I note that Maxsports are supplying UK-derived red shale at £265 per tonne. Anybody had experience of this? I note that 3 clubs comment on good experiences...
John, As the webmaster of a small shale-only club, I assure you that our committee has found your reports and experience invaluable - the problem is that they...
Hi Everyone, I don't know if anyone noticed, but some time ago Simon at Eccleston Park LTC posted some photos of his club's 2006 court restoration. I'm not...
Hi Everyone Firstly, Joanne, thanks for your comments regarding our shale court restoration last year. Last year was something special as a small number of us...
Dear All I have one private shale court which was built in the 60s and has been played on by the family over the years, but over the last few years has...
Kate I jump in here with some comments. You raised issues with this court some time ago and I mentioned a few things. Did you get that? Clinker as I know it...
Dear John Thanks for your help. Yes I did get your prevous mail and it is on file - I felt inspired to write yesterdau and ask for any more ideas having spent...
Just to update you on details again. These are made by Novotech in Czechoslovakia (www.novotech.info) and can be obtained from them or the German online store...
Simon Could you please expand on your "spiking" procedure? That is, what device you used and how deep. The surface preparation appears critical in providing...
Hi John The idea behind the spiking was mainly to improve the drainage of our courts as we have a real problem with water running down-hill onto our courts....
Simon/ JOhn As I explained I am renovating a very old court and taking the full top layer of shale off at the moment to take away moss and weeds so am down to...
Hi Kate We only spiked existing shale that we then added to, we didn't take all the shale off like what you are doing. Our main use of spiking was to improve...
Kate, I think the best time of year to do this sort of thing is the spring. Ideally for spiking, scarifying or rolling to be effective the courts need to be...
Kate Fascinating problem...Is it possible to see photos of the court as an attachment? The infestation with weed etc must be/was very bad and it is difficult...
Talking about weeds, can anyone recommend a *really* good moss and weedkiller? Our courts this year are worse than ever. We can now scrape off a carpet of...
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Dear All Thanks for your comments - I will take some photos next time it is dry weather! I'm sure I'll be able to share my progress with you as it is very...
Hi Joanne Could you tell me about the automatic sprinkler system you have at Sutton Churches? I see it was installed by B.O.I.L irrigation in 2004, did they...
Hi, I'm afraid I don't have the details. Our Grounds Sec. David Garrett should know the answers. I'll forward to him but he may not be able to reply for a week...
A tennis court installer came back with a quote of £2497 plus VAT for an anticipated 2 days of work to break out the old concrete and replace with new posts...
I have added 4 pictures to the Photo section to illustrate the setup of the lines and the Peebles club. Picture 1 shows the line set up on a Workmate with the...
An interesting and comprehensive range of sprinklers and timers are marketed by Gardena (www.gardena.co.uk). This company appears to be a useful source of...
I have posted a photo of the Edinburgh club (Drummond) scarifier. This is a motorised mower converted by replacing the cutters with a board into which...
Dear JOhn Thanks for remembering me. Very slow progress I'm afraid due to the help of 3 small children. Will try and get some photos taken and put up if I can...
I have posted photos of the process of line laying with the Czech nailless lines. The concept of the lines is that they can be laid without nails between 2...
John, Thanks for posting the photos - they are excellent. The courts look like they are in very good nick - can't see any stones or weeds - which puts ours to...
Hi We have recently purchased a set of nailless lines from Germany for one of our shale courts to see if they are better than the old nail version that needed...
lenandmary This is very useful information. Did you stamp the line into the surface as per instructions and what with? Our baselines tend to "dish" so the...
