Summer Sports - Cricket
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The hockey club currently play on a local 3G artificial pitch, but use the clubhouse for after match socialising ...
Match day - the tennis courts are behind the marquee
Saturday teams (The 1sts and 2nds in the Birmingham League with the 3rds and 4ths in the Worcester League) with two Sunday teams in the Worcestershire Sunday League and two midweek Twenty20 teams. The club have a very healthy junior section with nine teams. There are two squares at the ground which have been maintained by volunteer groundsman, Robert Green, since 2006 when his son joined the club as a player. Robert had previously been groundsman at Flyford Flavell Cricket Club. His interest in groundsmanship came from
his grandfather, who was a very good gardener and taught him the “art” of cutting grass and maintaining equipment. Over the years, he has undertaken several grounds maintenance courses and worked with the former Worcestershire CCC Head Groundsman, Roy McLaren. Robert explains his role; “We have two
Top ground match day track
... happily, following years of fundraising events and a successful bid for lottery funding, the club has managed to raise over £600,000 for the installation of a new 3G artificial hockey pitch
86 I PC APRIL/MAY 2015 ” Four lane practice nets
cricket grounds. There are fourteen strips on the top ground and nine on the lower ground, with one artificial strip. Both squares are made up of Kaloam. In 1973, when the club moved to the present site, the top ground had a prominent slope away (south)
from the clubhouse; this was levelled using heavy equipment. We have three large flat covers and three
roll-on covers for the top square and one flat sheet for the lower ground, with the provision to purchase another two covers this year. In the past, the outfield was used during
the winter months by the club’s hockey section, however, due to the nature of the sub soil, the ground was often waterlogged and unplayable for many weeks. This resulted in the hockey club seeking an alternative site to play their games. We have started to address the problem
by installing some localised herringbone drainage in the worst areas, with a rolling five year plan to complete the scheme when further monies become available. The hockey club currently play on a local 3G artificial pitch, but use the clubhouse for after match socialising. Happily, following years of fundraising events and a successful bid for lottery funding, the club has managed to raise over £600,000 for the installation of a new 3G artificial hockey pitch, which is due to be constructed on the lower playing field later in the year.
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