Summer Sports - Cricket
Good germination in late October
cut. It is more about light rolling, ironing out the rake marks, and pushing the overseeding into the surface.” “An application of liquid feed has been given, along with a granular at 20gm and a wetting agent. The final ingredient was an application of Headway axoxstrobin fungicide.” “As you can tell, I have been so lucky with the weather. To be able to achieve all these activities on a newly laid square is brilliant, and it is still firm to walk on, even though we have had good rains in the last week.” “As I sit in the office completing this article - by my myself, as my staff are off for some seventy days, in lieu and holiday entitlement - it is absolutely lashing it
Roadway being packed away
down! So, all the aforementioned materials applied to the new lay and netting areas will possibly be washed off into the drainage system. Ah well, back to reality and the good old Welsh weather!” “This work has been fairly
monumental in terms of ripping up fifty years of cricketing history. To think of all the great players who have played on the square is quite mind blowing,” says Keith.
However, as he rightly says, it is time to move on and encourage the future generation of cricketers to ply their trade on the next generation of pitches at Glamorgan, hopefully in front of large crowds which, in turn, will bring in much needed revenue for the club.
“As I sit in my office, it is absolutely
lashing it down. Ah well, back to reality and the good old Welsh weather!”
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