Work starts on floodlights

The materials were delivered on time on 21st January and work has commenced on installing the floodlight pylons and the necessary cables. These photographs show how the pylons and cables are being installed outside the fence perimeter. The only floodlight pylons that will be situated inside the fence will be those next to the club house and the two central lights. As said before, the work is expected to be completed by 8 February and the Tennis committee is meeting on 4 Feb to decide on how to manage the calendar, payments and booking procedures.

LTA Tennis Awards Night

On 10th January, the Awards function for Leicestershire Tennis took place in the Underwood Suite at Welford Road. As you know, we were successful in winning both the Mens Summer Leagues Divisions 3B and 5A as well as the Winter Doubles Div 3.

Here is a shot of Mark Cox making the presentation to team captains Mark Baker, Ian South and Steve Nicolaidis.

Update on timing for Floodlights

There has been a slight delay due to the contractors writing off their main delivery truck, luckily without injury! The plan is for the floodlights work to commence on 21 January with a completion date of 8th February. Once complete, we will let you know when the courts are available to start playing floodlit tennis.

Day 20 - Initial work complete!

The two photographs show the people from Fosse Contracts applying the finishing touches to the courts and about to replace the fencing from where the heavy vehicles accessed the courts. Temporary lines have been applied to the courts which means that they are available for social play (once the nets have been set up!). The committee need to consider whether the lines are good enough for match play.

The next stage is for the floodlights to be erected in January and then the courts to be painted and then permanent lines marked out when the days are drier and warmer in the spring.

Day 18 - Final surface

Work continues on the top surface layer and should be complete by the end of this week or at the beginning of next week. Temporary lines will then be painted for the winter period. Work will commence on installation of the pylons and floodlights early
in the new year.

Day 15 First top surface laid

Work has continued all week on the tarmac surface. It is estimated that well over 200 tons of tarmac will have been laid. The first top layer strip has been added in the Court 3 area and it is anticipated that the remaining work on the top surface will be completed next week.

Here are some pictures of the work in progress

Day 12 - Laying the tarmac

Here are a couple of photographs of the start of laying the coarse lower tarmac, which is delivered in 20 ton lots (2 loads will be spread today) at high temperatures. The job will take 2-3 days to complete. A decision will then be made whether to lay the finer top layer which has to be laid at a temperature of 170deg C and this depends upon the weather to ensure that it lays correctly.