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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Lockyer, John |
Author Affiliation: | Turfgrass Agronomist, Central Southern Region, Sports Turf Research Institute |
Title: | Managing tar macadam tennis courts |
Section: | Sports turf Other records with the "Sports turf" Section
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Source: | International Turfgrass Bulletin. Vol. 237, July 2007, p. 22-25. |
Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sports turf maintenance; Tennis courts; Artificial turf; Mosses; Moss control; Reconstruction
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Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the management and maintenance of tar macadam tennis courts. Explains construction types, the importance of site investigations, and the possible components of a successful maintenance program, which include "routine debris removal"; "appropriate measures...to reduce contaminants finding their way on to the court"; "improvement of light and air qualities surrounding the court"; "annual renovation cleaning"; "chemical control and prevention of live contaminates"; "provision for [color] coat and line marking replacement"; and "upkeep of the court furniture, to include fencing an nets." States that "with a good maintenance program in place, the life of a tarmac-based tennis court can be in excess of ten years from the time of construction." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Pictures, color Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Lockyer, J. 2007. Managing tar macadam tennis courts. Int. Turfgrass Bull. 237:p. 22-25. |
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