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Clay Court Maintenance Budgeting and the Missing Link

Clay Court Maintenance Budgeting and the Missing Link

There is one resort that rates as my favorite vacation destination.  I enjoy treading new ground in my travels so finding one spot that I will readily and longingly return to is a bit out of character.  Yet I find the environment, the culture and the service as this resort so magnificent that I stay there every chance I get. ...

HyQ – The Future of Subsurface Irrigation is Here

HyQ – The Future of Subsurface Irrigation is Here

Did you know that 3 of every 4 courts that are built today are constructed with sub-surface irrigation? In the 1990’s, the concept of HydroCourt transformed the clay court industry.  It was adapted early on in places like Florida and Southern California, but now is being utilized around the world in every climate imaginable. In the late 1990’s the original...

ClayTech 10 Years In - Finding a Sense of Place

ClayTech 10 Years In - Finding a Sense of Place

Being a part of Har-Tru creates a rather deep, even profound, sense of place in tennis.  Best as we can determine, the first patented, trademarked, and widely-circulated brand in tennis courts was En-Tout-Cas.  Inspired by crushed ant hill courts in South Africa, En-Tout-Cas was the world’s first, fast-drying clay court, constructed by installing a processed, clay surface of crushed brick...

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