Rain Storm

On Thursday evening a thunderstorm dropped one and an half inches of rain on Longwood in a very short time. The storm drains could not handle it, so the water backed up and formed ponds on the courts. With the water not going anywhere, silt settled and covered the courts. Below are pictures of the silt covered courts (also lots of organic matter like grass clippings), washouts, the crew repairing the courts and the final product. Brick walkways were also undermined and the parking lot was a mess of sand that washed down from Route 9.

Special note on grass court opening. Despite the heavy rain, our 2 month streak of having the grass courts open continues - all grass courts opened today.