Cricket/Baseball

An article Tim found - with a picture of baseball Hall of Famer and LCC member George Wright.

http://baseballhall.mlblogs.com/2009/06/04/culture-clubs/

December 8, 2011 Pictures

November 27, 2011

The Clubhouse Court had some visitors last week including Angela and Jennifer Buras. The abnormally warm weather has kept the grass especially green this autumn. Let's hope for a gradual cool down, so the grass can get ready for winter.

Final Days of 2011 Grounds Work

Lunch

John G. made a delicious lunch for the staff.

Rolled pork roast with cranberry stuffing
Grilled spicy parsnips
Grilled carrots with honey glaze
Roasted new potatoes
Baked apples with cinnamon

Thanks John for a wonderful meal!

November 9, 2011 Pics

London Plane, Jeff and Vic, Japanese Maple, Sugar Maple

Deep Tine

Final aeration of the season. The deep tine aerator goes beyond the usual depth of 3-4 inches of a typical greens aerator. In the video, Jeff has the depth set at 8 inches. Having our own machine affords lots of flexibility, allowing us to take advantage of wonderful days like today - 60 and dry. It may sound counter intuitive, but the aeration and decompaction of the soil now will lead to healthier, firmer grass courts next season. MB

October Snow

Good Sportsmanship

Clean up from the storm

Two days after the storm

Employee of the week!

Vic wins a piece of the old hard court and a $10 gas card for earning 'Employee of the Week'.

Ice water
Nathan and Charlie hinding behind the windscreen.

Best Fall Ever!

Yesterday was the first frost of the season. This has been one of the nicest Octobers that we can remember. After another beautiful sunrise the crew cleaned up cores and thatch off of the porch row...

Kids parade by the hard working employees.

One of Jeff's many protests.

Neil's stories are so funny Nathan and Jeff don't realize he isn't shoveling.

Nathan works while Neil enjoys Jeff's tangent about spear fishing and trapeze artists. (I'm not making this up. It was really discussed.)

Another great sunrise!

Nate had some company while he was aerating the Clubhouse Court.

10/18/2011

Trenching for a new irrigation system on the Middlesex Road embankment. Lots of verticutting and topdressing.

Pomfret

Tim and I attended a sports turf workshop at the Pomfret School in Pomfret, CT. Despite the rain we had a wonderful day. Speakers from the UConn turf program, a tour of the facility and Tim's favorite - lunch in the cafeteria.

10/12/2011 Video

Altough it is October 12th, there are still a lot of plants to be enjoyed around the club. All the pictures in the video are from this morning. Also, the grass is still green and the courts are playing well (rain expected tonight).

sunrise, 10/11/2011

One of the top reasons working at Longwood is fun is the people we get to meet and talk to.
Chef - Tony Bush
LCC Member - Luis Leguia
Director of Tennis - Larry wolf
Assistant Grounds Superintendent - Tim Burns

Pics

Pictures from 10/4 and 10/5. Getting ready for badminton tonight and the flooded courts.

Aeration Tines

Recent blog entries on aeration of the grass courts have shown the equipment we use. The machinery enables us to choose different tines for different situations. Coring or solid, length, diameter, steel hardness - all are factors in choosing the right tine.