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Asguard · Feb 26, 2008

all i can say about this is WHAT THE FUCK

Adelaide Now said:

Tennis girl banned for grunting

A YOUNG girl has been banned from playing tennis by her local club because she grunts too loudly.

Lauryn Edwards, 9, was told at the weekend that she could no longer play her beloved sport after a complaint from an opposition player a fortnight ago.

The club informed Lauryn's stunned parents Duncan and Ruth the grunting had become too much.

Mr Edwards described the ban as pathetic and has contacted Tennis Australia for advice.

Watch video here of Lauryn in action - grunts and all

He said his daughter's grunting had been exaggerated.

"It's pretty slight and now and again she hits hard and makes a loud noise and that's it," he said.

"From just one comment this has all blown up stupidly. There's no rule against it - so they've made a rule against it."

He said the Mount Carmel Tennis Club, 30km north of Melbourne, had asked him for an assurance Lauryn would remain silent on the court.

"They told me to guarantee she won't grunt or she can't play," Mr Edwards said.

"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? They made her cry on the court when they told her. She was in such a state I had to bring her home mid-match."

Lauryn, who is heartbroken by the ban, has attention deficit disorder.

She has been playing tennis since the age of four after it was recommended by her school psychologist to burn energy and keep her focused.

Dubbed "Lauryn Sharapova" by a former coach, she nominates the Russian champion as her favourite tennis player.

"It feels natural to do my noise, I'm not faking it," Lauryn said.

"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."

Lauryn plays for the Mount Carmel Tennis Club in the Northern Suburbs Junior Tennis Association (NSJTA).

Mount Carmel Tennis Club vice president Paul Hackett was tight-lipped yesterday.

"No comment, sorry," he said.

"No one is not allowing her to play. Sorry I can't say any more than that."

NSJTA president Russell Baldry was unaware of the issue when contacted by The Daily Telegraph.

He said it was disappointing the club had appeared to take matters into its own hands.

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I mean seriously, WTF why ban a child from playing tenis because she grunts when she hits the ball?

This is taking Jounor sport WAY to seriously

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Challenger78 · Feb 26, 2008

Seuxlaising children. Must be pedophiles about.

WHAT THE FUCK indeed.

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Asguard · Feb 26, 2008

I dont think it has anything to do with sexualising children. The artical said it was "disracting to the other players"

But she is just a kid for christ sake, doing it to control ADD, its not proffessional level

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