wimbledon.org

Wimbledon may be nearly over, but throughout the tournament this website has been keeping people up to date with everything Wimbledon related.

There is so much to this site that I'm going to miss bits out, but to try not to I'll do each different section one at a time.

Home
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The home page lists all major news stories, with a little bit of information and then a link to read more. Links on either side give you access to more news stories and the rest of the site. It would be nice to see a quick score summary on the home page too, but it does tell you the state of the weather! The site has a good Wimbledon theme throughout, making good usage of that classic Wimbledon green colour!

The site is also pretty modern and interactive, with a host of web cam features! Menus are snazzy and of the automatic drop down style.

Scores
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A quick link from the home page brings up to the minute scores for every court to view. They are updated every two minutes, so you always know the exact score.

This section also features an order of play listing, as well as full statistics on all the matches and players!

But what is an even better feature is the IBM Real Time Scoreboard. This small java applet keeps you updated with live scores. There is even a beta version of it that will talk to you, telling you the scores!!

Players
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This section tells you all about the most important part of Wimbledon - the players!

There are stats, profiles and photos on all the seeds in the tournament, you can even see a full complete competitor list!

There are even interviews with the players, either in text format or watchable as a Real Player Movie. Add to this a photo gallery section and you spend a day in this section alone!!

News
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Does what it says on the tin. If something has happened at Wimbledon it will tell you here!!

Interactive
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Big section this one!

As I said before you have the IBM Realtime Scoreboard, but this is only the tip of the interactive iceberg!

First up is the slam cams, which are interactive webcams placed at various points inside the grounds! My only criticism is that they barely ever work. Next are the netcams, which allow you to view recent images from around Wimbledon. The same as the slamcam really, except they aren't interactive.

There is also plenty for the mobile phone user, including results by SMS and a WAP service.

There are also streaming videos of interviews and archive footage, although you can't actually see live tennis! You can listen to it though, using the online Wimbledon radio service.

Then you have the virtual tour, postcards you can email to friends, wallpaper downloads and a trivia game to test your knowledge.

Again, there is enough material here to play with that you could spend hours at it!

Shop
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Fancy spending some money? Then you can here! They sell loads of Official Wimbledon Merchandise, from bags to towels. It isn't cheap though, or do most towels cost £22?

Juniors
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This section of the site deals specifically with the junior game, providing similar information to the main site. Useful if you're in to this type of thing!

Information
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More than you ever wanted to know about Wimbledon! From the history, to buying tickets it's all here. Heaven for the Wimbledon fanatic!

Official Suppliers
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Everyone who sponsors Wimbledon gets their name here. For example, did you know that Coca Cola supply the (and I quote) 'Official Carbonated Soft Drink', or that Jacob's Creek supply the 'Official Australian Wine' of the tournament. As appealing as it may be, I haven't seen many players taking to the wine whilst out on court!!

This is one great, great site. It has more info than you will ever need to know, and its a shame that its only useful for two weeks out of every year!