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ECB Pitch Adviser for Cambridgeshire, MEL POOLEY, talks about the continuing success of the ECB and the Channel 4 Cricket Groundsman Trailer
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Dateline: Cambridgeshire 2003. Things are normally peaceful and not very much is happening on the cricket scene. The groundsmen, mostly volunteer or part time, are going about their business tending the cricket grounds and producing pitches for their weekend games. Most of this fine body of people have very little equipment and very little training on the ins and outs of producing cricket pitches. Traditionally, in this county,
cricket groundsmen are from an agricultural background because they have some knowledge of soils and of growing crops, and are able to pass this knowledge on to their successors. And so, the cricket groundsman evolved. At this point I must say a big thank you to these people who enabled me to play cricket and have many hours of enjoyment. Going back to that dateline. In 2003 things started happening in Cambridgeshire cricket which was being mirrored up and down the country. The structure of cricket was changing to give a clear pathway for the development of young cricketers. Included in this restructuring of the game was coaching and grounds or, more specifically, cricket pitches. The ECB, in conjunction with the IOG, agreed to train a pitch adviser for every county. Each
pitch adviser working under the umbrella of their County Cricket Board, which were launched at the same time, to help administer all the changes that were taking place.
The pitch adviser’s roll was
to set up an effective Cricket Groundsman’s Association within their own county to bring club and professional groundsmen together. This would enable bulk buying of loams etc. to help lower the cost of renovations to the squares. It was also hoped there could be a sharing of knowledge which could benefit all.
At this time a deal was made with Channel 4 television who were, at the time, covering domestic Test Match cricket, to fund equipment that would be available to the clubs at the grass roots of cricket. This resulted in the Channel 4 Groundsman’s Trailer, equipped with machinery and tools to enable clubs to carry out end of season renovations. A trailer was provided to every
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