especially for the club who, by now, had cancelled all their cricket fixtures for the remainder of the season and, with the clubhouse ruined, the whole winter sports agenda as well. The only saving grace was that it was river water rather than sewage that had flooded the pitch, meaning that, although there was a lot of sediment, there was no harmful bacteria in it.
Once Allan had explained what work needed to
be carried out, we set about trying to find companies who would be able to help, before making our offer of assistance to the club chairman. We were lucky enough to get good responses from suppliers and contractors, willing to provide their goods and services for free to help the cricket club get back on track.
As I write this article in March, the poor weather has hampered the progress of work and, although most has been completed, it may be another 6-8 weeks before play can be resumed. I will be writing a more technical article of works for the June/July edition, which by then should have seen a successful resumption of play at Oughtibridge CC. In the meantime I, Pitchcare and Oughtibridge
Cricket Club would like to extend a very warm and generous thank you to Allan Kettleborough - ECB Pitch Advisor for his expert advice and knowledge. British Seed Houses - for the donation of 9 bags of A5 Cricket & Tennis Renovation cricket mixture and 10 bags of A7 Olympic Sports Ground for the football pitch/outfield. GSB Loams - for the free supply of 12 tonnes of County Loam, which was used to re-dress and level the square. Oliver Warriner - a local contractor who carried out all the remedial work on the cricket square. Premier Pitches - for Verti-draining the football pitch and cricket outfield, brushing and over seeding.
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