Four manic days shoveling and grinding clay through a cloud of insects; We brought a good friend to help out and ended up locking him in the gravel pit for a night. I guess it's true—No good deed goes unpunished.
Who knows how much a yard and half of blue clay weighs? A few thousand shovelfuls I suppose. Brother Bill tried to ignore the buggy swarm on Day One, something along the lines of Julia Roberts in the second component of Eat, Pray, Love. It led to a face that appeared to have been through a car crash. A massive question emerges: Why endure such absurd extremes? The answer is pretty simple—helping return tennis to the club. Tennis has no boundaries; all genders and age groups are welcome. Most of my family plays tennis, which was a driving force in my four days of labor. Another motivation was the vision of a viable tennis scene returning the clubhouse to the hub of club activities.
The Process: STAGE I
1) Clear the boundaries of the original court from overhanging trees an shrubs; 2) rake, grind and roll the existing dirt and clay; 3) Dig out the encroaching vegetation, clear stubborn roots.
Final product:
Who knows how much a yard and half of blue clay weighs? A few thousand shovelfuls I suppose. Brother Bill tried to ignore the buggy swarm on Day One, something along the lines of Julia Roberts in the second component of Eat, Pray, Love. It led to a face that appeared to have been through a car crash. A massive question emerges: Why endure such absurd extremes? The answer is pretty simple—helping return tennis to the club. Tennis has no boundaries; all genders and age groups are welcome. Most of my family plays tennis, which was a driving force in my four days of labor. Another motivation was the vision of a viable tennis scene returning the clubhouse to the hub of club activities.
The Process: STAGE I
1) Clear the boundaries of the original court from overhanging trees an shrubs; 2) rake, grind and roll the existing dirt and clay; 3) Dig out the encroaching vegetation, clear stubborn roots.
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| Old School |
STAGE II
Shovel the 1.5 yards of blue clay that was deposited at the landing into wheelbarrows; dump the clay onto the Mountainy construction barge, float the clay to the clubhouse docl
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| Thank heavens for calm waters |
STAGE III
Shovel the clay into construction buckets; truck it to the courts
STAGE IV
Integrate the new clay with the old; grind, rake, and roll.
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| Billy Rap on the makeshift tractor |
Final product:
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| Roland Garros eat your heart out |
This is not a finished product. As of the second week of June, there is more grinding and rolling required. There are perfunctory purchases required: Net post hardware; clay court brooms/brushes; sideline netting and posts.
90 hours of labor, and a cash outlay for the clay, has already been contributed to the resurrection of the clubhouse tennis court. Club members interested in the completion of this project will be given the opportunity to contribute to the required purchases above.
WOW!!!!! You guys get the first trophy, no matter how many balls are out!!! It's gonna be fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThat is an unbelievable effort on your guy's part. Thanks so much for the vision and work- I am sure my father, Lacy Seabrook was smiling down on you as you persevered through the onslaught of flies!
ReplyDeleteSee you on the court at the meeting, Randall.