January: Sutton 25K (womens challenger, final week of the month) - easy tube access
May: Roland Garros (possibly)
June: Surbiton qualies definately and maybe a day of main draw, Queens qualies and Monday, Eastbourne/Nottingham qualies (depending on which bt.net radio decide to cover), Wimbledon
July: Manchester challenger, Nottingham challenger (maybe)
Great stuff...hopefully there's a Brit you can report on Do you know any of the players through umpiring, or do players and umpires not tend to mingle off-court ?
Who would you say is an umpire's nightmare, ie gives you the most hassle regularly...can be Brit or foreigner ?
I don't know any of them. Other umpires sort of know them because they work with them more often up and down the country, but have to keep some kind of distance so there can't be a claim of conflict of interests/bias towards some players.
I might try to make a Sutton event since that's the only ITF tournament venue that's nearish. Probably only if there's a brit in action at the weekend, though.
I'll probably go to a day or two of Eastbourne and Wimbledon, too, if the weather is OK.