LCC Grounds Maintenance: August 2013

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LCC Grounds blog began in 2008. Entries have educated membership and the public on the crew, agronomic techniques, horticulture and clay court maintenance.

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Grounds Crew Classic

The Grounds Crew and special guests played their annual tennis tournament. Larry's team defeated the Magnus team pretty easily this year. Videos of the hard fought matches to come.

Mother/Daughter National Grass Court Final

Crew Views US Amateur at The Country Club

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Magnus and I got to view a bunch of US Open trophies that LCC has just gotten back from the Tennis Hall of Fame. The one pictured is the singles champions trophy from the second US Open which was won by LCC's Richard Sears.

Andrew and Nate went out to UMass Amherst/South Deerfield to set up a tennis court for grass court research. On Aug 1, turf managers from throughout New England visited UMass for their Field Day - where all current turf research was showcased including the new grass tennis research. Click on the first link below for a description of the research and on the second for some Field Day pictures. The gentleman in the pictures with the white T shirt is Dr. Scott Ebdon - the leader of the grass court research project.

http://lccgrounds.blogspot.com/2012/10/grass-tennis-research.html

Photos from UMass Field Day

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