Bowls | Croquet | Tennis Court Maintenance

Whether it is a tennis court scarifier, thatch removal for bowling greens or croquet lawns, SISIS has the product range to suit your requirements.

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Products

Pedestrian Scarifiers

Pedestrian scarifiers are essential for removal and control of thatch on fine turf. The SISIS Auto Rotorake Mk.5, Rotorake 450 and Rotorake 602/602S are ideal for bowling green maintenance, croquet lawn maintenance and tennis court maintenance.

Dragmats

Ideal for rubbing in dressings and routine surface renovation.

Aerdrain Fork

Simple but effective aeration fork with interchangeable tines for year round use.

Autoslit

The SISIS Autoslit is a deep slitter suitable for use on fine or outfield turf making it ideal for golf course mainetnance. It has a deep slitting action with minimal surface marking.

Tractor Mounted Scarifiers

The SISIS Rotorake TM1000 tractor mounted scarifiers aids removal and control of thatch and reduces standing water and is ideal for tennis court preparation.

Pedestrian Aerators

Pedestrian aerators keep bowling greens, croquet lawns and tennis courts in prime condition and SISIS offer the Supaturfman and Dart for your fine turf requirements. The Supaturfman and Dart are independently powered and include a choice of interchangeable tines.

Pedestrian Slitter

Purpose built pedestrian deep slitter which is suitable for use on fine turf helping to reduce compaction and assist the percolation of surface water. The deep clean slitting action cuts through the turf and the root zone leaving a thin slit on the surface and minimal surface disturbance.

Tractor Mounted Sweepers

The SISIS Litamina 1200 & 1500, SISIS Litamisa 1800and SSS1000 are the ideal sweepers for bowling greens, croquet lawns and tennis courts. The Litamina & LItamisa models are compact sweepers/collectors which ensures your sports pitch is ready for play while the SSS1000 is a rotary brush for use on artificial turf surfaces to remove debris.

Pedestrian Spreaders & Top Dressers

The SISIS Truspred is a hand operated seeder and top dresser that is the choice of professionals looking after lawn bowling greens, croquet lawns and grass tennis courts. It is simple to set spreading rates with Truspred and its carrier wheels permit spread right to the edge of bowling greens.

Trulevel Roller

The SISIS Trulevel is a bowling green roller that can also be used for maintenance of croquet lawns and tennis courts.Over-riding action on slight hollows allows level areas to be firmly rolled, whilst low areas are left, so that the playing surface is progressively levelled. Outer rollers can be raiesed concentrating the whole weight on the centtre cylinder if required.

Hand Tools

The wide range of Sisis hand operated tools will enable you to effectively maintain your bowling greens, croquet lawns and tennis courts.

Testimonials

Tony Taylor - Greenkeeper - Goodwood Bowls Club

"The Dart does a great job in renovating and preparing the green. SISIS have been very good to work with and provided us with excellent service. All in all we are extremely pleased with the Dart."

Eddie Dodd - Greenkeeper - Handsworth Wood Bowling Club

"Since using the MK5 we have noticed a considerable improvement in the green. A superb machine."

Tony Taylor - Greenkeeper - Goodwood Bowls Club

"The Dart does a great job in renovating and preparing the green. All in all we are extremely pleased with our machine."

Press Releases

SISIS scarifier and seminars help the greens team at Rykneld Bowls Club.

SISIS scarifier and seminars improve Rykneld Bowling Club

Rykneld Bowling Club, in Derbyshire, has not only benefited from a new SISIS Auto Rotorake Mk5 but has also seen major improvements to the green after various committee members enhanced their greenkeeping knowledge through the Dennis and SISIS virtual bowls seminar portal.

Dennis and SISIS announce partnership with Bowls England

Dennis & SISIS announce partnership with Bowls England

Dennis & SISIS and Bowls England have announced a new five-year partnership which is aimed at improving playing surfaces, increasing participation and helping to safeguard the future of the sport.

