Summer Sports - Cricket
Construction work continues apace In the twelve years Tim has been head
groundsman at New Road, he says he has never had such a difficult start to a season, but is optimistic that all will come good once the better weather returns and they can get back into their normal routine. A new Toro 5400D Reelmaster five gang cylinder mower will certainly help to speed up the cutting time on the outfield. With construction work continuing on a new 120-bedroom Premier Inn and restaurant, the club remain committed to their New Road home, despite all the pitfalls. The development will also include new conference and executive suites for the club and will be built above the ‘high
L-r: Damon Willetts, Steve Gravenall, Tim Packwood and Martin Watts
tide’ mark, much like the Graeme Hick Pavilion, a £2m project that was completed in 2009. The construction programme has been timed to minimise disruption to the 2013 cricket season, and the new club suites were expected to be completed by early June, with the hotel and restaurant scheduled to open in October 2013. Whitbread, Premier Inn’s parent
company, is investing £7.5m in the new hotel and restaurant, whilst the club has contributed in excess of £3m in the new facilities. The two developments will eventually create more than forty-five new jobs.
And, if floods, the weather, lighting
trials and a building site weren’t enough, coming in to the season, Tim also had to employ new staff members due to Sarah Addison and Robin Saxton leaving New Road to take up positions at Glamorgan CCC’s SWALEC Stadium. He has moved Damon Willetts across
from Chester Road to work as his assistant, appointed Steve Gravenall, a long time Worcestershire supporter who was keen to join the staff, together with Luke Weston, their new apprentice. Long serving Martin Watts complete the team. Who’d be a head groundsman?
Tim Packwood for one, a man who is certainly up for a challenge.
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