Summer Sports - Cricket
the second week in February, just with a rotary mower for the first couple of times, then with a small hand roller at the end of the first week in March. Then for the heavy roller! Not too heavy; ours is an old Bomag that weighs about 1.2 tonnes. Now, you know what’s coming... I managed about ten hours of rolling over four days, then it snowed, and then snowed some more and then, just for good measure, everything froze. The coldest March for fifty years someone quoted on the news! Despite the weather, the square looks
excellent and, hopefully, the weather will pick up from now on so we can complete the preparations for the new season.
NatWest Cricket Force
Allscott CC is no different to most cricket clubs around the country. We use the NatWest Cricket Force day to encourage
cricket
supporters, their friends and families to help by volunteering to undertake renovation work in the clubhouses and grounds before the season starts. This year, we were assisted by our neighbours who repaired the square and outfield last autumn.
Our main tasks on the day included completing the handover from ALS. They completed the final touches on the square and applied the first application of Maxwell Advance 4:0:4 summer fertiliser. The outfield was cut using a Baroness LM285 five gang and the first three wickets on the squares were cut out with a Baroness GM56 in preparation for
the first games of the season. The clubhouse veranda was repaired, the store sheds were tidied, mobile nets repaired and erected, covers and sight screens were put back together ready for the first game, and bacon butties were supplied for everyone who turned up on the day, and that included Dave Saltman and Laurence Gale! I am looking forward to seeing how our square plays over the coming season, whilst the NatWest Cricket Force day has certainly fired everyone’s enthusiasm.
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