“Wouldn’t it be marvellous if funding could be found to see that school pitch sharing was a viable proposition”
persuaded a local contractor to use it to in-dress topsoil rather than sand into the surface. It could be an answer to grounds like ours with thin topsoil. We shall see.” He reckons every groundsman should have a corer. “It’s the single most important tool in the armoury, “ he says. “It’s like the lifting of the bonnet to a car mechanic. Without it, you’ve no idea what’s really going on and what you need to do. It tells you, pretty accurately, all you need to know about the rootzone, so you can be on the ball about fertiliser and nitrogen requirements and, in terms of cricket, usage of the roller. It’s such a valuable time and money saver.“ He proceeds with his to show me a profile of the outfield surface. It’s been a rugby pitch hosting 100 matches up to
Christmas and fifty lacrosse matches in the spring term, so it takes a real battering. The surface is normally a little greener than this, but it’s early in the summer term and it still looks pretty good, despite the unusually prolonged dry conditions. The RTF seems to be taking root and well set for the long haul. There’s cricket on it every day now until the second week of July, plus five daily athletics lessons and at least one match a week until the end of term, so the hammering continues unabated. The school has three cricket
squares all told, for use by its prep and senior school pupils. In simple terms, it means each of them is in constant use by three age groups. The principal one has twelve playing strips; the centre five reserved for first XI use. Regardless of weather
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