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Originally Posted by Virginia
I've made a special study of Wilding, as he was a New Zealander and a pretty special person. I have two biographies plus his own autobiography "On the Court and Off".
I've been working for the last 18 months or so on getting a wooden racquet tournament organised, to celebrate his centenary.
Our regional tennis organisation has expressed considerable interest (they oversee 47 clubs in my area), but we haven't finalised the details yet.
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Great idea on the woody tournament to celebrate the Wilding Centenary. I played a woody tourney this year that was a tribute to Jack Kramer which really made it special to me.