SISIS Autoslit victorious at Victoria Park

A SISIS Autoslit is currently playing its part in helping to prepare ‘world class’ greens at Victoria Park.

SISIS Supaturfman aerating the green at Maldon Bowls Club

SISIS Supaturfman to the rescue at Maldon

Greenkeeper Mark Piper claims that the SISIS Supaturfman has made a remarkable difference to the green at Maldon Bowling Club in Essex.

SISIS puts Pitmedden Bowls Club back on track

Two SISIS machines have helped Ian Fraser, Head Greenkeeper at Pitmedden Bowls Club in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, turn around the fortunes of the green and transform it into one of the best in Scotland.

Celebrating 10 years of groundcare seminars with Dennis and SISIS

Dennis and SISIS are celebrating an impressive decade of groundcare seminars this year. In this article, we look at the history and development of the seminars and how they have proved to be so beneficial for so many of the unsung heroes in a wide variety of sports turf sectors.

Bowls seminar success in Ontario

British turf maintenance manufacturer Dennis & SISIS recently held a successful hands-on lawn bowling greens maintenance seminar at Cobourg Lawn Bowling Club in Ontario, Canada.

2018 Dennis and SISIS bowling green maintenance seminars finish in style

The 2018 Dennis and SISIS Spring / Summer bowling green maintenance seminars finished in style with over 350 people in attendance across the eight venues and an overwhelming number of greenkeepers wanting to attend the educational events.

The Waterloo Hotel Bowls Club - maintained by the SISIS Dart

Dennis and SISIS help prepare for Waterloo Championships

The Dennis FT510 and SISIS Dart are currently helping Mark Audin prepare the green at the Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool, for the biggest national tournament in the crown green bowling calendar.

Highly informative Seminars with expert speakers

Dennis and SISIS Announce Key Bowls Seminar Dates

Dennis and SISIS have announced key dates and locations for their 2018 bowling green maintenance seminars.

Dennis Products

FT Range

The Dennis FT interchangeable cassette system is the ideal mower for local authorities and contractors, from private lawns to commercial lawn maintenance. With 11 different cassette options including scarifiers, verticutters, brushes, spikers and slitters as well as a 9 blade cutter cassette, the FT offers groundsmen maximum versatility from a single power unit. Cassettes can be changed over in approximately 60 seconds without the need for any tools.

G26D, G30D & G34D

This dedicated machine incorporates a large diameter 8 bladed cutting cylinder giving maximum performance in both short and long grasses ensuring a quality finish.

Razor Ultra 560

The Razor Ultra 560 has been developed to specifically meet the demands of bowling and croquet greens as well as tennis courts. The mower is perfect for croquet green maintenance and tennis court maintenance. This bowling green mower has a 560mm (22") cutting width and incorporates many key features, 11 bladed cutting cylinder, ultra short wheelbase for undulating surfaces, tungsten tipped groomer, click height adjusters and stub free transport wheels.

Razor

The Razor is a superbly balanced, easy to manoeuvre fine turf mower which is ideal for croquet lawns, bowling greens and grass tennis courts. An 11 bladed cutting cylinder ensures an ultra fine finish and has an ultra short wheelbase for undulating surfaces. This professional mower is designed with bowling green maintenance, croquet lawn maintenance and grass tennis court maintenenance in mind.

Super Six Range

Built on the FT principle, the Super Six is almost the same with simpler height of cut adjustment and is ideal for bowling greens, croquet lawns and grass tennis courts. Available as 17" (43cm), 20" (51cm) and 24" (61cm) widths. Interchange cassette system giving option to fit 10 different heads including scarifiers, verticutters, brushes, spikers and slitters as well as 5 or 9 blade cutter cassettes with 15 seconds changeover of cassettes.

