Free Wimbledon iPad app.
It will keep you fully informed with every aspect of the Wimbledon fortnight.
I am delighted, this year and through an agency, to have had the honour of Rayross Print Factory printing cards for organisers of Wimbledon. This has prompted me to have a closer look at the organisation. I just feel I need to share the information I found with you, it’s just unbelievable what can be achieved during a 14-day period. However I must say it does take a year to organise.
The more I delved into its organisation the more flabbergasted I was. Just a look at these statistics and you’ll realise you’re only dipping your toes into a vast sea of administration.
Over £20million Prize Money
42 Acres of ground
38,500 spectator capacity
250 ball boys and girls
335 officials as umpires, line umpires and off-court staff
5 Mjor Trophies
42,000 tennis balls
112,000 punnets of strawberries
50,000 plants
25,000 bottles of champagne
190,000 sandwiches
That’s before we even begin to think about the remarkable celebrity of talent that pack into a fortnight.
The 5 top men’s seed 1st Novak Diokovic, 2nd Andy Murray, 3rd Roger Federer, 4th David Ferrer, 5th Rafael Nadal
The 5 top women’s seeds 1st Serena Williams, 2nd Victoria Azerenka, 3rd Maria Sharapova, 4th Agniezka Radwanska, 5th Sara Erranti
To find out more its worth visiting the official site http://www.wimbledon.com