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travel over on the night sailing from Harwich because of my lecturing work at college, and would have to be back for work again on Monday morning! Once in Holland, I drove directly
to Voorburg, where the course was to be delivered, arriving at 8.15am. I set up the equipment and had a look at the square. Frits had also arrived at the ground to get things organised. I had brought with me a SISIS
drop spreader, a lute and a weasel which the club had purchased to enable them to carry out the work required. They had also purchased a SISIS ARR5, with all of the attachments, plus two mowers, one a second hand Lloyds Paladin from Upsons in Essex, plus a new Masport for general square mowing. A two tonne cricket roller was also to be purchased from England to ensure the correct equipment was available when required.
was time to get down to business by first going through the basic theory of why we need to carry out the renovations in the autumn. I also explained the need for this to happen on a new square to enable any minor faults to be corrected. The weather was fine and dry, ideal for renovation work. The square had been watered well during the week and had been left to soak through Thursday and Friday, the surface was perfect for the work I needed to carry out.
delivered and so the work began carrying out all of the procedures to ensure a good surface for the coming spring. The delegates were quite surprised at the amount of work and the severity of the procedures to a cricket square, especially a new one. Throughout the day there were lots of questions and, with the course being practical, I could demonstrate as well as explain the answers.
day, the delegates left wondering if there would ever be grass visible on the square again, and possibly doubting my sanity after what they had seen.
So, at the end of a very busy The Ongar loam had been The delegates arrived, and so it
carrying out the work, as and when it was required, to maintain the square but, of course, we had a severe winter with more snow than we have had for many years and this created a few problems with snow mould. Luckily, when the snow finally cleared, the damage was minimal and, with the onset of spring although much later this year, the square quickly recovered and the autumn work had paid dividends. The grass cover was very good and the sward was healthy. The roller had been delivered
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and it was time to start the pre- season rolling, using a light roller to begin with, to start building up compaction, and then moving on to the heavy roller, rolling in different directions. The first game was to be at the end of April, and so Frits started his preparations ten days before and followed the preparation format. On the day of play the pitch looked a good and received a lot of positive comments. But, as we all know, it is how it plays that is the key factor. In this case, the umpires and players said it had played very true and with good bounce and pace. The ICC inspection took place on 23rd May and was carried out by the ICC’s Andy Atkinson and Alan Hurst, and I am delighted to say that, after a very busy day at VCC, the venue has been successful in its bid to gain ODI status. I must congratulate Frits
Makkee and his team for the hard work they have put in to achieve international status in such a short time. Holland now has a third ground with ODI status, the others being VRA in Amstelveen and VOC in Rotterdam. The first ODI to be played at the
VCC will be on 1st July 2010. I will be continuing my involvement at VCC, giving advice and guidance when it is required to ensure the best possible surface will always be available for the game of cricket in Holland. The pictures top and below are of the game that was being played on the day of the inspection.
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