PITCH MANAGEMENT
SPEEDCUT GIVES WIMBLEDON COURSE
CHANCE TO BEAT THE WET WEATHER
Wimbledon Park Golf Club is prepared for wet weather after drainage work was carried out by Speedcut
Contractors of Oxford.
T
he magnificent 18-hole
course, in the shadow of the
All England Lawn Tennis
Club, is on clay and required
drainage round more than half a
dozen holes.
Under foremen Peter Little, the
Speedcut team used one of their
Mastenbroek laser-guided trencher and
pipe-layers to carry out drainage over
the course of a week.
“It had been incredibly wet the
week before,” said Peter. “The clay
was difficult to hand-dig and still wet
in places but we were pleased with the
finished result.”
Trenches were back-filled with
shingle and sand and surfaces levelled
with minimal disruption to the smooth
running of the busy course.
During the Championships
Fortnight Wimbledon Park GC
becomes a car park for spectators and
is closed to play.
It's a unique relationship and the Speedcut Conrtractors at work on the Wimbledon Park Golf Club course.
superb surroundings at Wimbledon
Park, with hundreds of specimen trees,
Speedcut contracts manager Golf course projects keep Speedcut courses.
an extensive lake and beautiful views
Kevin Smith said: “We were Contractors busy At Tandridge Golf Club in Surrey
across to the All England Club in the
delighted to be working with the SPEEDCUT Contractors of Oxford they have installed water storage tanks
distance are a relaxing oasis in the
Wimbledon Park staff on such a have been busy this year across Britain to provide emergency supplies in case
London suburbs.
magnificent course.” with a number of projects on golf of drought.
The two 384,000-gallon tanks on
concrete bases, with automatic
circulation and transfer pipework and
pumps will enable the club to store
mains water when it is cheaper during
the winter months.
At Sene Valley Golf Club near
Folkestone, Kent, they have replaced
paths and at Moor Park Golf Club,
Rickmansworth, they have replaced
paths and put concrete bases and
edgings to new and existing paths for
green rubber wet pour surfacing.
As well as their specialist golf
course work Speedcut have carried out
projects at schools, cricket clubs and
on local authority football pitches
across the UK.
One major project in the summer
was the remodelling of a bend at
Market Rasen Racecourse in
Lincolnshire. FSA
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