LEISURE & HOSPITALITY
GAME, SET AND MATCH TO KATRIN
As Leverstock Green Lawn Tennis Club hopes to unearth the next tennis star, it has been making efforts to improve the health and hygiene of its members. With that in mind, they teamed up with Katrin, who served up an ace with their new hand washing and drying options.
FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS Leverstock Green Lawn Tennis Club, on the outskirts of Hemel Hempstead, was founded back in 1961 by Mr Herbert Secretan, the club’s first Life President. He donated the land for the club in memory of his daughter Fleur, who had been a keen tennis player. He also donated a large sum of money for the development of the club and many hours and huge amounts of energy in the following years. The club’s major problem in those early years was finding enough members to volunteer to mow the three grass courts!
Now having passed its 50th birthday, the club goes from strength to strength. In 2015, it was featured in a BBC article, highlighting its success at attracting girls of all ages into Tennis Coaching. This year, the Head Coach, Graham Fish, won Hertfordshire County Coach of the year, and then East Region Aegon Coach of the Year, as well as Dacorum Community Coach of the year. Four courts have recently been resurfaced, through intensive fund raising efforts of both the Executive Committee and its members.
52 | Tomorrow’s Cleaning September 2016
More than 50 years on, the club boasts 12 courts in total, on a mix of recently laid Carpet Claytex, all weather and clay court surfaces. In addition there are kitchen and changing room facilities and a subsidised licensed bar supporting a comprehensive social calendar. Today, the membership ranges from 8-80 years of age – and the hygiene and health of its members is of paramount importance. Historically, fabric towels were used and laundered by committee members daily. As the facilities were upgraded, and usage increased, an alternative solution was clearly required. The club looked at a range of hand washing and drying options.
SHARING FACILITIES, NOT
GERMS “Hot Air dryers were not an attractive option – hygiene statistics, like the ones available from the European Tissue Symposium, showed us quite clearly that bacteria are not removed efficiently from hands using hot air dryers. With children sharing racquets and balls, germs can easily spread
in a club environment.” said Graham Fish, Head Coach.
“In addition, the toilets are next to the changing facilities. The last thing members need is to walk into an environment where warm, bacteria laden air is being blown around the changing room. We are promoting exercise, healthy living and making the most of an outdoor environment – to a family membership - so it was important for us to move to a product that supported this ethos.”
The club chose Katrin as their preferred solution, as Graham explained: “The high capacity dispensers limited the amount of time we have to spend servicing the washrooms, and the product quality was excellent. We felt that the soft, absorbent towels added a quality feel, and as we started to use them, we realised we were actually requiring less towels, so they were excellent value as well.”
Katrin 61694 hand towels and System 800 Eco toilet rolls are used in the members changing rooms. Katrin wiping solutions, including Katrin Easy
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