Old Trafford to make drainage improvements
Lancashire County Cricket Club will play their final three home games away from Old Trafford
LANCASHIRE County Cricket Club have confirmed that they will play their final three home games of the 2008 season away from Old Trafford to allow work to be done to improve the drainage system.
Old Trafford lost 906.3 overs to the rain in 2006 and 708 overs last season.
So, the club have decided to install a state-of-the-art drainage system and improve the outfield.
Home matches after August 17th will be played at Liverpool or Blackpool instead.
Head Groundsman Pete Marron said: “Towards the end of next season we are planning to rebuild the entire outfield and replace the existing drainage with a system similar to that used at Lord’s.”
“Everyone witnessed, during the Test against India, just how effective the Lord’s drainage system was and, although our new outfield will work on the same principles, we are making
sure that we have a system tailored towards the specific needs of Old Trafford.”
“The system we will be adopting is what many Premiership football clubs have and, although cricket will never be played during wet weather, this new drainage system guarantees play will get underway much more quickly following rain, hopefully within an hour, allowing more cricket to be played.”
“We are currently in talks with three contractors and a final decision will be made in the next few months. This work needs to be carried out during August and September to give the new grass time to grow while the weather is relatively warm.”
Lancashire’s Chief Executive Jim Cumbes added: “As people will be aware, we have been in discussions for the last three years regarding the redevelopment of Old Trafford as a World Class International Cricket Ground and this can be
Alpha beat a path to Sherriff’s door
SHERRIFF Amenity have joined forces with Alpha Amenity.
Sherriff Amenity is the specialist amenity division of Agrovista UK Ltd, one of the leading crop protection and agronomy companies in the UK.
Managing Director, James Robertson said, “Part of our five year strategic plan is to have a national amenity business trading under the Sherriff brand. The
acquisition of Alpha Amenity is another step towards achieving this goal, capitalising on the synergistic opportunities of the two companies”.
Pete Marron
regarded as part of the first phase of moving towards that target.”
“This is a huge investment for the club, but it sends out the message that we are deadly serious about our vision for cricket at Old Trafford.”
Mark Pyrah, Sherriff Amenity Director adds, “Joining forces with Alpha Amenity is a very exciting prospect, this move not only increases our presence in the UK amenity arena, it also gives us an unrivalled product portfolio to provide an even better level of service and product choice to our customers.”
Sherriff will create a Northern Depot at the existing Alpha Amenity site in Lymm, Cheshire.
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