Articles by Abbie Boraston-Green

About Abbie Boraston-Green

After her promising tennis career was cut short by a shoulder injury, Abbie went first into coaching and then a promotional position with the Lawn Tennis Association. She and her husband Paul live in Warlingham with their two children, where Abbie now works part-time for a national breast cancer charity. More Posts

Welcome back to the past

I am reliably informed that ITV’s global smash hit Downton Abbey, written by Julian Fellowes, returns to UK screens this coming weekend in the form of (is it?) a fifth series. Reflecting upon the potentially far-reaching implications of the Scotland independence referendum and sundry other [...]

September 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

The US Open

Like many of the National Rust staffers I enjoy a flutter or as I said to Daffers after a liquid girlie lunch ” more tickle, less slap.” For the US Open tennis I had a conservative stake plan: Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic on a win double and Roger Federer to reach the final. [...]

September 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

Camaraderie under pressure

Yesterday I travelled to the countryside just beyond Henley-on-Thames in order to watch my daughter and seven other pals (making up a mixed-gender team) take part in the 2014 London West Tough Mudder challenge. I was suitably impressed by sheer scale and efficiency of the operation – [...]

April 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

My team/ Goole Town

People adopt a football team for all sorts of reasons. A few years ago I was on a club med holiday with my then boyfriend. We met a man called Eric, who worked for Marks and Spencers. He said their most popular dish was duck a l’ orange in every store ” from Sidmouth to Goole”. [...]

January 26, 2014 // 0 Comments

You can’t always have what you want

Call me old-fashioned, but I hold to the view that there are certain natural, instinctive and inevitable facts of life. It is the case that some people are naturally more talented at specific things than others – and I don’t wish here to get into complications such as the ’10,000 hours’ [...]

January 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

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