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Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
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Chapel Allerton Tennis Club
22 Oct 2004 -
Tennis -
Laurence Gale MSc
Anthony Asquith has recently been promoted to Head Groundsman at Chapel Alleton. Taking over from his father (a role reversal). They have been working together ever since Anthony started as an apprentice at the club some seven years ago. Anthony has been very proactive continuing to increase is knowledge and education along the way. Culminating in Anthony recently completing is NVQ level three certificate in sports turf management.More Inside.
October Tennis Diary 2004
4 Oct 2004 -
Tennis -
Laurence Gale MSc
October Tennis Diary
September Tennis Diary 2004
2 Sep 2004 -
Tennis -
Laurence Gale MSc
September Tennis Diary
August tennis diary 2004
5 Aug 2004 -
Tennis -
Dave Saltman
As the warm summer continues the courts will now be showing serious signs of wear. It will be important to continue to repair any foot damage caused by play. This month sees the continuation of regular maintenance tasks-details inside
July Tennis Diary 2004
14 Jul 2004 -
Tennis -
Laurence Gale MSc
With Wimbledon completed, many tennis courts will be back to some sort of normality. The increase in tennis during Wimbledon will have brought some amount of extra wear on the courts, so it will be important to implement some time and resources to repair any damage caused by play. More Inside.
Wimbledon on the water
14 Jul 2004 -
Tennis -
Editor
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Can you build a grass tennis court in three days? That was the question I was asked by a marketing executive representing American Express in early April.
As with all these things, I work on the premise that anything is possible-here is the full account of the construction of two temporary tennis courts
Preparations for Wimbledon 2004
2 Jun 2004 -
Tennis -
Editor
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Tim Henman’s form in the French Open is whetting our appetites for the tennis calendar’s showpiece event – the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, due to start on 21st June. More Inside.
June Tennis Diary 2004
1 Jun 2004 -
Tennis -
Laurence Gale MSc
June Tennis Diary
May Tennis Diary 2004
5 May 2004 -
Tennis -
Laurence Gale MSc
May Tennis Diary. More Inside.
April Tennis Diary 2004
8 Apr 2004 -
Tennis -
Laurence Gale MSc
April Tennis Diary
March Tennis Diary 2004
1 Mar 2004 -
Tennis -
Editor
March maintenace diary for Tennis.
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Great summer but a late renovation
1 Dec 2003 -
Tennis -
Anthony Asquith
As we had such an exceptional summer we were able to carry out this autumn’s renovations a little later. We started renovating the courts in pairs, taking two at a time out of play-full article inside
Film Crews and Tournament success
20 Oct 2003 -
Tennis -
Eddie Seaward
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From our point of view the tournament was very successful, we didn’t get a single complaint from any player this year about any court-full article inside
New Wimbledon Doubles Partner
23 Sep 2003 -
Tennis -
Editor
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club has renewed a three-year double partnership agreement with Toro for both its irrigation control system and fine turf mowers-full details inside
The Long Good Summer
29 Aug 2003 -
Tennis -
Peter Mark Craig
- 1 comment
The fantastic weather that we have all enjoyed this year has meant the courts have been played on regularly throughout the summer. The courts now show heavy wear-full article inside
March Tennis Diary 2003
15 Mar 2003 -
Tennis -
Chris Parry
A generis list of works to do for March on the Tennis courts. The last few weeks have been drier, but the price to pay with recent days of sunshine, are the cold frosty nights-click the link for details
New Tennis Diary 2003
12 Jan 2003 -
Tennis -
Editor
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To start off a new series, we have a Tennis diary of generic tasks for January-This is open to variation, feel free to offer your own tips, helpful hints and advice via e-mail and we'll incorporate these into the diary for the benefit of the members.
A green oasis in a concrete jungle
18 Nov 2002 -
Tennis -
Peter Mark Craig
During the non-growing season from October to April, the club employs 20 full time staff including myself as Grounds Manager. I am ably assisted by my Deputy, Neil Harvey, and three chargehands leading the tennis, cricket/croquet/bowls and Gardens teams.
New courts complete stern test
8 Sep 2002 -
Tennis -
Eddie Seaward
After the tournament last year we decided to invest in a Koro machine, albeit a smaller version so that it would work snugly on our courts. We Koro'd off five of the courts to a depth of 6mm, which removed all of the visible vegetation
Father and son team up at Chapel Allerton
6 Aug 2002 -
Tennis -
David Markham
A leisurely game of tennis on grass is a typically English sporting scene during the summer months, but when the summer season that’s when the hard work begins for the ground staff.
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