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DLF Pro 80 Renovation mix. It’s a good winter sports pitch mix. Although it’s the cricket outfield, if I used a cheaper mix, the grass would kick out early after the lacrosse season starts in later September.” “After cutting the cricket outfield ‘really short’ I then maintains it at 27-28mm depth for protection to ensure the lacrosse season begins at full throttle. I’ll be confident of a lush, green, flat outfield ready for cricket.” The four lacrosse goalmouths are bare by now so come in for extra attention, “I’ll be hiring a post-hole borer for using around each goalmouth, going down to about 22 inches, backfilling with 10cm of gravel to within two inches of the surface then use a 50/50 divot mix to top the holes up.”
Given that the cricket season is looming large, Ian admits that fertilizer is not on his shopping list. “I don't use it on the lacrosse pitches as I’m happy with the colour of the sward and I’m on a tight budget,” he says. In the winter, Ian will aim to vertidrain the lacrosse pitches “at least once” during the season. The contractor last performed the task three weeks before Christmas in an effort to keep the playing surface as open as possible. “Because we have clay soil here, we can be prone to waterlogging,” says Ian. Outsiders might argue that the sport presents a relatively unsexy image, failing to conjure up a David Beckham or Jonny Wilkinson-style role model from its ranks to foster frenzied support and to lead
the game to new heights. The 1990s witnessed the dominance of the world game by America’s Gates brothers and they certainly heightened the level of interest and participation in the USA with their break from traditional modes of play. Today, rising stars such as John Grant Junior could gain celebrity status, but whether they attain the iconic prominence of say a Beckham, remains to be seen.
What is certain, however, is that after decades of decline, lacrosse is beginning to move up the sporting agenda in Britain, and 2010 may just be the blue touch paper the game needs to ignite a firecracker of support for, and participation in, a tough, highly skilled and thrilling game.
The surfaces certainly exist to ensure that the best attributes of lacrosse can shine forth. Perhaps the final word on that should go to Ian Barber, who delivers a rather chilling prediction for lovers of natural surfaces. “There will come a time when grass won’t exist. It’ll be synthetics for all sports, with no problems of frost or waterlogging. When I started in the industry 18 years ago, synthetic pitches were just developing. They’ve come on so much since then that international football matches are played on them. Things are progressing to the stage that I believe that synthetic surfaces will become the standard.”
That might be the time when lacrosse truly comes into its own.
“There will come a time when grass won’t exist. It’ll be synthetics for all sports, with no problems
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