Speaker: Alan Gray..M.B.E.
TOWN HALL 10:00am
Born in Scotland, Alan went to school in St Andrews and Edinburgh. His interest in tennis was stimulated by watching a match at Dundee Ice Rink in 1956 He subsequently played at a mediocre level for the next 50 years.(his words!).Having watched Wimbledon for many years (including sleeping on the pavements so that he could get into the free standing room on Centre Court), he decided to take up Umpiring in the 1980's. Twenty five consecutive Wimbledon's followed during which he was a line judge on 6 finals and umpired 77 matches.In 2012,.He will cover topics such as "Grunting", "Hawk-Eye", "The Roof"', taking players to the Toilet, and the day the Queen came to Wimbledon.