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Sorry Ed didn't see your post. I'm going down for a practice at Elswick in a few minutes and will probably stay until around 4 if that's later on enough for you? Think it's a bit late to change tonight from Gosforth as I don't think everyone checks the forum before heading out.

I'm 0795 479 4133 if you don't already have it.

Yeah really quiet it seems but not floodlit - could it not still do for Sunday afternoons in the winter though?

The footy pitch is floodlit and also bigger (the same size they play at polo tournaments i think) but is AstroTurf :(

If we do encounter any fun-spoiling tennis players I was assuming Ed would just beat them up.

I'll be at Gosforth for 5:30pm again tonight.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Elswick+Road,+Newcastle+Upon+Tyne&hl=en&ll=54.973845,-1.640353&spn=0,0.01929&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=21.665954,39.506836&z=16&layer=c&cbll=54.968726,-1.640363&panoid=byJD7G5gpL7m7DvF6-1Jmw&cbp=12,184.7,,3,4.55

I had a good practice at Elswick Park tennis courts today and really enjoyed not having to weave around basketballers or keep picking the ball out from underneath the fence or fetching it when it rolls underneath the gate or into the hole of death. Does anyone fancy trying it out for a game - maybe this Saturday or Sunday?

There's two tennis courts with straight metal nets which work as fences meaning we could have two polo pitches, one either side of the nets. There would be two small gaps on one side of the fence (net) at each end like there is at Gosforth and an extra (very small) gap in the middle between the nets. It looked like each of these pitches would be slightly bigger than the Gosforth court.

It would give us a much better surface with no potholes, no holes underneath the fences for balls to get stuck in (and no hole of death!) and it's closer to the City Centre.

I was there for over an hour this sunny afternoon and saw no tennis players at all which makes me think it's not something people really do in Elswick so hopefully we'd have no competition for the space, especially as winter is coming, although I'll have to play there more often before knowing for sure.

Thoughts?

Luke.

If you join the Facebook group add me aswell (Facebook.com/SteveCarrot)

Yes I'll be there from 2pm today.

I've made a Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/248846778478090

Also a poster to put in cafes, pubs, shops etc: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1905770488595

Luke.

FIRST POST!

Thought I'd use it to say I'll be at polo tonight - probably around 5:30pm aswell so I can get a bit of practice before we start matches.

Luke.