After the severe winter weather ...
investment, so we had to rethink our strategy.”
Knowing that artificial lighting was vital to the success of bringing the new wickets up to standard and encouraging growth back on the affected areas of the old wickets, Matt decided to investigate the idea of constructing a rig himself. “In late October, Bancrofts dug up two old wickets from the square and reinstated the area with outfield spec, using Barenbrug SOS mix on the existing run-ups.
”The heavy rain, frost and snow that followed, and failure of the seed on the run-ups, meant that we had to get some growth by overseeding with a different seed mix - this time the DLF iSeed that had proven successful on the square,” Matt recalls.
While he knew that artificial lighting was necessary for maximum and efficient growth on the area, it was only by chance
... a few bare patches were the only real problem
that he fell upon the answer to his query, found while on a groundsman’s meeting in Derby.
“I was talking to the head groundsman at Derby County Cricket Club and soon got on to the subject of my lighting problem,” he explains. “He took me down to meet the groundsman at Derby County FC who used the services of national lighting provider Century Lighting, based in Worcester, to construct a rig of their own. ”I contacted Mark Rolph at Century Lighting and they were able to provide us with the lighting we needed to make up a rig of our own. One of the club’s electricians, James Anderson, helped construct the design and we now have a perfectly functional rig at a fraction of the cost of what we would have spent - It’s not pretty but, so far, we’re seeing great results.
Since the rigs have been used, Matt has
seen a resurgence of growth on the bald area, in part thanks to the move over to another seed mix. “The other mix just wasn’t right for us, but we knew the success we’d had with DFL iSeed. We’ll continue its use for the coming season across most of the outfields and wickets, and we’ll soon be overseeding.” The rigs are likely to remain down until the start of the season and the first match at Old Trafford on 24th April. Whilst the work has now been completed on the construction of the new wickets, Matt will have to wait until 2012 before they see any action. Lancashire will be making use of their outgrounds at Liverpool, Southport and Blackpool for all but one of their championship matches, beginning on 8th April at Liverpool. Old Trafford will host one championship match, and two internationals, welcoming India and Sri Lanka, yet the new wickets will see none
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