Wadebridge Tennis Club       Trained personnel use only.

• Please pass the following information along to your Adult team members. We have recently bought a squeegee (they are pricey – over £100/each) so I would like to remind everyone how to properly care for and squeegee a court. I know, you are thinking “how hard can it be….?” Well, guess what…. 90%+ of people do NOT know how to do it.

FOREMOST –

• DO NOT APPLY PRESSURE TO THE SQUEEGEES. This includes children riding the squeegee to add additional pressure, in fact, children should not be using this equipment, This bends the frame so that the roller does not have a maximum surface to surface contact while squeegeeing. The squeegees are most effective once the roller is completely saturated, so roll it in a puddle first to PRIME it, but please do not apply pressure to the point of bending the frame of the squeegee.

• HANG SQUEEGEE UP when not in use, if it is left on the ground, it will create a flat spot on the roller, which will make the roller “jump” as you squeegee, rendering the squeegee useless.

• CORRECT OTHERS IF YOU SEE MISUSE. This is our Club– our shared investment. If you see a squeegee in the wrong spot, move it to where it needs to be. I don’t care if you didn’t put it there – put it back where it belongs. You’ll feel good about it.

• Finally, if you see something that needs to be repaired, please contact someone on the tennis committee We are not on all the courts every day, so unless we hear from you - we can't fix it.

How to Effectively “Squeegee” a Tennis Court, See also Video on You Tube

How To Properly Roll A Court Richmond Hill Tennis

1. One of the most effective methods is, to begin with, your squeegee on the junction of the service line and the center service line. Make sure the Squeegee has been Primed/Soaked by rolling in water or pouring water on it.

2. Applying gentle pressure to the handle of the Squeegee, begin to walk in a small circle to your right or left.

3. As you complete the first circle and start your second circle your circle will get larger and larger and the water will be pushed quickly away from the center of the court

4. Within a matter of minutes, the playing surface will be free of standing water and nature can begin to start her part in helping to dry the court surface.

5. You can continue to make the circle larger and larger well outside the court lines. Finally, there are only small triangle corners left to push the water off the back and side court areas

• This method is much more efficient than pushing water back and forth across the court and allows the playing surface to begin drying much quicker.

• Once one half of the court playing surface has been squeegeed, move to the other half and remove standing water from the playing surface. Now that both playing surfaces are clear of standing water, begin to squeegee off the back and side court areas.

• When you finish getting as much surface water off the court as possible, do not set your Squeegee down on the roller. Doing so will create a flat part that will permanently create a flat spot on the roller. This flat spot will jump over standing water as it approaches it, and make the squeegee useless.