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Reeltime · Satellite level

Hi guys

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Hi there, welcome to the Forum, I hope you will enjoy it here.

steven · Tennis legend

Reeltime wrote:

Thought I'd head over here and see whats happening. A certain other site seems to have forgotten that there's more than one british player!
Anyway enough bithching. The names Grant, professional musician (allegedly) with North Sea Gas. Been following tennis for years, but really got into things a couple of years ago. Get along to most of the tourneys in Scotland, especally the first couple of days

I think that might be more our fault than theirs - I used to post quite a lot on the AM.com British tennis thread (the highlights from here, if you like) and I know other people from here did the same (maybe still do) but I've been much busier recently and hardly go there except when pick 'ems are on and others from here may have done the same - I don't check there enough to know.

In addition, many of the people who used to be interested in British tennis in general on AM.com post here as well and/or follow my gbtennis twitter, which is much easier to use (and seems to get a wider range of people interested) than re-posting stuff on AM.com. That doesn't mean I've gone off the AM.commers, I hasten to add, I'm still friendly with the same people there as I always was.

Of course, you could argue that the British tennis thread there dying without our input means most of them were only ever interested in one player (or perhaps two) in the first place, but still, it's called AM.com and we're BT.net (in spirit, even if no longer in name!), so that's fair enough - the clues are in the initials. wink

Anyway, enough rambling from me ... the important thing is, it's good to see you here! smile

You'll probably notice one of the main differences is that we're more into play-fighting than cat-fighting, if you get my drift. wink

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 14th of December 2010 03:59:37 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Welcome, Grant.

I originally came here now a few years ago mainly because of my interest in Andy.

Yes, I liked watching tennis and followed it a bit but really just the big tournaments and hardly knew at all other even top 5 or 6 British tennis players. I saw them appearing at Wimbledon and never knew anything really about them the rest of the year.

Nowadays I'm hooked on British tennis progress as a whole and will argue ( sorry discuss - as Steven says it's more that type of board ) say GB 20th ranked men and womne and up and coping juniors with actually some knowledge.

So. you'll certainly get plenty time here to follow and discuss British players in general.

I live in Edinburgh and really should get along at least to Scottish tournaments which I say I'm going to then don't manage it.

By the way : "professional musician (allegedly) with North Sea Gas" - are they linked or are the musicianship and North Sea Gas mutually exclusive ?.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 14th of December 2010 04:50:04 PM

Reeltime · Satellite level

lol, no. I play with a band called North Sea Gas

Shameless plug I know!

indiana · Tennis legend

Ha Ha - excuse my ignorance

Miriambee · Futures level

My thought, was why do North sea gas employ musicians on their oil rigs?!!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Somebody to entertain the workers in their off-duty hours?

Vandenburg · Futures level

Welcome, new member i am among the most controversial memebers of btnet, i was made a refugee from mtf in 2008 after norwegian british relations broke down.