Fences

Getting ready for new fences on grass courts 1-12 and on the south side/driveway side of the terrace. The old portable black fences from the grass courts will be recycled. Lots of vegetation needs to be removed from the driveway fence before it can be taken down and recycled.

HOF

Dan Robillard at the Tennis Hall of Fame sent me this picture of the Horseshoe court. He painted the lines pink for October - Breast Cancer Awareness month.

The retail store at the Hall of Fame

Lunch Entertainment

The grounds crew had a surprise concert at lunch today performed by John Gallagher. He played all different types of music on his beautiful 12 string guitar. We also heard some fun stories about his days at Roxbury Latin. Thanks John!

Poa to UMass

On Thursday Tim went on a trip to UMass to deliver 30, 2 inch plugs of Longwood's Poa annua. Dr. DaCosta and grad student Lindsey are doing research on winter injury of Poa annua and creeping bentgrass. Our grass samples will be subjected to different temperatures, tested for acclamation rates and physiological factors that affect the plants ability to cope with the different temperatures.

Closing Courts

Closing 7 grass courts for tennis. Getting all fall renovation work done in time for the October 23 cricket match on these courts.

October 12, 2010

Wet Courts

Despite the rain, the crew is getting the courts looking good for the upcoming grass court seminar. Hopefully the weather will improve by Thursday - Friday is supposed to be great weather!