Sprig planting - each planting took a week and a half
well over 150 mm, which was more than adequate for holding the pitches together.
The daily temperatures during the tournament were in the 40O
s centigrade,
accompanied by a very dry wind, which offered no cooling. Mind you we were very near the equator! We were watering the pitch surfaces
from the very early hours and then carried out a syringing programme at midday to cool the plant. This worked very well. Water is an issue, particularly for the local populations, so I managed to implement the drilling of bore holes at all the training pitches and all but one of the stadiums. On the training pitches pumps took ground water to a ring main
around each pitch with connectors for sprinklers. We used a similar set up at the main stadiums, but we were able to also install automated systems where we could time the applications. The water quality was excellent and didn’t need any filtration or sterilising. Since the tournament finished the watering systems have been used to serve the local communities as well as the pitches. Each borehole provided up to 40,000 litres per pitch per hour. The only real problem we encountered was that the varieties of grasses planted did not like low cutting tolerances. We were told in advance that they could tolerate cutting at 20-25 mm, however we found that when we cut it at 25 mm the grass went brown, so we had to raise the
New Hayter Harriers were purchased
cut to 30 mm to retain a nice green colour. Once the tournament was over we have now imported some new varieties from the United States and Holland to integrate into the existing swards. The timeframe of the whole project did give cause for concern. Budgets and timescales were quite tight, but the pitches were completed in six months from start of construction to ready for play.
The African Nations Cup has been
extremely positive for Ghana. It has helped the country speed up its infrastructure for all sports, not just football, and the powers that be are looking at the way other sports can be developed. They are keen to use sport to help the country’s economy.
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