http://tennishistory.com.au/blog Discussing the History of Tennis Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:27:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At the start of the year we decided to change the way the site could be accessed in order to build a database of interested tennis enthusiasts.  Quite frankly we are really impressed with how many new people have joined up and thankyou for doing so. Today, I just want to ... http://tennishistory.com.au/blog/?p=155 Before heading off on holiday around spectacular New Zealand, I started to think about the wonderful vistas that some lucky tennis players must enjoy. Obviously, there will be some sensational private courts but equally there will be some terrific club courts.  So from this point I am very keen to ... http://tennishistory.com.au/blog/?p=151 The Alexander Patent Racquet Company as they were known back in 1926 produced two flag ship models, The Cressy and The Lismore. This is the earliest example of an Alexander racquet we have seen which clearly shows the patented laminated timber construction. Additionally, the shoulders have been made stronger via a ... http://tennishistory.com.au/blog/?p=146 Hi Tennis History Readers! One of our team, Michael has been working on a a new tennis web site! http://tennisassist.com To celebrate they have arranged an interview with John Newcombe this week. If you have any questions please write your questions in the comments sections on the Tennis Assist.com web site. ... http://tennishistory.com.au/blog/?p=143 While collecting Tennis memorabilia is still quite affordable, items are definitely on the increase or at the very worst holding up well in the current economic crisis. This doesn't just apply to racquets, balls, presses and other equipment maintain strong demand.  There are still plenty of low cost woodies from ... http://tennishistory.com.au/blog/?p=141 This week was I was very lucky to find a 1981-85 Head String Lock Edge.  Having never seen one before, I thought what an interesting stringing system. Each string is independent, allowing an owner to simply replace the one string which had broken. I jumped on the phone to my ... http://tennishistory.com.au/blog/?p=138 While there can be little doubt that 1874 and the launch of "Sphairistike" by Major Wingfield, marked the starting point for the global spread of the modern game of Lawn Tennis, many other racquet and handball sports were tried over the centuries. A great book on this subject is Tennis ... http://tennishistory.com.au/blog/?p=134 Under the "Unusual Racquets"  sections on the site you will see a couple of racquets which provide the user the option to remove and replace the string sets.  The Tretorn version is a very unique collectible and so here we would like to present some additional photos which show how ... http://tennishistory.com.au/blog/?p=132 Back in 1906, Anthony Wilding from New Zealand was forging a name for himself with other Australian players not only at Wimbledon but also at the Davis Cup. At this time Australasia permitted players from NZ and Australia to compete together at the Davis Cup and at Wimbledon the dominance ... http://tennishistory.com.au/blog/?p=130 Just for subscribers I have just updated the site with some pics of these two racquets. The Rival is a very unusual shape and the Orbitech is also being a perfect circle.  Both have a very wide throat design to accommodate the width required. http://tennishistory.com.au/blog/?p=122