The rest of the summer holiday period is spent with the ongoing mowing regimes and gardening works along with sorting out the goal posts for the oncoming Michaelmas term.
Michaelmas Term: September - December.
Sports played: girls hockey on grass and rugby.
The rugby and football pitches are
roller mown with an 8 foot wide. In previous years the length of sward on these winter pitches was kept at between 100-125mm. However, with more soccer being played at the college, we gradually began to lower the height of cut on all our pitches to 50mm, which was then cut to 25mm for soccer after the Christmas holidays. Hockey pitches are cut, rolled and
marked using the Alletts and Kombis. We apply an autumn feed to take the pitches through the winter months.
THE college has strong links with Shropshire Wildlife Trust and a recent co-project has been the creation of habitats for hedgehogs within the grounds. Another development at the school, supported by the groundstaff, has been the formation of a pupil ‘Green Team’ who have instigated tree planting, wild-flower areas and hardwood tree planting. This has given the groundstaff the opportunity to interface and share their expertise with pupils of varying ages.
Other tasks that the team undertake are centred around annual hedging and pruning works,
still and we all need to work towards improving the quality of our playing surfaces. The investment in quality machinery, materials and the ongoing training of staff are key elements that we need to address to ensure the college continues to maintain the fine reputation it has developed for its sports provision during the last 123 years.
Above: Ian Morris with his 21hp Kioti Tractor.
Left: The nine hole par 3 golf course is maintained all year round but is kept closed between January and April
as well as any unforeseen tasks. And finally, during the winter months, we look to undertake any minor refurbishment works or small constructions / drainage work. We have a number of artificial tennis courts and all weather areas that we also have to maintain. The college cannot afford to stand
Above: (l-r) Heather Batterson, Richard Barnett, Colin Broadbent, Ian Morris, David Hinks, Scott Bright and David Stange
Left: Ian Morris with Year 7 Pupil James Brockless amongst the newly planted trees on the golf course
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• DK Series – 35-90hp, built to outlast the rest. Larger models have factory fitted luxury cabs with heater & air conditioning, radio/cassette, “ISO” rubber mounts, tinted glass and work lights
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