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SPORTS TURF DRAINAGE 21


Scotts meets demands of Villa’s free- draining pitch


Wanderers drainage nears completion The Bolton Wanderers Eddie


Davies Football Academy in Bolton has recently undergone the phase 2A of its construction by the Cheshire branch


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The demands of a 20 acre housing development have resulted in two new pitches for Sudbury RUFC & having hired pitch constructors J Pugh-Lewis to laser-grade, drain and re-seed the new pitches club member Stuart Marston extended their brief to include the pitch-side and boundary fencing.


James


Pugh-Lewis says that the company has been using GPS since the end of 2007. “Once we’ve completed the design work we can upload this onto the GPS in order to set it all out quickly and accurately on site”. At Sudbury it was used for setting out everything from the position of the drains and


New thinking on sportsturf trenching machines


The new Supertrencher Plus


from Shelton bristles with new features. The range are all tractor mounted via 3-point linkage and PTO powered & they have two gearboxes enabling the digging wheel to be driven at speed for


floodlights through to the rugby posts themselves. Once the earthworks were


complete, J Pugh-Lewis laser graded before trenching in the floodlight cabling and installing a comprehensive drainage system of pipe drains and sand slits. The company then cultivated the two new pitches and ameliorated them with sand, prior to seeding in August 2008. The club wanted to leave the pitches to grow-in for at least 12 months, which gave J Pugh-Lewis time to complete their extended contract.


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Souters Sports Ltd. “Firstly the top layer of the surface was stripped off and drained at 3


In March 2009 D W Clark


Drainage Ltd commenced work on a £125,000 contract for the construction of two full size and one junior pitch for Inkberrow Eagles FC.


metre centres,” explained John Bowie, Site Manager for Souters Sports. “The areas that we were able to work on were then cultivated, laser levelled and a 75mm application of sport sand was applied for amelioration into the existing topsoil. A final


level was then achieved using a laser controlled dozer before seeding with BSH A20 mix and an application of pre-seed fertiliser.


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metres of overhead cables were buried underground and earthworks and drainage were completed by the end of May. Stone removal and seed


bed preparations were badly delayed by wet weather in June and July, but the seed was finally sown during the first week of September and has germinated well in good time before winter. DW Clark’s are looking


Aston Villa’s head


forward to maintaining the pitches through next Spring and Summer before handing them over to the club in first


dry hard conditions, or more slowly for work in soils with high moisture content. The digging wheel is centrally positioned; i.e. in line with the centre of the tractor & twin hydraulic cylinders adjust the digging depth, which can be controlled manually or by laser.


The


excavated soil is thrown into a large aperture at the front of the machine, & then elevated via two conveyors into a trailer or dumper running alongside. Another unique feature is the mounting of the newly designed conveyor which is hinged in such


class condition.


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a manner it can be turned through 90 degrees to lay alongside the body of the machine for transport purposes. Moving the conveyor in this way opens up a massive inspection port should the need arise to look inside the housing. In the working position the tractor driver can adjust the working height of the conveyor hydraulically.


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groundsman Jonathan Calderwood says that his Scotts iTurf programme keeps Villa Park’s 98% sand pitch in top condition.“Our Scotts programme begins with the Greenmaster Pro-Lite range in the summer with 12-0-12 and in the winter with 7-0-14 Double K for potash. Greenmaster liquids are ideal for giving the pitch an extra boost when it’s required. This is also backed up with Sierrablen Plus slow-release granular applications every eight weeks.“We keep disease at bay using Daconil, Heritage and Banner MAXX fungicides.“Greenmaster Blade biostimulant helps encourage new grass development during July, August and September and we apply STEP Hi-mag three times a year – after renovation, again in October and finally in spring, together with a trace element package.” On the overall results recently voted


Jonathan,


‘Groundsman’s Groundsman of the Year’ in the IOG awards, says: “We have superb winter colour and believe the Scotts range is the best available for a demanding pitch like ours.“


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