Summer Sports - Cricket
for two minutes; the two middle ones do four minutes at 180O
The Surrey Groundsman’s Association on his club’s experience, and they went to Addington to see the set-up for themselves, as have a number of individual clubs. “You don’t have to convince people in the game any more; it’s self-apparent,” he says. “The ECB deserve a pat on the back
for creating the momentum and providing the money. The concept is certainly gathering pace, and it's very exciting.” Peter Robinson is more than his club’s ‘rain man’. He retired from BP back in 1996. Since then, as well as his involvement in the development of
The four corner rotors do 90O
sweeps
1200 litres of water on one cycle, so you get 18-20 watering cycles out of the 25,000 litres tank, which is about six weeks during a drought
Addington Village Cricket Club, he chairs the Clubs’ Committee of the Kent Cricket Board, and its Groundsman’s Association, and is on its Coaching Committee. Since the Board became a company limited by guarantee, he has also been one of its directors.
He is very much an exponent of the
ECB’s ‘one game, all in it together’ strategy. The aim of this is to have a seamless connection between all arms of the game; clubs, coaching, pitches, you name it. Driving the cricket industry to think ahead is the mission statement. “One game, where coaches, umpires,
and groundsmen all sing from the same hymn sheet, that’s where we are going,”
says Peter. “We are not there yet, but it’s good to see we are moving in that direction. The ECB’s club strategy is all about getting costs down. Rain harvesting and drought tolerant grass cultivars definitely play a part in this, but it takes money and somebody’s got to put it up.” Kent Cricket Board has a conference on this whole theme at Canterbury’s St Lawrence Ground later this year. Peter and his club are confident they can ride any drought again this season. The tank is full and they’re ready for it. At the very least, they know they can survive the first two months. Water company restrictions won’t be affecting Addington Village Cricket Club.
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