Grass Tennis Court Maintenance: Interactive Yearly Workload Estimator


This workload estimator is a useful modelling tool to help determine the likely input required to maintain a surface to a required standard (see Performance Quality Standards). The actual inputs will depend upon a number of factors, including the carrying capacity of a prepared surface and the anticipated usage for the season.

Changes to inputs can be easily undertaken to see the impact this will have on the total hours for maintaining the surface. This is ideal for 'what if' scenarios.

The experience of the main person responsible for maintaining a surafce will be invaluable in helping to determine the maintenance input required, as this person will be the one who has the local knowledge on the existing soil conditions and the effect this has on maintenance tasks.

Some general times (for an area of 364m²: a metre at each side and two metres behind each base line is counted) to complete each task have been included, although these can be simply overwritten, if desired, for your own purposes.

Note. Do not add a leading zero, i.e. 0, to any whole numbers, i.e. 5 should not be represented as 05, otherwise erroneous results will be produced. Follow this simple rule and your own detailed work estimator will give you the answer you are looking for.

Three Miscellaneous boxes have been included to allow for any specific requirements not covered in the rest of the table.

Total (projected) number of occasions the task is to be carried out PER YEAR Average time, in HOURS, to complete each task.
Mow @ 12 - 15mm (e.g.)
Mow @ 8 - 12mm (e.g.)
Mow @ 6 - 8mm (e.g.)
Aerate - Slit tine
Aerate - Solid tine
Aerate - Sarel spike
Initial setting out of court
Erection of posts and nets
Overmark court
Dismantle posts and net
Top-dress
Overseed
Returf base lines
Fertilise
Turf tonic
Light rolling
Medium rolling
Scarification
Verticutting
Switching
Irrigation
Repair work during season
Fungicide - contact- application
Selective herbicide application
Mosskiller application
Other pesticide application
Wetting agent application
Miscellaneous 1
Miscellaneous 2
Miscellaneous 3
Total staff hours