Wimbledon Tennis Championship

Okay, I'm doing my best to do some catch up on the post here. Another excuse (besides the difficulty in loading pictures in blogspot) is because we also took pictures from our handphones as well. So, need some time to coordinate the files (Dell, LG, Nokia and Olympus dont all use the same adaptor) :)

Anyway, we all now know the winner of the Wimbledon Tennis Championship. And we watch the longest match in history(?) at the comfort of our home while eating dinner. Prior to this, we did feel guilty that we are staying in Wimbledon yet not go to the world famous tennis matches. Little do we know what we need to do in order to get in...

Of course, NOT being an avid fan of tennis, we took our own sweet time to go to the location. By the time we're there, its almost noon and there is a long queue.

And then more...

And more...

Who said its finished? And more...

And more!

And we FINALLY get our queue tickets.

These are queue cards, to prove that you did not jump queue, nor can you get your friend to queue for you. Well, you can, but you cant take turns where 1 person queue for 5 person's entrance.

And apparently, there were going to be many people who will be queueing JUST BECAUSE its Wimbledon Tennis, they gave everyone a sticker to prove that you're there. Apparently, it will take us about four hours to queue before we get into the tickets stands.

Tickets are sold on the day of matches (no advance purchase), hence, explains the long queue ON A DAILY BASIS FOR TWO WEEKS. Tickets cost about £50 to £20, so definately way out of our budget. The secret to getting good tickets? To camp at the field every night to ensure you're early enough to queue to tickets.

No joke. Hence, that was our stint with Wimbledon Tennis as far as we're concern. At least, now we can tell everyone that we're in the QUEUE to the tennis matches :)