Lots of Pictures

The clay courts are still too soft to work on so the crew has been working on grounds clean-up and improvements. Andrew and Nate installing new grass court bench (Nate made the benches)

Jeff on "Fun Shirt Friday."


Wilson cleaning up the garden.

Andrew pruning the plum trees in the parking lot area.

Kevin visiting the crew at work.

Jeff and Neil - windscreens.

Charles installing a new drain in the pool / patio area.

Early Spring!

Magnolia getting ready to bloom early and grass courts with purplish/red bentgrass and yellow Poa annua.

Spring Day

The grass courts are doing fine, clay courts still wet and Jose and Larry haven't changed over the winter.

Geese

For many years Canadian geese have been an unpleasant winter addition to the LCC grounds. We have tried a few methods to deter their visiting the property (they damage both the clay and grass courts) and our current method of stretching strings across the courts has been 100% successful.

Here is good article on geese - why there are so many of them, how to deter them, what works.

De-goosing Golf Courses

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.