Tiger Turfing our Tennis Court
Last year the school decided to put down some Tigerturf in our tennis court.
It has taken a long time to get it started. Five days ago they finally started.
We asked if we were could have an interview with them and they kindly let us.
This is what we already knew before the interview
- They dug holes for the new poles, concreted them
- They marked out some guide lines
- They sprayed the cracks with weed killer
- They laid out the turf - main colours …...
The Warepa Senior Class developed some questions and interview the site foreman Bart from Fulton and Hogan Queenstown Division.
How did they install it?
1.They swept the concrete to get all of the rubbish off it so then it is smooth.
2. Measured to get the turf in the right place
3.Rolled and stuck the turf down with special green glue
4.They cut out pieces of the turf and put new colors in new colors in to make new lines.
5. Now they are just about to start putting down the sand and sweep it into the turf.
How does the turf stay in place?
The glue only holds the joints together and the ten tonne of sand holds it in place
What colors are the lines
Red Basketball
White Tennis
Yellow Netball
By Macleod & Laytun
Tiger Turf
The past week we have had Bart and his team here in Warepa.
He has been putting up the tiger turf, For the start Bart and his team has brushed the tennis court so there is no stones on the concret. Bart is a man who works for fulton hogan, he lays out tigerturf for schools and clubs. He likes to tell people about the turf.
Then they have rolled out six rolls of green tiger turf with white tennis lines.
Then Bart drew some lines on the tiger turf so he knew where to put the other lines for different sports and they are, red is for basketball, yellow is for netball and white is for tennis.
After they have done that the special sand will come in.
There will be ten tonne on top of the tiger turf.
Antonios favourite is that you can play lots of sports on it.
Vaughans favourite is that we can see them doing the work on it, the process has been really fun and interesting to watch.
Have you seen our tigerturf lately if you haven't well you should. The process was long and cool watching it was awesome they used all types of cool tools to lay it down. They had to dig holes for the turning poles, we can play netball and basketball with the turning poles.
Then they marked out some guidelines to measure the court correctly to lay the turf down.
The next step they had to spray the cracks with weed killer to stop all the dirt and grass so it doesn't grow thru the turf. They laid out the main colors for the turf which was green and blue.
The tools that they used were double cutter, side cutter, drill, craft knife, measuring tape, sand rake, wheelbarrow and a power broom.
Are favourite part was seeing how the tools work.
By Blake & Lachlan
The Tiger Turf Process
step 1. There s a man who uses a computer to make all of the measurements so Burt knows where to plays the turf.
step 2. Bart will clean out the cracks get the weeds out so they don’t grow through the turf then makes the holes for the netball and basketball hoop.
step 3. Then Bart will write out all of the measurements on the concrete.
step 4. Bart will then start to place the turf then he will cut the turf and stick it down, he will also place the lines for the sports.
step 5. Bart will then order 10 tonnes of sand to get dumped on the turf.
step 6. Then Bart and his mates will spread the sand out with there special tools, he will then attach a special broom to a quad bike and tow it around the court to flatten the sand and even it out.
By Jack & Callum
TIGER TURF
The last few days we have had three people come and put down some tiger-turf.
The first thing they did was spread the weeds, then they laid down the tiger-turf, cut it, then glued the tiger-turf down.
Then they cut the half circles in all different colours.
Our favourite thing was when Bart told us about the tiger-turf and all the tools like the double cutter and the slicer.
The most interesting thing that I liked was how much sand they need to put 10 tonne of sand goes on the tigerturf and it soaks in by the rain
The tools that they used were an cutter, broom, tape measure , spreader and hammer.
The sand was mixed in to the tiger turf so its safer but we can still get hurt on it though like grazing our knees and hurt our eyes by getting sand in them or slipping on it when it’s wet.
By Curtis & Tom
Did you know there is a tiger at our school? It’s names ‘Tiger Turf’
An order of the court construction
1. They dug some holes for the tennis net and basketball/netball
2. Then they sprayed some lines to find the centre to muser off
3. Next they lay out some of the turf
4. They stuck the turf down with glue
5. Then they drew lines were the lines are going to go
6. Then they cut it out and put the colours that the sport was in
7. Today there is 10 tonne of sand coming on one truck to go on top
8. Tomorrow afternoon it might be ready
By Danyon and Aidan
TIGER AT SCHOOL
What is tiger turf? No, it’s not a tiger on our turf, it’s like colourful carpet for our tennis court. We both think its brightened up our school. It looks much better than the cracked grey concrete we used to have. We think it will be really cool watching them dump a whole ten tonnes of sand! We even get free cut offs of the turf. We all think it feel great instead of hard old concrete.
By Keeley & Lucy
WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AT WAREPA SCHOOL...
On the 2nd of March we came to school and we found a few men working on our tennis court.These men were here to lay out our new tiger turf. It has been fun to watch the process of the tiger going down. Yestarday we interviewed Bart the main worker. We had a lot of questions and they all got answered. At lunch time all the kids went to Bart and got pieces of turf. Today the sand that will hold down the turf is coming in a truck to finish off the product and we will hopefully be playing on it by tomorrow.
By Leah, Hugh & Daniel
Tigerturf Upgrade at Warepa School
The last few weeks at our school, we have been upgrading the tennis court using tigerturf, we have had the installers come and they have been working busily since last week, trying to get our turf ready to play on.
First they measured our court and put lines down for the playing fields, they then dug/drilled the holes for our new basketball/netball hoops and sprayed the courts with weed killer, they then concreted the poles for the hoops in. They lay the big pre lined pieces of turf down on the courts and then started to cut holes to insert more lines where needed. They then began to lift up the edges of the turf and stuck thick tape underneath, they put a special glue onto the tape and stuck the joins down. Once they are finished sticking the joins and edges down, they need to spread ten tonne of sand across the tennis court, the men then need to sweep across it with a heavy duty broom dragged behind a quad bike (usually it is a ute but our court is too small). To get the sand and turf properly compacted, we will need a couple of heavy rainfalls and lots of footsteps on the court.
The court colours we are getting are yellow - netball, red - basketball, white - tennis, the lines can also be mixed up to use for hockey and other sports. The only thing that will probably grow on the court is moss and that can be killed by tipping washing powder on it. Some things you are not allowed to do is waterblast, have hot things on it barbeques etc, chemicals and other alike substances.
Below are some pictures from Wednesday of the turf.
By Holly & Isla
