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SPORTS TURF CONTRACTORS
Avonmore Associates sportsfield construction
25 year of experience in bowling greens, fine turf management, pitch design, sportsfield construction and irrigation
Tel: 01789 293439 email:
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Football
ONE GOOD FINISH - DESERVES ANOTHER!
Banyards Farm Etling Green Dereham
Norfolk NR20 3EY
Tel: 01362 851930 Mobile: 07879 495445
Sports field and amenity contractors
Blec Groundbreaker • Gravel Banding • Vertidraining • Overseeding Topdressing • Conventional and Hydro seeding Stone Burying • Harley Raking • Laser Grading All cultivations • Ad hoc machine and operator hire
Specialist stump grinding contractors for golf course applications
Sports Ground Contractors Ltd
D W Clark DRAINAGE LTD
SPECIALIST SPORTSTURF CONSTRUCTION & DRAINAGE CONTRACTORS • Gravel Banding • Sand Slitting
• Top Dressing • Renovation • Irrigation Unit 7, Brailes Industrial Estate, Winderton Lane, Lower Brailes Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 5JW
Tel: 01608 685800 Fax: 01608 685801 email:
jim@dwclarkdrainageltd.co.uk Web:
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everybody else associated with Scunthorpe United, the answer will undoubtedly be the club’s terrific 3-2 win over Millwall in the recent League One play-off final at Wembley! This well-deserved promotion, which marks a return to the Championship, means that the club will be up against some big names next season. Of course, apart from the obvious challenges that this will bring, the whole team at Scunthorpe will also be conscious that the playing surface at their ground must be ‘up there with the best of them’ so that home games truly reflect their professionalism. Fortunately for Scunthorpe, the second ‘excellent finish’ has already been presented to them -
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hat’s the definition of an ‘excellent finish’? Well, if you ask the loyal fans and
courtesy of Simon Hutton from Lincolnshire-based Fineturf. Simon takes up the story. “We had already been working on the ‘Iron’ pitch prior to their spectacular end-of-season win, so it is pleasing to see that our work will be playing an integral part in the club’s exciting new lease of life.”
Scunthorpe United have made their way back to the Championship, courtesy of a 3-2 win over Millwall at Wembley. To complement their new found status a new pitch has been laid by Fineturf
Simon outlined the work that has been undertaken, starting with a waterlogged area that had been causing some problems. “An area behind one goal was holding water, so we excavated this down to the formation level. The compacted material was removed and replaced by a 70/30 rootzone mix. Finally, we incorporated a 0.9% fibresand and levelled the area.” “The top 20mm of the pitch was then removed (using two passes with a Blec combinator), but being
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