“It’s just a spreadsheet” (it was not just a spreadsheet)
AGM, last October. Someone says "we should have a ladder". I say, and I remember the exact words, "I can do that, it's just a spreadsheet".
It was not just a spreadsheet.
Monday, 29 June 2026
Spread the good ones out. That's it. That's the secret.
Three people from other clubs have now asked me "how do you run your mixer" so here's my answer and it's going to disappoint you because it's one thing.
Spread the good players out.
Thursday, 25 June 2026
It was only meant to fix Thursdays
Bev has asked me about six times to write this so here it is. Short version: I tried to fix one evening of tennis and it got out of hand.
"Anyone fancy social tennis Thursday 7pm? Courts 3 and 4. First 8 to reply."
That message, or one like it, went out every week at our club for years. And then the noticeboard. Look at the noticeboard.
Thursday, 14 May 2026
Thirteen. It was thirteen people that broke it.
Six of us was lovely. Eight was fine. Ten was fine-ish. Twelve I was coping.
Thirteen people turned up on a Thursday in March and I had a clipboard, a biro that didn't work, and absolutely no idea what I was doing.
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