G660, G760 & G860

Built on the FT principle these quality tennis court mowers are interchangeable cassette systems with one minute changeover giving options to fit 8 different heads including scarifiers, verticutters, brushes, spikers, slitters as well as 6 or 8 bladed cutter cassettes. Available as 26" (66cm), 30" (76cm) and 34" (86cm) widths. They are ideal for grass tennis court maintenance.

Premier Range

The Premier is an ideal tennis mower for all your grass tennis court maintenance requirements. The Dennis heavyweight 30" (76cm) and 36" (91cm) diesel powered dedicated machine, 3 section rear roller and steering brakes make this 350kg machine easy to manoever. Excellent stripe pattern and rolling characteristics.

S500 Plus

The S500 PLUS is an easy to use 'dual -purpose' machine and is ideal for maintaining bowling greens, croquet lawns and grass tennis courts. The machine has a 510mm (20") operating width and has interchangeable spiker and slotter reels. The spiker reel punches through the "surface pan" allowing air, water and fertiliser to penetrate the root zone, whilst the slotter reel creates ideal seed germination pockets. An optional seed box is available.

Verticut TT

This dedicated machine brings professional verticutting to every facility. With a 510mm (20") operating width and tungsten tipped blades, it is ideal for golf greens, bowls,cricket and ornamental lawns. Regular use of this machine will help reduce thatch, improve the sward and encourage finer grasses to flourish and increased ball speed on all surfaces.

Bray Hand Tools

The hand slotters and spikers have interchangeable reels with replaceable wearing parts and are ideal for maintenance of small areas on a bowling green, croquet lawn or grass tennis court.

MowerSafe

Bowls, croquet and tennis mower security is enhanced with a Mowersafe, which is suitable for any make of mower upto a 36" cutting width. Ideal for bowls, croquet and tennis clubs. Prevents a thief from rolling away your machine and coupled with the weight of the mower any attempt to carry away the machine is extremely difficult.

Clients

A small selection of our clients are detailed below:

Client	Product
Goodwood Bowls Club	Dart
Burton Latimer Town Bowls Club	Supaturfman
City of Edinburgh Council	Autorotorake Mk.5 & Autoslit
Hatfield Lawn Tennis & Bowls Club	Arrow Aer-Aid

Maintenance Calendar

January Maintenance

As a new year begins, it is perhaps a good time to reflect on what you have achieved last year, and then plan what you want to achieve in the coming year. Keeping records and monitoring the performance of your turf facility should be encouraged. How can we be expected to know how to improve the condition of the sward if we do not recognise or understand its current state?

February Maintenance

Many greens will have suffered as a consequence of the recent poor weather and changing soil and air temperatures. Grass growth will slow if temperatures remain below 5 degrees Celsius. Also, the recent snow cover may have incubated and promoted an outbreak of fusarium or snow mold disease. Depending on its severity, it will probably need a dose of fungicide to keep it under control.

March Maintenance

Many greens have taken a battering from the recent poor weather, especially those who suffered long periods of snow cover, after which they suffered from various degrees of disease damage. Fusarium / snow mold has been quite rife. A preventative fungicide will have helped matters, however, the damage, if not too severe, will soon clear up once the grass starts growing and an appropriate fungicide application is made, if required.

April Maintenance

April sees the start of the new bowling season with many bowlers desperate to get on the greens and get some much-needed practice and matches. Green speeds are likely to be slow to start with due to the fact that many greens are wet, lush and bumpy. A combination of several factors is contributing to the above problems. The recent spell of poor weather depending which part of the country you are in - rain, sleet and snow has saturated soil profiles.

May Maintenance

With April being one of the driest and warmest on record , it comes as no surprise that may clubs are desperate for some rain, particularly those with little or no adequate watering facilities. For clubs whose greens are drying out, it may be a sensible option to raise the height of cut to help the grass plant tolerate these extreme dry periods. Just raising the height by 1-2mm will help.

