42 episodes
The ‘Confessions’ Sports Player Series Nick Owen
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- Fiction
The serialisation of NOP’s unique insights into the dreams and disappointments of our sporting heroes.
You can hear ‘Confessions of an Ageing Football Player’ in episodes 1 -21.
The sequel to Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player (The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player) will be available from 3 January 2023, just in time for the Australian Open.
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The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: The Bird Sightings.
In which tennis ornithologist, Mrs Hacienda Buscando Stanley Carter (aka Phoebe Snetsinger) first observes Lord A.J.P.G.R. Murray in the field and makes her first fatal mistake.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #PhoebeSnetsinger #LiverpoolTennisClub #SerenaWilliams
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here. -
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Episode 15 - Bird Sighting 5
In which Hacienda S.B. Carter (aka Phoebe) attemps to attract Lord Andrew J.P.G.R. Murray back to his haunting ground by the surreptitious placement of several pints of best foaming Hawkeye bitter in prominent positions around the tennis club.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #PhoebeSnetsinger #LiverpoolTennisClub
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here. -
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 14 - Bird Sighting 4.
In which our intrepid tennis ornithologist, Miss Hacienda S.B. Carter (or Phoebe, to her friends, whoever they are) plucks up the courage to approach the Unidentified Wandering Object.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #SerenaWilliams #PhoebeSnetsinger #LiverpoolTennis #HMPNorthSeaCamp -
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 13 - Bird Sighting 3.
In which Miss Hasienda Buscando Stanley Carter (or Phoebe, for short) struggles with Unidentified Wandering Object refusing to move from armchair in member’s lounge due to The Hawkeye Effect.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #RogerFederer #SerenaWilliams #PhoebeSnetsinger #LiverpoolTennis #HMPNorthSeaCamp -
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 12 - Bird Sighting 2.
In which tennis ornithologist, Miss* Hacienda's Unidentified Wandering Object appears to be struggling with hitting a tennis ball with his racket. She gives him advice which he ignores.
* Editors Note: NB Miss not Mrs.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #RogerFederer #SerenaWilliams #Phoebe Snetsinger #LiverpoolTennis #HMPNorthSeaCamp -
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 11 - Bird Sighting 1.
In which the tennis ornithologist, Mrs Hacienda Buscando Stanley Carter first observes Lord A.J.P.G.R. Murray in the field.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #RogerFederer #SerenaWilliams #Phoebe Snetsinger #LiverpoolTennis #HMPNorthSeaCamp