Stone Hill Farm

Nate and Steve went up to Stone Hill Farm in Vermont to see the new grass tennis court built by Bill Copeland. Nate and Steve got to meet Bill at the Grass Court Seminar at LCC and had an enjoyable day visiting him at his beautiful Vermont farm. Bill, the court looks great!

NESTMA Fall Workshop

Mike, Tim, Jeff and Jordan attended the New England Sports Turf Managers Fall workshop at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. The day started with an indoor session with Dr Nathaniel Mitkowski, plant pathologist from URI. He spoke about plant diseases on sports fields. We then went out to the athletic fields for a tour and discussions on natural and synthetic surfaces.

Turf Club Visit

The Turf Club from Delaware Valley College of Doylestown, Pennsylvania was in town today for a tour of turfgrass facilities. They stopped by Longwood for a tour this morning before heading to The Country Club. Their final stop was with Dave Mellor at Fenway Park. It was fun having turf enthusiasts come all the way up from the Philadelphia area to see our tennis courts! (They all were aware that a Del Vall grad - Ben Polimer - is a LCC grounds alum.)

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.