Supersopper
This Invention Has Made Waterlogged Pitches And Greens A Thing Of The Past.
In 1974 while playing a game of golf, Gordan Withnall came up with the idea of the supersopper. When Withnall’s ball fell into a puddle, a mate challenged him to invent a machine to get rid of puddles. Within a week Withnall had invented the Supersopper. The machine consisted of a large perforated cylinder covered by a soaking sponge, a smaller cylinder squeezed out the water into a tank inside the roller. The Supersopper could be pushed by hand and was useful for tennis courts or golf greens.
In 1979 the Supersopper really took off when the Melbourne Cricket Ground asked for a large ride-on model which Gordon called the ‘Whale’. Cricket clubs worldwide soon wanted a Whale and so did racecourses and golf clubs.
