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		<title>Tales from the Wimbledon groundstaff &#8211; September</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We caught up with Head Groundsman designate Neil Stubley to learn about what&#8217;s been going on around the Grounds at the AELTC this September&#8230;  September is about renovation, and the closing of the grass courts. The Members will have their end of season grass court tournament which they had last Saturday, so now officially the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wimbledontennis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7178822&amp;post=1054&amp;subd=wimbledontennis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tales from the Wimbledon groundstaff &#8211; August</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interspersed with several grass court tournaments and a lot of play for members, August sees the continued renovation of the grass courts at the All England Club. Head Groundsman designate Neil Stubley updates us on what&#8217;s been going on around the grounds&#8230; Grass court seminar &#8220;We had about 22 people here over two days to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wimbledontennis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7178822&amp;post=1032&amp;subd=wimbledontennis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just another day in stats at SW19&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Australian visitors, David Steed and Rowena Rosales, who worked on the IBM statistics team for Wimbledon 2011, give us their take on a typical day working at The Championships&#8230; &#160; 8:00am Wake up. What, no Vegemite for breakfast!? A cup of tea will suffice (English Breakfast of course!). 10:00am Stroll through Wimbledon Park on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wimbledontennis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7178822&amp;post=1025&amp;subd=wimbledontennis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tales from the Wimbledon groundstaff &#8211; July</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Head Groundsman designate Neil Stubley updates us on what&#8217;s been going on around the Grounds in July&#8230; &#8220;The Championships was very good from our point of view. Exactly what we wanted. A bit of rain, a bit of sun, and it finished on time. We got some good feedback on the courts, and about the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wimbledontennis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7178822&amp;post=1015&amp;subd=wimbledontennis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Paris to London in stats</title>
		<link>http://wimbledontennis.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/from-paris-to-london-in-stats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June is a slightly terrifying time at the All England Club. Structures and edifices are rising at a rate of knots, in places you did not know even existed. What was once a car park is now the Long Bar, mere patches of grass are being transformed into fully-fledged tennis courts complete with seats, lines [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wimbledontennis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7178822&amp;post=1009&amp;subd=wimbledontennis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tales from the Wimbledon groundstaff &#8211; June</title>
		<link>http://wimbledontennis.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/tales-from-the-wimbledon-groundsmen-june/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June has arrived, and with it, 19 immaculate grass courts, nipped, tucked and ready to go for the commencement of The Championships, 2011 in seven days time. For Eddie Seaward, Neil Stubley and the eager team of groundstaff at the All England Club, much of the hard work has already been done in preparing the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wimbledontennis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7178822&amp;post=1003&amp;subd=wimbledontennis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tales from the Wimbledon groundstaff &#8211; May</title>
		<link>http://wimbledontennis.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/tales-from-the-wimbledon-groundsmen-may/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 13:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The activity around the Grounds during the month of May at the All England Club ramps up several notches, as the furniture is assembled around the courts, and the numbers of people on site go up and up and up. With just a month to go until The Championships, May is about cramming in as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wimbledontennis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7178822&amp;post=986&amp;subd=wimbledontennis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from some statistically-minded visitors</title>
		<link>http://wimbledontennis.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/notes-from-some-statistically-minded-visitors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 13:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever spotted someone sitting on a computer at the end of a Wimbledon court? They are the famous IBM-ers, a group of tennis-mad youngsters who gather together for each Grand Slam to chart the statistics of each match. Those serve percentages you see on the TV? Those numbers reeled off by commentators? They all come [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wimbledontennis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7178822&amp;post=980&amp;subd=wimbledontennis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Counting down the days to Roland Garros</title>
		<link>http://wimbledontennis.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/counting-down-the-days-to-roland-garros/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 09:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been mulling over the recent results on the clay, then you&#8217;ll no doubt be extremely excited to know that the Roland Garros 2011 website has just gone live, meaning there&#8217;s just 14 days till the year&#8217;s second Grand Slam kicks off in Paris. So get out your croissants and cafe cremes, your garlic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wimbledontennis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7178822&amp;post=973&amp;subd=wimbledontennis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The faces behind Wimbledon&#8217;s flowers</title>
		<link>http://wimbledontennis.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/the-faces-behind-wimbledons-flowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wimbledon is now less than two months away, and behind the scenes Emma Smyth and her merry band of gardeners have been furiously weeding, watering, digging and planting. As general manager of Natural Green, the creative design and landscaping firm which has a year round contract with Wimbledon, it is Smyth’s job to ensure the grounds are as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wimbledontennis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7178822&amp;post=962&amp;subd=wimbledontennis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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