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Scottish Commonwealth games team


There is an aricle in the Scotland on Sunday naming the tennis team for Delhi ie Jamie Murray/Colin Fleming and in the Womens Team Elean Baltacha Jos Rae nd Mhairi Brown. Elena is ranked 3 in singles in Commonwealth and is definitely playing willing to give up points on the tour to play for Scotland.

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Nik Slater is (understandably) very upset.

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Would explain her last tweet....

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From the BBC report of this news:

"The 19-year-old Rae made it through to the final round of Wimbledon singles qualifying this year and will hope to benefit from the experience of her team-mates when she makes her competitive debut for Scotland in Delhi."

Erm no BBC that was Lisa Whybourn...... great journalism once again.

As for Nik being left out... well you can see why she is upset, she has had some solid results, and I did expect her to be put forward as a doubles player. I guess with Brown being a Scottish coach she got the nod instead.

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I think Nik would actually qualify for one of the 26 singles places based on rankings.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 15th of August 2010 10:51:27 PM

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Welsh team is out according to the beeb
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8957004.stm

Josh Milton, but no Lisa Whybourn mentioned. On the LTA listing, Lisa is affiliated to Cambridgeshire and born in Cambridge, though she trains in Wrexham so has a Welsh connection now. Sounds like she is either not eligible for Wales/isn't taking up any eligibility.

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Lisa trains in Wrexham which is more English than Welsh anyway.

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It does call itself the North Wales tennis academy. It is, though, damn close to Cheshire.

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Technically Wrexham is in Wales but the local TV station is BBC North West and most of the people that work there come from Cheshire.

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Whatever, it's just where she trains isn't it ?   I didn't think she had any other Welsh connection and that surely hardly counts.

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My guess is that most of the people working in Wrexham come from Wrexham

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She lists herself on twitter as based in Wrexham, N Wales. Doesn't make her eligible for Wales of course.

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johnnylad wrote:

My guess is that most of the people working in Wrexham come from Wrexham



Alot of them probably are, but they speak with an English accent.

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Scotland's team have delayed their departure for India.

Lets hope that Dehli gets its act together - Having been to the CWG in Manchester they are a fantastic event and it would be such a shame if the athletes don't get to experience them in a high quality environment.



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Latest on BBC Scotland is that Bally has pulled out of the team due to previous health problems. she does not want to risk the conditions in Delhi.

I thought a certain Gold Medal for Scotland Oh Well another time maybe lol

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