Lytham Cricket & Sports Club Head Groundsman: Les Stephens Number of staff: Only me!
Number of pitches and brief details: An ECB Premier League cricket pitch with 24 wickets, grass practise nets with 8 wickets, 3 bay artificial cricket net.
Time constraints: As some surfaces are shared, a two week window is all that is available between seasons.
Proposed programme: The entire ground is treated for weeds by Complete Weed Control in late August (£400). The entire ground is scarified in-house and arisings collected with boxed triple mower. The entire ground is vertidrained using large solid tines on rough turf and pencil tines on fine turf, £850. Fine turf areas are overseeded in- house (seed £750) and then 25 tonnes of Kettering loam (£1,500) is spread on fine turf areas (£350) and brushed in using in house compact tractor. Contractor - Construct Golf, providing they are competitive!
Machinery used: Compact tractor and SISIS tractor mounted scarifier.
Uxbridge Cricket Club
Head Groundsman: Vic Demain
Number of staff: One summer, full-time (April- October).
Number of pitches and brief details: 2 cricket pitches (13 and 10 strips), a bowling green, 8 tennis courts (3 grass and 5 tarmacadam) and a rugby field. Squares were laid with Kaloam and topdressing changed to Surrey Gostd Supernatural around ten years ago. Outfields have 1 inch of topsoil over gravel.
Proposed programme: Work will start on September 21st and, hopefully, be completed by mid October, weather permitting. Cut down to 2mm, scarify in 3 directions, powerbrush, run over with variseeder in as many directions as possible, apply
Somerset County Cricket Club Head Groundsman: Phil Frost
Number of staff: 4 at the county ground - 1 practice ground.
ground). All pitches soil.
Number of pitches and brief details: 30 pitches at County Ground, Taunton, 4 pitches at the Bath Recreation Ground and 36 pitches at Taunton Vale (practice
Time constraints: Start after our last against Durham on 29th September. Weather permitting
John Deere Triple mower. Seed and fertiliser spread by hand. Two different vertidrain machines plus
Cushman
spreader with JCB loader.
Manpower: All in-house.
Aims and objectives: To provide the best possible playing surfaces for the three sports within our limited budget. To ensure that we provide the best possible growing conditions for grass so that it can thrive even under extreme conditions of drought, flood, heat and cold, and withstand attack from weeds and disease.
Effects of Recession: None, but we always obtain competitive quotes.
Other comments: Programme recommended by STRI. Also recommended by ECB Lancashire pitch advisor Paul Tatton. Other work based on experience of ground and its requirements.
Scott’s preseeder and overseed with MM50 using a fertiliser spinner, dragbrush into seedbed, level and repair old footholes, apply 6-8 bags Gostd Supernatural per track and cover ends with germination sheeting. Water in if necessary.
Machinery used: Dennis Sport, SISIS Autorotorake (brush and scarifier), Sisis Variseeder, fertiliser spinner, home made straight edge, SISIS Truspread, Sisis Lute, dragmat and levelling lute.
Manpower: All work done in- house, only contract out if we don’t have the resources.
Aims and objectives: To provide a first-class facility whilst bound by the financial constraints of a small club.
Effects of Recession: Would have liked to hire a tractor mounted scarifier or Koro. Won’t be able to deep drill. Probably not a great concern, but we are always keen to improve our standards.
work takes 2-3 weeks.
Proposed programme: Each square will be heavily scarified four ways, heavy overseed, topdressing 10-12 bags per pitch, soil cost £3500 and seed cost £2000. It has worked for me over the years. The programme is tweaked from time to time. I used to feed the square with pre- germinate fertiliser. Now I wait to do it when the new seed has germinated and feed with 6:5:11.
Machinery used: Graden scarifier, Sisis Topspreader.
Manpower: All carried out in- house.
Aims and objectives: To get a thicker and tighter sward of grass.
Effects of Recession: None, at the moment.
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Sports top dressings for Cricket, Tennis, Bowls and Golf a speciality.
Pitch and square
construction and renovation. We also cater for all other sports.
Design and Build service available
David Goodjohn GSB Sportsturf Ltd.
Office 0845 5191 586 Mobile 07808 571051 Email:
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