Winter Sports - Rugby Union
Paul will be mindful that the pitch will require fertilising using a concoction of biostimulants and organic liquid feeds to maintain plant health and colour leading up to the rugby matches
Mick Parker, Paul Mytton and Karl Prescott
September, leaving just a week to set up the pitch for the World Cup matches. This will see the team cleaning up the pitch using pedestrian rotaries and then raising the height of cut on the cylinder mowers to 30mm, taking down the football goal posts and erecting the rugby posts. They will then have to wash out, or paint green, the existing football pitch line markings, and then initial mark and over mark the rugby lines. Paul will be mindful that the pitch will
require fertilising using a concoction of biostimulants and organic liquid feeds to
maintain plant health and colour leading up to the rugby matches. The day before the first match, Paul will double cut the pitch, length and widthways, in time for the teams participating in four separate captain’s runs, with the first scheduled for 10.30, followed by 12.30, 14.30, with the final one at 16.30. It will then be a case of cleaning up the
pitch with the rotaries, then coming back on Saturday morning to double cut again, overmark and water the pitch ready for the first match that kicks off at 17.00. This
routine will be repeated again Sunday morning to prepare the pitch for the midday kick off. Paul will then have a week to repair the
pitch and get it ready for their next home game against Stoke City on Saturday 3rd October. Back to back matches are always a challenge, but Paul and his staff are looking forward to delivering a perfect Villa Park playing surface for the two matches they are hosting in this year’s Rugby World Cup Tournament.
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