I’m pretty much my own boss and I like the fact that I am left to get on with it
degrees to the lateral drains. Once the drainage system had been installed CLS applied enough topdressing to add 10-15mm to each of the pitches. The pitches were then overseeded with a disc seeder before the area was brushed and dragmatted to get final levels. It is now within our budget to have seasonal renovations every year, consisting of topdressing, overseeding and vertidraining etc. The indoor pitch area has also seen a vast amount of improvement. First of all contractors built new classrooms and offices to facilitate E2E (Entry to Employment) students. The existing roof lights were replaced to allow more natural light in, as the original ones were covered with soot from the nearby steelworks. CLS then removed the existing sand based Astroturf as well as the rubber shockpad underneath it. With the whole pitch cleared a new shockpad was installed and this was given about a week to ‘cure’ before the new carpet was laid. Following this operation all of the lines were cut and glued in before the rubber crumb was applied to the pitch using specialist machinery. The outer white line of the full size pitch is sown into the
carpet during manufacture. As I said earlier, the pitches are heavily used, almost on a daily basis by several groups and organisations including Teeside University, Middlesbrough College, Redcar Town, Middlesbrough FC Ladies (training and games), E2E, general private hire (pay and play) plus Wilf Manion Cup and Premier League Cup games.
In addition, around 90% of the local schools attend one day courses here (healthy living, PE etc.), as well as holiday courses for kids aged between 3- 14. The centre is available for hire for birthday parties every Saturday and Sunday.
My personal goals include gaining as many industry qualifications as possible, such as PA1 and PA6. I aim to maintain these pitches and surfaces to the highest possible standard that I can achieve, and maybe progress to a larger club, maybe even in the Premiership! I really love the work here, I’m pretty much my own boss and I like the fact that I am left alone to get on with it. No one questions the work I do, or when I do it, so I don’t even have to work in the rain if I don’t have to ... but, of course, I do!
An AFT 45 on a compact tractor has two applications
1 Fitted with its chain and boom for wider and deeper trenches 2 Fitted with its slitting wheel for narrow slit drainage
AFT Trenchers Tel: 01787 311811 email:
info@trenchers.co.uk www.trenchers.co.uk
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