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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.
Wimbledon prepares for the tournament
18 Jun 2002 -
Tennis -
Eddie Seaward
As we lead into the Championship I look to assistance from Mother Nature - she does a much better job than we can do. Really all I want is the sunshine.
We get regular forecasts and they are saying showers every day at the moment
Devonshire Park Update (12/05/2002)
13 May 2002 -
Tennis -
Roy Charman
This last week we have concentrated our efforts on weed control. I generally don’t like to use herbicides, but having spent the last couple of years doing spot treatments, we felt we had no choice but to offer the more pragmatic approach.
Wimbledon Update 13/04/02
20 Apr 2002 -
Tennis -
Eddie Seaward
Very little mowing has been done this week because the temperatures have remained quite cold and growth has been slow.We had left the grass longer in the cooler areas on some of our courts where the ends are in permanent shade through the winter
Preparations start at Wimbledon
5 Apr 2002 -
Tennis -
Eddie Seaward
The official start of the season is the 19th May, so we have some time to go yet. We are on a countdown to the Members opening day, which is good for us because we have a target to get everything ready for this day.
Ilkley Tennis Club
5 Mar 2002 -
Tennis -
David Markham
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Ilkley Tennis Club is one of the biggest in the north and head Groundsman Rod Wild is trying to ensure that all 14 grass courts are in prime condition ready for the target date for the start of the season on May 1st.
The highlight of the year at Ilkley is the open tournament, a week long British tour event from July 27th to August 3rd.
The word from Wimbledon
19 Nov 2001 -
Tennis -
Eddie Seaward
The visitors that come to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Wimbledon out of season often remark about the quantity and scale of the works in progress. For the last ten years there has been ongoing development that will continue, probably for another ten years.As soon as the last tennis has been played for the year,
Autumn renovations last Friday
18 Oct 2001 -
Tennis -
Roy Charman
We were fortunate last Friday to get everything top-dressed; we were working on eleven of our courts, which is quite a large area of about 3/4 of an acre. We went like the clappers, kept the old machinery going, split our breaks
Roy Charman Overview
1 Sep 2001 -
Tennis -
Roy Charman
You`ve probably seen them at the circus or on the TV, those very clever people who balance spinning plates on sticks. The trick is to get all the plates spinning at the same time.
Eddie Seaward Overview
1 Sep 2001 -
Tennis -
Eddie Seaward
I became an assistant Groundsman when I left school and progressed to the position of Head Groundsman at the age of 24. I joined the I.O.G as a member in 1961 and spent four years as the Honorary General Secretary and then three and a half years as the chairman of Education.
Tales from the seaside
1 May 2001 -
Tennis -
Roy Charman and Andy Bacon
It’s April 1st and with the Tennis Club scheduled to start play in three weeks time some serious judgements have to be made.
This year, perhaps more than any other that can be remembered, although we are all inclined to short memories, has usually been ‘what can we do today?’ rather than ‘we will do this today’. A regular work programme went out of the window some time ago.
A WORD FROM WIMBLEDON
1 May 2001 -
Tennis -
Eddie Seaward
Our work on preparing the courts for the playing season usually starts in earnest in March. The exact timing will depend on the weather conditions. It is vital that the court is not so wet and soft that the machinery will damage the surface. The following timetable is a description of our preparation at Wimbledon. As with all the procedures the timing is influenced by weather conditions.
November Tennis Diary 2011
6 Nov 1998 -
Tennis -
Laurence Gale MSc
November Tennis Diary 2011
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