The height of cut is maintained between 30-35mm. We mark out with a Fleet Kombi linemarker using Pitchmarker 'C', and use Preline at the start of the season to keep the lines visible. We receive a budget of £4300 (plus £4500


Membership fees are £47 for seniors and £23 for juniors.


Cricket


The cricket square and outfield are used by Fair Oak CC who play in the Southern Electric Premier League Div 3. They maintain the square and we supply the equipment, fuel and all materials. This includes a Dennis mower, a 1.5 tonne Stoddart and Pitt roller, a sarrel roller plus all the usual ‘other’ equipment. We cut the outfield to 20mm, twice a week. We took advice from the local ECB pitch advisor on how we could improve the outfield scores and, this year it received its highest ever score, even with the scarring from the new drain trenches. Ongar loam and Barenburg Bar Extreme grass seed are used on wicket renovations. They club has a comprehensive youth set- up, runs four teams and has disabled and girls teams. They have supplied their own permanent nets.


We took advice from the local ECB pitch advisor on how we could improve the outfield scores The budget for cricket is £4500


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towards the sand banding this year) and, hopefully, the same again or a bit more next year!


fees are £47 for seniors and £23 for juniors (half fees paid). With the dual cricket /football use we find it difficult to do some of the maintenance properly and at the right times of the year. We can find ourselves having only four or five days changing over from football to cricket and, sometimes, even less the other way round.


The sports pitches are only a small part of our daily work as we also look after two play areas, a skate park, a large formal park, two cemeteries, in excess of seventeen hectares of Country Park, sixty allotments, with seasonal events such as the summer carnival and Christmas lights and trees. We check most sites daily, picking up litter and fly tipping, repairing any vandalism and keeping these areas up to a high standard. We may be taking on a few more areas next year! If we do, I will definitely be asking for another team member. As you can see we are a pro-active council


that are keen on training and trying improve our facilities. We are often told by opposing football and cricket teams that they can’t believe it is not a private ground, such is the high standard. Our pitches are amongst the best in the


area when the sun is shining and, from now on, we hope the same can be said even after it rains. Not bad for a Parish Council.


Senior goalmouth, October 2008 Sand banding, September 2008


Cricket outfield, summer 2007


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