Aberdeen Cup

RESULT: SCOTLAND 6.5 -- england 1.

Great weekend up at the Aberdeen Cup - Andy & Jamie Murray, Elena Baltacha, James McKie & Caitlin Steel (juniors) played singles, doubles & mixed to retain the title Scotland won last year. It was a fun event, and a great experience for the juniors -although their matches were pretty short (just 4 games) it was still an amazing atmosphere for them to be a part of. I enjoyed catching up with Judy, Jamie & Andy, getting my VIP pass into the corporate hospitality tent, and having a nice holiday weekend!


James McKie; Euan McIntosh,Ross Wilson,Jonny O'Mara; Judy & Emma Devine;

Jo, Steve & I went through to Kirkcaldy on Friday night to see mum & dad in their annual show with KAOS (Kirkcaldy Amateur Operatic Society) - "My Fair Lady"...it was a good show - hilarious costumes and some great singing and dancing. I drove up to Braemar after that (late arrival) and we had a hike up Morrone on Sat morning. Went to the tennis on Saturday evening and back (late again!). Sun morning we went biking which was fun, then to Aberdeen where I dropped Jo & Steve to catch a train back to Edinburgh (they were leaving for Italy Monday morning) and I went to the tennis. Pete came to watch Andy's match which I think he enjoyed, and it was fun to catch up and hear tales of his month cycling in Africa!

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New flat :)

Into my new flat...loving it :) I've got two flatmates already from Newcastle, Australia - Kristy & Rodney. They're great, only embarassing thing is they keep calling me "boss"!! Best thing about the flat is there's a pole, right in the middle of the living room area (it's an old converted mill) - I'm thinking a flat-warming party with a pole theme could bring some interesting characters - fireman, athletes, and strippers...I'd be happy with that :)









I was at the National Coaches Conference in Stirling a couple of weekends ago. It was fantastic - Louis Cayer (top Canadian coach) was inspirational and I'm keen to take on his suggestions/challenges and work hard at being a real "performance level coach". Judy was another keynote speaker, and every time I work with her I come off in a positive frame of mind knowing I have something to work towards - it was the same when I was playing and she was coaching me. Asides from greatly valuing her opinion on the tennis court, I always have such a good laugh with her cuz she's so funny.

This week I've been in La Manga for an LTA Coach Education camp - unfortunately the weather was pretty rubbish, but it was still a really great course. There were 16 of us plus 2 tutors, it was a good group of keen coaches and we had a fun 5 days both on-court and off. Only downside was I missed my connection in London Gatwick by about 15 minutes, and had to sleep in the airport overnight :(

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