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Art, Mus ic, T TECHNOLOGY In association with Don’t pass word Bored senseless with The Voice and not too keen on Grand Designs re-runs either, I decided to do a bit of personal and some would say mindless surfing. Remember the days when we just went online for fun, ‘to see what we could find’? Sadly, a lot has changed in a few years; even worse, the contemporary criminal mind is now relentlessly pursuing all our valuable private information online. If you use Facebook or any other social networking site and you happen to publish your daughter’s name is Elli, you were born in 1970 and your cat is called Jess – beware. The less scrupulous and dangerous internet operators out there (and don’t kid yourself - there are many) could and would have a good stab at guessing your passwords. omedy, Street Art, Performance, Dance, S Art, Performance, Dance, Sculpture, 3D, Ph , Sculpture, 3D, Photography, Films, Poetry... , Comedy, Street Art, Performance, Dance, Sculpt Sculpture, 3D, Photography, Films, Poetry... Art, Performance, Dance, Sculpture, 3D, Photography, F , Comedy, Street Art, Performance, Dance, Sculpture, 3D Art, Music, Theatre, Comedy, Street Art, Performance, Dance, Sculpture, 3D, Photography, Films, Poetry... .. nce, Sculpture, 3D, Photography, Films, Poetry... Art, Music, Theatre, Comedy, Street Art, Performance, Dance, Sculpture, 3D, Photography, Films, Poetry... 12 I JUNE/JULY 2013 Art, Music, Theatre, Comedy, Street Art, Performance, Da nce, Sculpture, 3D, Photography, Films, Poetry... Art, Music, Theatre, Comedy, Street Art, Performance, Dance, Sculpture, 3D, Photography, Films, Poetry... nce, Sculpture, 3D, Photography, Films, Poetry... Art, Music, Theatre, Comedy, Street Art, Performance, Da Art, Music, Theatre, Comedy, Street Art, Performance, Dance, Sculpture, 3D, Photography, Films, Poetry... nce, Sculpture, 3D, Photography, Films, Poetry... , Photography ilm Art, Music, Theatre, Comedy, Street Art, Performance, Da Art, on your favourite things So what? Well, if you don’t do any banking online, don’t send any private emails and don’t have any personal data on your machine, you don’t have too much to worry about. If on the other hand (like me), you get the feeling your entire life is stored on PCs and mobile devices, you might want to take password security slightly more seriously. High-profile websites such as Dropbox, LivingSocial, Twitter and LinkedIN have already been targeted; nobody is immune and we are all at risk. The nearest thing to an online ‘vaccination’ is a Password Manager, because if you’re Over 100 events in 9 days Don’t Miss It! Didsbury’s Summer Arts Festival Art, Music, Theatre, Comedy, Street Art, Performance, Da using ElliJess1970 across all your banking, online and social media platforms, for example, it is like leaving your house wide open with signs all over the windows saying “Come in, please steal everything, we’re away for a month”. If you do nothing else today, apart from read this, please change your passwords! Ed Shropshire is Managing director of aquarium Software Poplar House 126a Ashley Road Hale WA14 2UN Tel: 0161 927 5620 www.aquarium-software.com Pick up a programme at Didsbury Library or visit the DAF web site. Join in online: DidsburyArtsFestival @DidsArtsFest www.didsburyartsfestival.org JUNE/JULY 2013 I 1
Anyone for tennis in south Manchester? There is some doubt about the origins of modern tennis, but most people attribute lawn tennis to Major Walter Wingfield, who marketed the game in 1873. Whatever the truth, Tennis was a craze that swept suburban England in the late 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th. This was a time when most of south Manchester was being built and a Tennis Club was a ‘must have’ facility in any neighbourhood. Although many of these little clubs have disappeared over years, many remain. There are 40 clubs participating in an inter Club Junior league and there are two adult interclub leagues, the North-East Cheshire and the South West Manchester leagues, which have a comparable number of participants. There are endless numbers of tennis tournaments from Mini Tennis events for eight-yearolds and under to over-60s veteran events, with everything in between. The top end of adult events will include young men and women playing at national level and lower level international tennis. Every club has an active coach or coaches, with a strong junior programme. Not surprisingly, every generation from this area produces players who go on to try and make an impact in the world of professional tennis. The current crop include Liam and Naomi Broady, a brother and sister combo, who first played tennis at the Albert Club in West Didsbury. Their dad, Simon, won the Albert Club Championship in 1998. Liam has won the boys doubles at Wimbledon and at the Australian Open, and was the runner-up in the boys at Wimbledon and the US Open. He is now trying to make it in the tough world of men’s tennis, and many see a bright future for this hard-hitting lefty from Stockport. His sister, Naomi, is 6’ 2” and has a serve like a cannon. She has won several ITF titles and, for a year or two, has been hovering on the brink of big-time tennis. There is also Samantha Murray from Hale. Samantha is currently ranked 262 in the world and 7 in the UK. I’m a ‘pyramid’ man. I believe that more people who participate at the grassroots of the sport, the higher will be the top of the sport. Most top tennis players have family members who actively participated in the sport. If you had ‘hot spots’ for tennis activity, south Manchester would be glowing red, but, sadly, this area is unique. There are more tennis clubs in Didsbury than the whole of north Manchester. The average annual subscription for a club is in the region of £150. Few dress codes remain and all clubs have programmes to welcome beginners. Women and mums are especially welcome, because when you go to junior tournaments and Naomi Broady Under 18 UK Champion see the next generation of aspirational youngsters, it’s the mums who are acting as tour managers. Andy Murray and his mum Judy, Liam and Naomi and their dad Simon are not the exceptions, they are the norm. Bizarrely, if you want to produce more top players, tennis needs to recruit more average to poor players. So get out there and have a go! There is almost certainly a tennis club within walking distance of your front door. Words Dave Chadwick JUNE/JULY 2013 I 13
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