Magazine - Tennis (Page 4)

Game, set and match day...
7 Nov 2008 - Tennis - Laurence Gale MSc
Our editor heads for SW19 to spend the day with the Wimbledon groundstaff as they prepare for the all important World Group Davis Cup tie against Austria. With Wimbledon being the home of tennis in the UK and, some would say, the world, it is perhaps somewhat surprising to note that the recent Davis Cup match between Great Britain and Austria is only the fifth time a tie has been staged here in the past thirty years.

Managing Tarmac Tennis Courts
27 Oct 2008 - Tennis - John Lockyer - Issue 20 - Aug / Sep 2008 - 1 comment
STRI Turfgrass Agronomist, John Lockyer, looks at the management requirements of tarmacadam tennis courts. Not the most gripping of titles I know, but I see more problems with this artificial sports surface than most others.

At Wimbledon, It's the Grass Stupid
23 Jun 2008 - Tennis - Press Release
In the weeks leading up to the championships guards patrol the grounds of the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club with German shepherds; their radios buzz periodically with static and their fingers twitch on flashlights. Electrified fences surround the courts in London's leafy southwest. Interlopers of all kinds are unwelcome. Foxes, especially.

Westchester to Wimbledon
24 May 2008 - Tennis - Dave Procter - Issue 18 - Apr / May 2008
Still a young man, David Procter has followed an interesting career path thus far. His current position at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club has seen him move from Greenkeeping to Groundsmanship.

South Coast smasher
27 Mar 2008 - Tennis - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 17 - Feb / Mar 2008
The International Women’s Open tennis championships will be held at Devonshire Park from 14-21 June 2008 guaranteeing more tense battles for an expected record crowd of spectators.