TENNIS
The Edgbaston Priory Club
A di erent approach to renovations
To really understand the point of this article, we need to begin at the end. Assistant Grounds Manager at The Edgbaston Priory Club John Lawrence explains that the ‘why’ is perhaps the most important part of this article. Knowledge gives us the ability to make informed decisions. However, to understand the reasoning for diving so far in to the ‘why’ you need to know what we think we’ve concluded, and for that reason we’ll start with our conclusion:
We believe that Attraxor will prove to be the
next revolutionary product to become commonplace in the turf manager’s arsenal
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ow we accept that we’re making a bold claim, but that bold claim really is the justifi cation for this article. The story began back at BTME in January 2020. In the full context of 2020, Harrogate feels like an eternity ago. That being said however, it was the point at which we fi rst came across Attraxor, through Dan Hughes (Head of Commercial for Agrovista Amenity) who was keen to introduce us to the product and some of the BASF delegates who were also attending the show.
Of course, anybody who knows my father Dave (and by proxy myself) will be well aware that selling ‘product’ to us is a tricky proposition. Dave in particular is proud of his reputation amongst sales reps for being, to put it politely, immune to a sales pitch, and so it stands to reason that the work Dan, and Mark Allen (Technical Sales Manager at Agrovista Amenity), have put in to building a relationship to a point where they can
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suggest a product to us without an upset word is quite an achievement! Based on the level of trust we have in Dan and Mark, we left the show with plenty of literature to review, and having had conversations about some potential trial work with Attraxor to assess its eff ectiveness as part of the management of our eight grass courts. In a normal year, we’d have likely looked at establishing how we’d progress things in relation to Attraxor, identifi ed some areas we could use it, and started a slow assessment of the product in order to decide if it complemented what we aim to achieve with our courts. However, 2020 wasn’t a normal year!
The Covid-19 pandemic had a major impact on our 2020 season; for one our main spectator event of the season, the Birmingham Classic Ladies international tennis tournament, was cancelled, along with the rest of the grass court season, including the Wimbledon Championships.
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