Summer Sports - Tennis
Preparations for Aegon have actually been as good as ever this year, and we look forward to the courts playing well
Dan Negus mowing the club area
ryegrasses heads his list. “From a personal viewpoint, however, I
reckon that, when establishing a new court surface, you don’t get enough ‘bottom’ using solely ryegrass, and for all twenty-one of the courts here I go for 70% rye and a 30% mix of bents and fescues,” he says. He always opts for 18% clay topdressing and his standout preference is liquid fertiliser over granular. “It is more accurate and flexible, I find.”
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Roy uses a Techneat pedestrian sprayer with a 4-metre boom and, with a fairly coarse jet, gives no distribution problems, even with the Eastbourne wind factor. What are the big issues for Roy in the
world of turfcare? It’s no surprise that the ever-changing controls put on fungicides and their use is irksome to him. He is broadly ‘green’ and welcomes the
acceleration in recent years towards prevention by cultural work and organic
methods rather than the fast cure approach. He has an excellent working relationship with Headland’s Technical Director, Mark Hunt, who he has known for twenty-five years. He comes to Devonshire Park regularly to do soil sampling and offer advice on particular problems. The key to decent tennis court surfaces,
Roy reckons, is most definitely stress relief. “If you have healthy turf in the first place, it is better placed to fend off any nasties that
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