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30 Mar 2006, 23:50 (Ref:1565620)
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Formula One Pro-Am Tennis event for charity
Mark Webber put together a pro-am tennis event for TLC for Kids and Cancer Plus (Cancer Council of Tasmania) held at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday, 29 March 2006, before the Grand Prix kicked off.
http://www.markwebber.com/news/detai...ure%3D3%2D2006 For a gold coin donation, members of the public were able to attend and watch the likes of Webber, Nico Rosberg, Alex Wurz, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella, Christian Klien, Jacques Villeneuve and Nick Heidfeld have a friendly hit with past Australian greats of tennis, including John Fitzgerald, and current Davis Cup squad members, including Wayne Arthurs and Chris Guccione. Yours truly, my wife and baby daughter made the trip from the CBD to Kooyong and spent a good couple of hours taking a gander at the drivers outside their natural environment and spending some relaxation time hitting tennis balls while giving the occasional interview to the likes of Network Ten (host broadcaster), BBC Radio Five Live and Premier Sports. Sutton Images were also there, taking snapshots of the action. Most of the drivers were willing to sign autographs and generally interact with the fans, and I was pleased to bag autographs from JV and Webber, with JV signing a couple of books, a cap and a t-shirt for me, and Webber signing my wife's cap. Never far without our trusty digital camera, here are some snapshots of the day: Webber signing autographs for the crowd: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0072.jpg Nick Heidfeld walking back after doing the same thing: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0072.jpg Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa arrive at Kooyong: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0078.jpg |
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30 Mar 2006, 23:51 (Ref:1565621)
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JV gives an interview:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0082.jpg Nico Rosberg and Heidfeld mingle: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0083.jpg JV, Heidfeld and Rosberg hang out: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0087.jpg Neil Crompton of Network Ten welcomes everyone to Kooyong: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0088.jpg |
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30 Mar 2006, 23:53 (Ref:1565623)
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Webber makes a short speech of welcome:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0089.jpg Webber and Wayne Arthurs warming up: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0090.jpg Nico Rosberg warming up: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0092.jpg Webber about to fire down a thunderbolt: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0097.jpg Next match, JV and Sandon Stolle warming up: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0099.jpg JV gets into the swing of things: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0101.jpg Felipe Massa getting warm: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61...aandGP0107.jpg |
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30 Mar 2006, 23:55 (Ref:1565624)
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First impressions - nice try, Mark, but I'm not sure whether Australia is the right country to host this event. On a Wednesday evening, with some ominous looking clouds in the sky, the crowd was very sparse - they would have been lucky to crack 200, I thought (and most of those were VIPs).
But for my wife and I, as we're not going to the Oz GP this year, this was a very cheap alternative to buying grandstand tickets and waiting for hours to get autographs from some of our favourite drivers, so we're not complaining. And my baby daughter loved being in the fresh air for a change! |
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31 Mar 2006, 01:03 (Ref:1565646)
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Nice thread Dixie! Thank you
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31 Mar 2006, 01:04 (Ref:1565647)
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JPM not playing then.
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31 Mar 2006, 01:13 (Ref:1565653)
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31 Mar 2006, 01:14 (Ref:1565654)
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31 Mar 2006, 13:38 (Ref:1566111)
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[sarcasm]JPM not playing then.[/sarcasm]
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31 Mar 2006, 13:42 (Ref:1566115)
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[sarcasm]Not entirely sure why that needed re-phrased for the exact same effect, but never mind...[/sarcasm]
 Schumacher and Massa were playing rugby the other day, incidentally. I can't think of anything more bizarre right now.... |
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