Because I can.

I’m in San Antonio Texas this week, partcipating in the 20th annual John Newcombe With the Legends Tennis Fantasies Week, at the John Newcombe Ranch.

92 of us tennis junkies and twelve of the greatest players of all time. 2-3 matches a day, workouts, and what I’m guessing will be a very oft-visited training tent! If I have the energy, I’ll post some pictures and a report each day. I may not have that energy, or a clear enough brain for that matter. At a camp run by retired Aussies, as you can imagine, there is a certain amount of beer drunk. And by a certain amount, I mean scientific notation is probably required for an accurate measure.

Plus, the bartender learned very quickly how to make a Pegu. If she pulls it off from memory tomorrow, I’ll have a new Pegu Blog Certified Bartender™. Watch this space.

The campers and legends are divided into 4 teams: The Musclemen, The Dunnies, The Wankers, and The Mongrel Kangaroos. The Wankers got stuck with me. I got drafted by the Wankers yesterday evening. Here’s hoping that I do better in the matches than I did at yesterday’s Scouting Combine!
So far so good this AM. The legends who run the Wankers are: Roy Emerson (Emmo), the only man to hold Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles at all four events; Marty Riessen, with 53 career doubles titles; and Brian Gottfried, with 25 career singles titles.

In case you didn’t get the general tone of the week from the team names, here is a picture of our team logo: