Anyone for tennis? Getting into Wimbledon – answers and notes

1 Because most tickets are issued by a public ballot – you can apply for a ticket but only certain applicants are successful, and they are selected at random by computer.
2 The Lawn Tennis Association, affiliated clubs, schools and foreign tennis associations.
3 On the last 4 days of Wimbledon – because all the tickets for the finals are sold in advance.
4 About 500.
5 A colour-coded wristband.
6 The Centre, no.1 and no.2 Courts. Although the Centre Court, no.1 Court and no.2 Court are sometimes referred to as the ‘show courts’ they are not the only ones defined in this way – courts 3, 4 and 18 are also called ‘show courts‘.
7 Almost two weeks / a fortnight.
8 Courts 4-19 all have unreserved seating.
9 Large flags, rattles, banners and over-sized hats that might obscure someone else’s view. (Also any object or clothing which has a political or commercial statement on it.)
10 The stewards.
11 If you were unsuitably dressed, a hasard of some kind by being too loud, or drunk, or if your behaviour was annoying or dangerous or your language or gestures were obscene or abusive. If you removed clothing to the point that you might offend someone.
12 No – wheeled footwear is not allowed.
13 Mobile phones
14 No, not without lawful authority – you are not allowed to buy, sell or distribute championship tickets. The aim is to avoid creating a black market for tickets.
15 From touts – you are told you must not buy a ticket from a (ticket) tout as they are illegal – and they would not be valid.

Tout – noun – person who buys up tickets for an event to resell them at a profit – also a ticket tout (plural ticket touts)

16 No – you are only allowed to enter or leave the stands when players change ends.
17 During a rally.

A rally – plural rallies: 1) (in a racket sport such as squash, badminton or table tennis) – a sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point. 2) a demonstration eg a rally against the closing of a factory 3) (in motor racing) an event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time 4) (business) a recovery after a decline in prices; said of the market, stocks, etc.

18 Because it is considered unsporting.
19 No.
20 To avoid inconveniencing or distracting either the players or members of the public.

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