I will be working at this event in the press office so should be able to give you scores/reports and rough interview transcripts if you want them.
PLAYER COUNTY RANK*
(1)Elena Baltacha Middlesex 157
(2)Julie Pullin Sussex 163
(3)Lucie Ahl Devon 210
(4)Anne Keothavong Middlesex 240
(5)Jane O'Donoghue Lancashire 309
(6)Hannah Collin Surrey 345
(7)Helen Crook Essex 347
(8)Lorna Woodroffe Surrey 399
Emily Webley-Smith Avon 573
Chantal Coombs Kent 634
Lyndsay Reilly E of Scotland 641
Anna Hawkins Wiltshire 694
Karen Paterson E of Scotland 702
Carly Homewood Sussex 706
Annabel Youthed Berkshire 747
Melissa Berry Suffolk 781
(T)Luisa Cowper Warwickshire 831
Frances Hendry N of Scotland 859
Amanda Janes Essex 884
Natalie Neri Middlesex 890
Rebecca Rankin Surrey 929
(wc)Melanie South Surrey 1019
(T)Rebecca Llwellyn S of Wales 1060
(wc)Katie O'Brien Yorkshire -

*as of 30th September 2002

(T) = Tour, as in Hastings Direct Tour. I'm guessing that the top 4 in the 'points pool' must get an entry here. But i would also guess that the top 4 will be in MD direct anyway.

we'll know if you did the transcripts or if someone else did it ;)

lol! I'll use a spell check coz ill be in 'professional mode'.

Absentees:

Rachel Viollet (In Usa)
Joanne Moore (In Usa)
Anabel Blow (Quit)
Christelle Grier (At University in Usa)
Julia Smith (At University in Usa)
Sarah Borwell (In Usa)

+ others such as Vicki Davies, Alice Barnes etc.. who arent ranked high enough to make MD anyway.

i was just joking ;)

good luck
Elena
Hannah
Emily ;)
Jane

I suspect it will probably be won by Jane

she'd beat everyone 6-0 6-0 if they played it on clay ;)

i think this event will be really competitive, much more so than the *yawn* mens event.

Lots of girls can win it coz its hardcourt, stupid time to have it, the girsl are bang in the middle of a series of tier 3's and 's they can be playing and also teh series of GB 25k's.

Would make far more sense to hold it in clay court season on Grass, lol.

Paul

:bounce: Jane :bounce:

Good luck to Anne, Jane, Hannah, and Emily!!!!

Do you have the full entry list including all the qualifier entrants too Paul? That can't be all surely?

WHERE IS SELIMA?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ;)

Good luck: Anne, Elena, and Jane!!!! :D
Anne will probably win!!!!!!

oh and here's a question. do you get ranking points for playing these tournaments?!?!?

Good luck Jane :)

Thanks Paul

Can't wait for it to start. I'm pulling for Julie Pullin to win.

Wait. Pulling for Pullin? Did I just say that? That was lame.

I'm tired. Goodnight.

P.S. Best wishes to Paul's #1 bagel girl Carly Homewood.

ranking points LMAO

if that was the case the Brits would never play anyone else other than Brits just to get some players in top 100

Jane :D

lol, its the national champs, u cant get points.

They could try to turn it into a masters event and invite a couple of foreigners (irish and selima) but even then they'd be hard pushed to make it mroe than a 10k and most brits would go to luxembourg instead!!

Bluey thats all thats been published. 2 wc's are still to be announced, but on this weeks rankings both south and o'brien would be md directly.

also another 2 'tour' spots to be filled in, coz pool hasnt been finalised yet,i think.

Paul

I'll be going on the monday hopefully to watch the first round action:D

Originally posted by paul_masterton
lol, its the national champs, u cant get points.

They could try to turn it into a masters event and invite a couple of foreigners (irish and selima) but even then they'd be hard pushed to make it mroe than a 10k and most brits would go to luxembourg instead!!

Bluey thats all thats been published. 2 wc's are still to be announced, but on this weeks rankings both south and o'brien would be md directly.

also another 2 'tour' spots to be filled in, coz pool hasnt been finalised yet,i think.

Paul

LOL @ Irish and Selima ;)

So, as things stand (assuming no withdrawals), Alice MacKenzie and Mhairi Neish will be in the qualifying draw, not main draw. I'm sure Hannah Grady will be there too as she was last year.