Tennis elbow

, originally uploaded by vincentgr.

Richard is warming up for tennis this afternoon – he’s warming up his right elbow by lifting cups of tea to his mouth in preparation for sitting in the tennis club lifting cider in the same way. Most people have the labels of Slazenger and Adidas on their kit – Richard’s preferred brand is Strongbow!

If all the players at his club looked like this I would go watch, but they are usually called Sue or Margaret and have a racket in one hand and a pension book in the other. Foot faults result in falls and fractures and instead of new balls most are waiting for new hips. Playing each other in doubles, the older women are known as the Awesome Foursome. Richard says they know about their nickname as someone said it in their hearing - I guess they must have been standing very very close!