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...
Len, I am very interested in your solution to your moss and weed problem as we still struggle to control ours. Can you tell me the name and supplier of the...
Hi I am from a small club in the North of Scotland & we have 4 blaes courts which are going to need some topping up soon. So I will be very interested to hear...
Len I too would be very interested to hear more as we are in the process of removing 10 years of weed and moss and determined not to get it in this state...
There appears to be a growing tendency for post subjects to be hijacked for other topics! The problem which ensues is that it becomes difficult to retrieve...
Ah, someone else from sunny Scotland. Helen, I have 2 samples of the shale and it looks good. I would imagine that Peter Maxton would be encouraged to...
At Ashford Tennis Club in Middlesex we have had our courts sprayed by Complete Weed Control for the past two years. This was after we had spent many hours...
I have established that the Speziala lines are not manufactured by Novotech. I thought they were as they are identical to their "old type" design and presumed...
In reply to your query we have tried two methods the first was on the base lines which we removed the old lines and then followed the instructions in laying...
Len Thanks for the description. I also used the roller but found that our surface was not level enough and that minor irregularities caused "bridging". We are...
A progress report on the lines is that performance has been very good and the lines are well-embedded in the court surface despite periods of dry weather which...
I am contemplating using the mains water supply and Gardena pop up sprinklers to irrigate our 3 shale courts (pictured in the gallery). I reason that as the...
I report that the performance of the Speziala lines has exceeded expectations. I would not return to the standard plastic lines for all the tea in China....
As I installed a system of pipes and sprinklers at our club about 20 years ago, I have a few comments: 1. We used a plastic piping (polypropylene, I think) and...
Until last year, we at Sutton Churches Tennis Club had been using Merrick Howse as a supplier of shale that was imported from Terre Davis in Italy. Merrick...
... David et al We have not used the Maxsports shale but I had been contemplating ordering some. I got small samples (med and fine) from Peter Maxton and it...
Hi John, I have now received samples of Medium, Top, and Extra Fine shale from Peter Maxton. Peter said in his e-mail, " I will include a sample of our extra...
David Thanks for this information. I only had 2 samples from Peter M. these being the Medium and Top (written fine on the bag). I have no first-hand...
David This is very useful information on your system. Basically I was going for a cheap and cheerful setup based upon the fact that mobile sprinklers driven...
Hi all Does anyone know of a klinker supplier? We have developed a rather large hole at the back of our second shale court and we need more klinker to get the...
Simon I know Peter Maxton of Maxsports was looking for a source some time ago. Perhaps he can supply now or direct you to someone. I would not have thought...
