Today both Gerry and I played in the senior games. He played singles. I played women's doubles. After a two hour match and winning, he had to play again almost immediately, which was brutal. He lost the second match, but no one ever beats that player.

My partner and I wondered what would be the level of play of our opponents, having no experience playing competitive tennis. They were far far more experienced that we are, and in fact have played at national level competition. We have been partners for about three months, compared to their partnership of thirty years. It was clear that we were not likely to win any matches, but were proud of ourselves that we did manage to win some games, several in fact!

It is fun to just be able to play. Who knows what we will find ourselves up against tomorrow? I certainly did not go into this expecting to come home with any medals. In fact, I was just thrilled when they gave me a badge to wear that said: Athlete. To me, "athlete" is just as good as gold!