Well, it was a jungle but now after a working party of Nikki Holden and her son Mike moved in to give the budleia the brush-off we can at last see the wood for the trees (if you see what I mean).

Clearing the overgrown area next to court 1 behind the practice wall has long been a priority – all it adds to the club is a heck of a lot of plant debris that blows on to the court.

So well done Nikki and Mikey, and Gordon too for overseeing everything, for a brilliant job in clearing the area so we can make more use of it – and we do have a huge new club banner to go up which will look very smart on the fence there.

Here’s Nikki and Mikey’s progress in pictures (but what a way to treat a Mini!)…