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Old 06-30-2007, 12:40 PM   #1
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Default Wimbledon Championships: overnight queuing

Hello,

Does anyone what the deal is with queuing overnight for Wimbledon Tennis
Championships? My brother and I really want to get a ticket for Centre
court and court 1. What time do you start queuing? We're planning perhaps
to go down in the afternoon one day, say 2pm and try and get in, leave our
camping gear at left luggage outside. Collect it later on once the tennis
is finished and queue up. Is this a good idea?

I know there is some sort of ballot to get tickets for the main courts but
is that just pot luck to get any?

Kol
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Old 06-30-2007, 01:29 PM   #2
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  • Join the queue on Church Road, at either the North (towards Southfields) or West (towards Wimbledon Village). Entrance into the grounds from both queues is eventually via Gate 3. An equal number of tickets is allocated to each queue, so it's just down to personal preference or convenience as to which one you choose. See our Wimbledon Street Map page for exact queue positioning points.
  • Upon joining the queue you will be given a numbered Queue Card by one of the Honarary Stewards. These Queue Cards were first introduced in 2003 as a result of major queue jumping problems in 2002.
  • If camping for the first or second Monday of the tournament you can set up your tent straight away. For any other day you can still queue but you cannot immediately put up tents. The reason being that they block the pavement which is still a public right of way. You are required to wait until one hour after the last match of the day has finished at Wimbledon (9.30pm is not uncommon therefore 10.30pm) before the Stewards will let you take over the pavement. Ironically you can be queuing for "tomorrow", while people are queuing right next to you are queuing for "today" to catch some late evening tennis!
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