The wonder of Hawkeye..

In my view, watching tennis has become even more of an entertainment since the introduction of Hawkeye. I've been along to some big exhibition matches, and one final at the Royal Albert Hall, and the use of Hawkeye got the crowd all riled up and laughing.

So it was really surprising and fascinating today to hear the story of Hawkeye - the technology that can tell you accurately whether a shot was in or out.

It all started around here - in Basingstoke. Then it grew and grew. It began as a technology that could help, in cricket matches, tell whether a shot was leg-before-wicket. From cricket, it moved into tennis, and is now established in most of the big championships, and of course now we hear it could be moving into football too. That means Hawkeye in Basingstoke is growing, and many staff spend their time flying around the world and attending top sporting events.

Terrible job but someone has to do it!