Monthly Archive for January, 2009

Teresa the tennis coach – my background, Mr Right and why I am keeping this blog

When I think about it, my whole life has been about tennis since I was a young child and my father, a keen tennis player, put a small tennis racket into my hand and started hitting balls with me on the patio in the back garden.

My mum was also a keen tennis player and played with my dad in the local tennis club at Auckland in New Zealand. She used to watch me and my dad playing sometimes and I could see that she wanted to join in but, eventually, she would just sigh and go back to washing the dishes and cleaning the house. I’ve always said that, if I ever meet my Mr Right, he will definitely be the one to wash the dishes and clean the house and I’ll be out of the tennis courts with my kids.

Talking about Mr Right, Max is quite a juicy prospect! I’ve not really see much of him but he is one good looking guy, although perhaps a bit young for me. He is tall, dark and those heavy eyebrows give him a strong neanderthal look that really could make my legs go weak. I have a strong suspicion that he is attracted to me from the way he keeps looking at my legs. Max makes a change from the usual crowd at the Sport, Sports and Sporting Activities Centre where the average age of the management is around middle age.

I had a game of tennis with Max today and he’s a strong tennis player. Maybe together we could breed some great professional tennis players who would win Wimbledon, the US Open, the Australian Open and all the other tournaments and keep us in our old age – well a girl can dream!

Anyway, back to the reason for keeping this blog. Max tells me it’s a good way of meeting my public. He says that by recording all the tennis things I do and the places I go which are to do with tennis, I will be able to link up with people who are interested in the tennis services my tennis centre provides.

Welcome to Teresa the tennis coach’s blog – a free online serialised novel / novella about a tennis centre by Rob Hopcott

Max from the Sport, Sports and Sporting Activities Centre sport marketing department suggested that I keep a tennis blog. He’s a whiz kid that has just completed a university degree in Sports Science and is here working as an intern. Perhaps he knows what he’s talking about perhaps he doesn’t – but since business has been so bad recently at the tennis centre for which I am responsible, I am willing to try anything.

Let me introduce myself. I’m Teresa the tennis coach. I’m a kiwi with blond hair and blue eyes and am currently visiting Britain because this is where my roots are. Maybe it was a mistake and maybe it wasn’t but my dad and my mum came from Britain and I have always felt that I needed to spend some time here. Not that I’m seeing much of Britain. Life for me is much the same as it was in New Zealand. It’s all about tennis courts, tennis balls, tennis rackets and providing tennis tuition. Or at least it would be, if I could solve my tennis centre marketing problem.

The tennis centre is situated in the Sport, Sports and Sporting Activities Centre which itself is situated in a beautiful converted country manor in a beautiful rural part of Devon. It would be a lovely placeĀ  to retire but is not exactly going to win a prize as rave location of the year.

The tennis facilities here, however, are fantastic and I hope to be able to talk about the tennis courts and lots of other things to do with tennis here in this blog.

If you too are interested in tennis, I look forward to seeing you back here often.