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In the tennis hall at the small celebration for the official opening: In front of the net from left (standing) club chairman Pascal de Coulon, deputy Matthias Beckstein, cashier Carina Beer, groundskeeper Rudi Schubert, Wolfgang Müller from the engineering office, mayor Falk Sluyterman and the former chairman Paul Prokosch . Crouching in front are secretary Sabine Hutter and sports director Markus Hochmuth. © Jais
The tennis hall on Lechuferstrasse in Schongau has been in operation for some time, but has now been officially inaugurated. Among other things, there was a look back at the construction time, which only lasted five months.
Schongau – For the Schongau Tennis Club, it is “like winning the lottery” that the new hall on Lechuferstrasse was able to be built thanks to a generous donor and a low-interest loan from the state sports association. This is how Pascal de Coulon, the chairman of the 330-member club, described it at the official opening.
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Apart from Weilheim, Schongau is the only municipality in the district that now has tennis courts that can be used not only in the summer season, but also all year round. Gone are the days when tennis players on the Lech had to move to surrounding towns for the winter season.
Large donation from Rudolf Strommer
50 active participants and guests gathered for the inauguration celebration in the light-flooded hall with the large windows on the east and west sides and with the light strip on the ridge. The air is dry, de Coulon, chairman of the tennis club for six years, initially has difficulty with his Agree. It gets better with a sip of water.
The Lechstadt tennis club is not sitting on dry land, but is running smoothly – despite the large investment, which amounts to a good one and a half million euros. Rudolf Strommer played a large part in this: the entrepreneur from Schongau, who has been active in the club for decades, made the construction of the hall possible with a considerable “donation”, as it was called at the celebration.
Only five months construction time
De Coulon sums up: A dream has come true. “We’re still rubbing our eyes at how quickly it happened,” he says, referring to the construction period, which only lasted five months from May to October last year. The hall’s three playing fields have now been used intensively for an entire winter season. He attributed the fact that the official celebration only took place six months after commissioning to “organizational stress”.
De Coulon expressly praised his deputy Matthias Beckstein: “Without him, the project would not have come about.” There was also praise for the presence of the groundskeeper and trainer Rudi Schubert. He was the contact person for the craftsmen and was on the construction site every day.
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Regarding the construction process, Schubert summarizes that the soil was examined for its load-bearing capacity in January 2023. The roof ventilation and the “arena lighting” were also coordinated with the donor. The fact that predominantly local companies were commissioned simplified the construction process.
A figurehead for the city too
Mayor Falk Sluyterman says the hall not only makes the tennis club more attractive, but also the city. This would complete the sports facilities on Lechuferstrasse. “The result is impressive,” comments the mayor.
90 tons of steel are installed with the beams in the structure, explains structural engineer Wolfgang Müller from Müller Ingenieure to the Schongauer Nachrichten. He is also a member of the tennis club. The shell consists of sheet metal on the outside as well as an insulating panel and a second layer of sheet metal on the inside.
Looking back to the 70s
Ceiling heating was installed, as is now common in large sports facilities. The energy source is district heating. Regarding the floor structure, Müller explains that a blue carpet with an elastic insert was laid over the asphalt.
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At the official opening, a brief look back should not be missing – namely to the 1970s, when the tennis boom began. Treasurer Carina Beer reads out a letter that former chairman Paul Prokosch sent to the Bavarian State Sports Association in December 1976. The idea of building a tennis hall in Schongau already existed back then. However, the request was rejected. 48 years later, the dream has become reality. The active participants now have seven outdoor spaces and three indoor spaces available.
2024-05-05 04:00:00
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