Player(s) of the Year Polls 2008....

Drew · Dec 3, 2008

Player(s) of the Year Polls 2008....

Vandenburg · Futures level

for the sportsman of the year i would like to nominate the missing conoeist,
its all good saying ward and goodall have come on leaps and bounds but they havneyt had to come back from the dead.

gazzpash · Club Coach

Top Male Junior - George Morgan, Dan Evans

Top Female Junior - Laura Robson, Jenifer Ren, Watson

Most Improved Juniors - cant really comment as not actively followed the juniors.

Top Male - Murray (can we really have any other nominations as he's miles ahead of everyone else?), Hutchins or Jamie Murray

Most Improved Male - Ward. Slabba, Eaton - all stepped up to challenger level. Evans, Milton - stepped up from juniors to Futures, Hutchins - doubles success

Top Female - Mel South, Anne Keothavong, Laura Robson

Most Improved Female - South, Keothavong, Baltacha, O'Brien - all stepped up to $50k and WTA; Borwell - doubles success; Carreras, Clarke, Broady, Webley-Smith - all success at $10/15k

Overall Player of the Year - between Anne, Andy and Laura

Hope these are what you were looking for mate.

Also, I will get the Forum Awards organised for this year again.

The Hoose · Satellite level

Activeboard is being monkeylike again and I can't read this page. I'll vote for Andy, whatever it is we're voting on.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i have found that by using the option on the top right to swtich to see newest posts 1st (or vica versa) it allows me to then see the thread, even if its back to front.

of course Hoose wont be able to read this.......

The Hoose · Satellite level

I can read it now. My vote was for most improved female junior, btw.

Additions to Gazz's list:

Most improved male: Andy Murray, Rob Dee
Most improved female: Laura Robson

Drew · Dec 4, 2008

The intention is make new threads over the weekend for each category.

Make your selections via the poll and then you can post why etc and Im sure we will have a good heated debate as usual

fitzy for top 1000 by 2012 · Newbie

there should be one for most commited player?who would win that!?

Drew · Dec 9, 2008

Apologies for my absence over the last few days. Family has been ill incl me !!!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

wheres yer dedication?
and i thought u lot from op'north were meant to be harder than us soft southern jessies.

Fitzy 4 top 100 · Social player

i think you should take andrew into account for this prestegios award..
it would do wonders for his confidence. and hopefully he can carry his form into 2009!! all the best andrew we are all behind u.

i think most improved junior.. dave thomson on the male side closely follwed by james turberville ive rele seen a step up in there games.

i dont really feel the need to comment on girls juniors as theres only really laura robson and heather watson that have done nethink what a shortage of good junior girls there are

Vandenburg · Futures level

the biggest flops of the year and the nomiations are
Boggo
Kasiri 'missing in action' Miles
Ed 'no where to be seen' Seator
Tom 'i need a new career' Rushby

One hit wonder of the year award
Alex Ward making final of spain 10k futures

Person who has us thinking hes alot better than he is award
1-slabinsky

Player who nearly died and is still going strong AWARD
Baker

Player who chills in australia occiasonally making trips to europe and middle east without doing anything award-Myles Blake

Player who should really no better and still lives the dream currently having a mid life crisis award-greg Howe.

so by default players of year are Murray and Ward.

steven · Tennis legend

Most worryingly obsessed "fan" award: to "Fitzy 4 top 100" / "Fitzy for top 1000 by 2012" (the winner gets a restraining order placed on them wink

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steven · Tennis legend

Vandenburg wrote:
the biggest flops of the year and the nomiations are
Boggo
Kasiri 'missing in action' Miles
Ed 'no where to be seen' Seator
Tom 'i need a new career' Rushby

One hit wonder of the year award
Alex Ward making final of spain 10k futures

Person who has us thinking hes alot better than he is award
1-slabinsky

Player who nearly died and is still going strong AWARD
Baker

Player who chills in australia occiasonally making trips to europe and middle east without doing anything award-Myles Blake

Player who should really no better and still lives the dream currently having a mid life crisis award-greg Howe.

so by default players of year are Murray and Ward.

Only Boggo could be nominated for 'flop of the year' after improving his ranking (if only by one place) ...

Ed Seator has told us he's injured and coaching at the moment btw.

I'm not sure who Kasiri Miles is confuse but a player with a similar name certainly fits that description.

The rest is hard to disagree with.

Spectator · All-time great

Hmm. I'm all for legitimate criticism, but "flop of the year" seems rather unfair as a characterisation of anyone, let alone the specific individuals mentioned. Look forward to seeing the final nominees for the original categories!