Repairs after Storm Desmond

Our grass courts in Keswick (Upper Fitz Park) were hit badly by the devastating floods in 2015. Our club pulled together to restore the courts to their best condition ever! The pictures below show our members working hard to repair the damage.

cleaning the netscleaning the nets

clearing the grass courts of silt

our mountain of silt!

piling the silt off the courts

The remaining members after a days work!

Not much left to go!

re-sowing 

Most of the middle section cleared

Everyone hard at work

Bend with the knees guys!

The public courts are covered in debris too!

There is grass under there somewhere

A clear up job is needed

A sad sight!

The remains of our club fencing

what a mess

The public grass courts entrance the river flooding fitz parkWater everywhere!

The end result!

The end result! Glorious scenes in a stunning park!