TOOLS , PLANT & EQUIPMENT
INFINICUT ® AND
ULTRAGROOMER ™ DOUBLE DELIVERS QUALITY COURTS AT THE LENSBURY CLUB
Having seen them in action on the world-famous Wimbledon courts , The Lensbury Club in Middlesex are one of a growing list of clubs taking delivery of an INFINICUT ® mower for use on their grass tennis courts . Along with a set of UltraGroomer™ cassettes from the TMSystem™ , Grounds and Gardens Manager Peter Craig says the improvements in the quality and appearance of the six courts hasn ’ t gone unnoticed by the club ’ s members .
Following an 18-year term at the Hurlingham Club - during which , he started looking into the INFINICUT ® - Peter re-joined The Lensbury in 2018 . “ We started to see some famous venues using the INFINICUT ® mowers and I was lucky enough to see them in action first-hand on the courts at Wimbledon which only further sparked my interest ” he explains . “ When I returned to The Lensbury , I organised for the team to have a demonstration and they loved it straight from the off ”. They became the proud owners of a 22 ” Fixed Head INFINICUT ® shortly after its launch at the end of 2018 .
“ It gives such a fantastic quality of cut and finish – the definition of stripe is excellent and the HOC and bedknife adjustment systems could not be simpler . The fact that it ’ s battery powered and therefore more environmentally friendly has always been a major plus-point for me ; but even more so now , with the courts at The Lensbury located very close to a residential road . In the past , this meant we were unable to use machinery before 8am but , because the INFINICUT ® is so quiet in operation , we can get out and mow at 7am . This means we effectively gain five additional working hours a week , where necessary .”
Recently , the club also purchased a set of UltraGroomer™ cassettes from the TMSystem™ range for early and in-season verti-cutting .
“ We ’ re running those in our Jacobsen GP400 triple to remove any lateral growth and clean the surface up . We ’ ll use these as soon as we start getting some consistent growth in April / May , then will aim to cover all of the courts once a month after that ”.
The UltraGroomer ’ s are also in use on the site ’ s ornamental lawns . “ Improving these areas was one of my key goals when I returned , and these cassettes have contributed towards bringing the lawns up to the standards we ’ re achieving elsewhere .”
The grass courts are a major attraction at the Lensbury Club , with a strong membership regularly playing on them . “ They ’ re over the moon with the condition of the courts . We ’ ve previously had some of the world ’ s leading players using the courts for tournament preparations and , while this isn ’ t currently the case , the quality of the courts are certainly good enough once again to host that level of play should they return .”
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