Posted in Curiosities at 20:00 on 16 May 2016
Dunblane is of course the childhood home of tennis player Andy Murray.
As a result of his 2012 Olympic tennis win the town is now the proud host to a gold-painted postbox.
My photo of the wording is a bit blurred I’m afraid. The lower portions are written in Braille:-
Posted in Events dear boy. Events at 19:47 on 29 November 2015
No not Judi.
They were hyping it as the World Cup of tennis – and Great Britain won it for the first time in 79 years this afternoon.
Well I say Great Britain….
I don’t wish to minimise the efforts and input of team coach Leon Smith and the other players who contributed to elevating GB to the highest level of team tennis but in reality this was a triumph for a small town in Scotland (Dunblane beats the world!) – and more especially for one family.
I know some would say the very best players apart from one A. Murray had sat this year out and that it was only Belgium who stood in the way today but Belgium had made it to the final and had home advantage. Anyway as the old football cliché has it you can only beat what’s in front of you.
Really though, a win for the first time in 79 years speaks for itself.
Arguably the lioness’s share of the glory belongs to one woman, Judy Murray. Dame Judy, anyone?
