The Torch comes to SW19

The torch relay came through the All England club today. Andy Murray and Venus Williams had the honor of carrying the torch around the grounds.


The BBC torch cam did not actually show when Andy got his torch lit but then the cameras did catch up with him.

pic from Neil Harman's twitter

Maggie wasn't too pleased with torch cam.

Great footage of OUTSIDE the AELTC, bbc...
— Maggie May (@maggiemay_hem) July 23, 2012

Um... TORCH CAM SUCKS
— Maggie May (@maggiemay_hem) July 23, 2012

But once Andy got on to Centre Court it was all smiles and the feed was back!

He then made the short way to Henman Hill where Venus was waiting for him.

Venus then took the torch from Henman Hill off the grounds of the All England Club. 

Some gems from the BBC Torch Cam live text: 

"I don't want it to catch my hair", says the next torchbearer Venus Williams as she accepts the flame from Andy." 

Good thing it didn't Venus! "

" Here comes Andy. Looking fit and strong as he runs up that hill. Can he swap the gold of his torch for a gold in the tennis at London 2012? Let's hope so."

You Brits have a way with words. No?

Maggie and Rusty inspected the torch as it was brought home as a souvenir of the lovely sunny day. 

You told me there would be fire in this thing. So why is Rusty's nose still intact? twitter.com/maggiemay_hem/…
— Maggie May (@maggiemay_hem) July 23, 2012

The draw for the tennis event is Thursday at 11 am London time.