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		<title>Fin &amp; Deesse Tennis Racquets</title>
		<link>http://tennishistory.com.au/2012/02/fin-tennis-racquets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Tennis Manufacturers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tennishistory.com.au/?p=1187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The story about Fin is really a story about an Australian who single-handedly helped Taiwan launch graphite racquets into the global market and in the process established himself as the foremost designer and innovator of racquet design with graphite technology. Barry Todd was looking for a business opportunity in the late 1970&#8242;s and a friend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tennis History &amp; Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[A Welcome to Australian Tennis History]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tennishistory.com.au/?p=1174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Owing to some recent contacts with UK &#38; USA tennis collectors organisations,  they have decided to include separate Facebook pages in which to engage all subjects relating to tennis. This access to expert collectors around the world is an invaluable resource. UK Tennis Collectors&#8217; Society USA Tennis Collectors Swiss Tennis History (Private collector &#8211; very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Australian Men in the 1920′s</title>
		<link>http://tennishistory.com.au/2012/01/top-australian-men-in-the-1920s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; As a consequence of World War 1 and despite the heavy loss of life, including many Australasian  tennis players such as Anthony Wilding, Arthur O&#8217;Hara Wood and Jack Addison to name only 3, tennis in the 1920&#8242;s got off to a slow start since many of the young up and comers were enlisted and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women’s Team Events 1920′s -1930′s</title>
		<link>http://tennishistory.com.au/2011/12/womans-team-events/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Federation Cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennis Players Women]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tennishistory.com.au/?p=970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Australian Men were traveling and playing in tournaments over the 1890&#8242;s to early 1900 period, women&#8217;s tennis rated poorly.  The Davis Cup competition inspired the international tennis playing nations yet it was until 1963 that an equivalent event, the Federation Cup was instigated. In the 1920&#8242;s the UK and USA teams did play the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tennis News Q4 2011</title>
		<link>http://tennishistory.com.au/2011/12/tennis-news-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Blog / Interesting Tennis Stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi tennis enthusiasts, These last few months have been very interesting and exciting. We recently decided to form a group of tennis enthusiasts to help promote the history and help foster programmes to expose tennis history to the public.  The group Tennis Heritage Australia has two groups, one in Melbourne and a very new group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emrik Racquets</title>
		<link>http://tennishistory.com.au/2011/11/emrik-racquets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Tennis Manufacturers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tennishistory.com.au/?p=914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the transition from wood to graphite racquets took place in the late 1970&#8242;s, the established Australian Industry comprising Slazenger, Dunlop, Spalding and Oliver seemed to underestimate the potential of these new space age materials. Metal racquets while novel were often the cause of tennis elbow and so wooden racquets got a reprieve.  The first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unusual Vintage Tennis Racquets</title>
		<link>http://tennishistory.com.au/2011/06/unusual-vintage-tennis-racquets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Unusual Tennis Racquets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collecting vintage Tennis racquets (rackets) is a wonderful hobby which has been expanded considerably thanks to Ebay. Racquets never seen in Australia can now be purchased and the array of brands and designs is quite staggering. To appreciate the subject we recommend you find a copy of Siegfried Kuebler&#8217;s book &#8220;The Book of Tennis Rackets&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Famous Tennis Signatures</title>
		<link>http://tennishistory.com.au/2011/04/famous-tennis-signatures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Blog / Interesting Tennis Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tennis autographs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine the surprise of finding this amazing array of (reproduction) signatures celebrating the USA UK pair of Dwight Davis and Holcombe Ward at the Cafe Royal, Regent St West on July 2nd 1901. At least by sharing them with you here at tennishistory.com.au you will be able to compare them against other signatures that may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Tennis Movie Clips</title>
		<link>http://tennishistory.com.au/2011/04/videos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 07:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Early Movie Clips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a relatively unknown newsreel production company called British Pathe who have converted their library to an online preview site, we can now link you to movie footage of some of Australia&#8217;s historic tennis events. Please note that there is a search engine and you can buy clips or still frames for personal use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spider Web</title>
		<link>http://tennishistory.com.au/2011/04/spider-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spider Web Sport Products introduced tennis racquets into the range of archery and  hockey equipment in the early to mid 1930&#8242;s to take advantage of the games rapidly growing popularity.  Spider Web&#8217;s owner William Respini was a cabinet maker by trade and the factory was located at 133 Wells Place, South Melbourne, or as it [...]]]></description>
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