June Maintenance

It has been a tough couple of months for many bowls clubs, with greenkeepers struggling to keep their greens watered due to the prolonged dry period, coupled with drying winds. As fast as water went on, it evaporated from the surface. For clubs with no irrigation systems, it is always going to be a problem to keep the green adequately watered. Even with some sprinkler systems, quite often the water pressure is insufficient to power the sprinklers properly.

July Maintenance

July will be a busy month for bowling clubs; there is usually a high demand for play, with many clubs involved in domestic competitions. Greens could well be in play on a daily basis. Coupled with the long daylight hours and warm temperatures, grass growth will be quite prolific, if there is plenty of moisture about.

August Maintenance

It would seem the weather front has finally changed, for the better in terms of promoting grass growth on your bowling greens. The recent downpours have replenished the greens adequately to stimulate some much needed growth. Many greens will benefit from a feed during these conditions, as the moisture will activate any granular applied fertiliser products.

September Maintenance

With the Bowls season coming to an end this month, you will be looking at finishing your final month of regular maintenance on the greens - brushing, cutting and preparing the surfaces for matches and practice. However, your main concern will be organising your end of season renovation work.

October Maintenance

Key things to look out for in October will be night time temperatures, relative humidity and periods of leaf blade wetness, as this month can swing either way from dry spells to wetter days.

November Maintenance

There is no such thing as putting the green to bed and forgetting about it until the spring. It is important to keep the sward cut (topped) at between 10-12mm and carry out regular aeration and brushing to keep the surface clean and open to the elements. A dose of liquid iron would not go amiss, this helps harden the grass plant and maintain some colour.

December Maintenance

Up to the last week in November, many parts of the country where still experiencing spells of mild weather, soil and air temperatures in double figures, with grass still growing. This mild weather was also exacerbating a lot of fungal disease, with outbreaks of fusarium and red thread causing the most concerns.

Why SISIS?

Built with experience.....

The SISIS reputation began in 1932 and has grown ever since. Our reputation is built not only on the quality of our products and high level of customer service but also on our customer focused approach to everything we set out to achieve.

Access to all the information you need....

The SISIS website is a constantly evolving source of useful and practical information for SISIS equipment users. You can watch videos of machines in action, learn valuable tips about turf maintenance and download operating manuals on all products at your convenience- any time, any day.

Team SISIS.....

An experienced team of dedicated professionals and a carefully selected network of dealerships are on hand to ensure customers receive first class support including machine service, spare parts, technical support and product demonstrations.
Whatever you need, Team SISIS will always be there to help.

Next day spare parts....

At SISIS we understand the importance of reducing machine downtime so we carry a vast stock of spares.

Sharing Knowledge with experts.....

The SISIS seminars are popular events attracting large number of delegates all benefitting from authoritative product demonstrations and guest speakers talking about closely related areas of interest. The seminars provide a unique opportunity to share experiences and best practice.

SISIS Worldwide....

We don’t just have the privilege of supplying groundcare equipment to sporting venues in Britain. We also supply around the world, proud of our quality and craftsmanship.

Video

SISIS Dart in action with Bowls Scotland

The SISIS Dart is an independently powered vertical action aerator ideal for sports field maintenance as well as grass lawns and amenities. It is ideal for maintenance as a bowling green aerator and a cricket aerator. Watch it in action with Bowls Scotland.

10 years of bowls green maintenance with Dennis and SISIS

For ten years, SISIS Machinery and guest speakers have been educating bowling club greenkeepers on turf maintenance at their seminars from across the country to over 3000 delegates.

SISIS Auto-Rotorake MK5 Scarifier

Lightweight and easy to use Cricket pitch and golf and bowling greens scarifier

SISIS Dart - Pedestrian Aerator

Ideal for for bowling greens, tennis courts and croquet lawns, the SISIS Dart is a pedestrian aerator that relieves soil compaction, allows water and oxygen to the root zone, improves drainage and the helps the greens, courts and lawns become drought resistant.