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Australian girl banned from tennis club for grunting A 9-year-old Australian girl has been banned from playing tennis at her local club over the noise she makes while competing. The Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, reported that Lauryn Edwards was told last weekend that she could no longer play after an opposing player complained about her grunting. Edwards' favorite player is Maria Sharapova. And like her hero, Edwards grunts when she strikes the ball. Her father, who has turned to the regional and national tennis federations for assistance, said the Mt. Carmel Tennis Club in Sunbury asked him for assurances that she would remain quiet while playing. "They told me to guarantee she won't grunt or she can't play," Duncan Edwards said, according to the report. "How can I guarantee that? She's been doing it since she was really little. She's her own person. "What do they want me to do? Put Band-Aids over her mouth?" he added. "They made her cry on the court when they told her. She was in such a state that I had to bring her home mid-match." Lauryn Edwards has been playing tennis since she was 4, after it was suggested as a way to help manage her attention deficit disorder. She says the grunting is part of her game. "It feels natural to do my noise. I'm not faking it," she said, according to the Herald-Sun. "It makes me play better. When I don't do it, I don't play my best tennis. And now people have told me I can't play if I do it." Paul Hackett, the vice president of the club, told the newspaper, "No one is not allowing her to play. Sorry, I can't say anymore than that." But Russell Baldry, the president of the Northern Suburbs Junior Tennis Association, in which Edwards plays, said the situation was disappointing. "They just had to ask her to try and be a little quieter, not make a federal case out of it," he said, according to the report. "This is not in the association's interests and not in the girl's interests. The association will have to discuss it because we certainly have not stopped her from playing." http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3267084

Why don't you ask her?

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^don't be super excited about the piano if you are expecting coldplay piano. Its going to be different

not going to be there tommorow. Hope it goes better than the last one

ooo thats possible, but i'm not sure if i want that if its going to be a good song. I'd rather it be on the album if it is indeed one of the stronger ones... and i was nice enough not to explode and make ian clean it up:P

AHHHHHHHHHH THIS IS AWESOME!

i doubt its a hoax. I checked and accessed the page through their homepage of the website. And rollingstone is pretty reliable

i love what they said about 42.The three part piece, upbeat climax... kinda makes me think of classics like a day in the life:D

holy shit! thats a great article. They even gave us details about the songs. Thanks so much!

good filip stays in:)

thats creepy and disturbing!With that name you should fit right in:lol:

are you lost?

Isn't that up to you to decide?

everywhere, but if you want just general chat, try the lounge

they should end with amsterdam in my opinion it will also depend on how many more albums they put out. If they make new music for another 15 years, its unlikely all of the definates will remain

i do

definates: clocks the scientist yellow in my place the hardest part(kidding) possibly always: fix you (hope not) politik don't panic talk occasionaly trouble swallowed in the sea square one amsterdam gpasuyf rarely shiver (should be played every time) a rush of blood everything else never a message(their best song)

welcome joe!;)

we'll need a huge straw to drink those. Or we can go swimming!:cool:

really? but how is that related to this thread at all?

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i'm underage so not me:cry:

:lol:good logic.

you forgot the balloons. but someone will have to blow them up