew this but I thought I’d let him have a lie in so I was up early to go over and make sure there were no problems. When I got to the courts the referee said he’d expected Jack not to play so everything was fine and, to my surprise, when I got back to the hotel to have breakfast the whole team were sitting there – nobody fancied a lie in then!
After breakfast Jack wanted to take me on at squash so at 10.30am we took to the court and, along with Dawn, played at least 10 games before we were all exhausted!
Dawn playing a drop shot winner against a flat footed Jack!!
On our last game Jack decided to play for a forfeit – the loser had to wear one of Mia’s dresses for 1 lap around the hotel. The deal was that if Jack won 4 or more points I would do the forfeit or if I beat him 9-3 or better he was dressing up. After a few nervous points I came through 9-1 and Jack ended up with his racket in 2!! (It wasn’t actually in anger though as the racket broke while he was trying to play a shot off the wall!).
After the squash the players got stuck into some school work while I went to see the physio to try and fix the problem I’ve been having with my shoulder. I ended up having a very painful massage but hopefully I’ll be feeling the benefits in the morning.
By this time it was about 2pm so we headed over to The Junction to have a look around the Shopping Centre there. It gave everyone a break from the hotel and tennis centre which, after being there almost non-stop for 7 days, was much needed. We ended up having lunch and dinner there and it also gave the players a chance to buy some souvenirs. The best part though had to be having a bit of fun with some wigs in the supermarket!
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It was then back to the hotel for an early night ready for a full training day tomorrow (and maybe the sight of Jack going around the hotel in a dress!!)
