Winter Sports - Football
previous years to help level the conditions for both teams. However, the team seem to have had the guile and luck to progress in the FA Cup, having put out Championship side Cardiff the previous Sunday. The cold weather didn’t last and
we returned to milder air and more rain the following week. All the covers were folded up and palletised back in the corner of the stadium. We cut the pitch on the Monday and again left it alone until we verti-drained on Thursday 21st. On the Friday, we applied 8 x 20kgs of 3:3:12 Maxwell Premier feed. The grass has certainly started
to thin across the pitch; difficult not to expect this, but the goal areas are noticeably thicker and you can see the grass tillering like it’s still full on growing season. We take off an extra quarter of a box of grass just going through the 18 yard box each time. We had the rearranged Oldham
League game on the 26th, giving the pitch a cylinder cut in two directions and marking out before the evening kick-off. The repairs are taking longer
now as we endeavour to close up as many of the scars as possible
and rubber rake higher wear areas to get grass standing back up. We used the Hondas to clean the sward, rolled the pitch in both directions with the Dennis mowers and then sprayed with 10L of iron and 10L of seaweed on Thursday the 28th. As we near the start of February, you can’t help thinking that spring and warmer weather could be just another four weeks away! On the Friday, we again rolled
the pitch with the G860s, putting some tractor weights in the grass boxes to provide a bit of additional weight. Storm Gertrude was now upon us and, although we seemed to miss the bulk of the rain this time (much falling on the Welsh Hills), we got a reasonable soaking through the night to help wet the profile for the game. Saturday 30th January; big day
for the club today as we host another Championship side, Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup 4th round. Pitch looks as good as it can for the time of year and we are faring better than most when you watch the football on TV. Our half year pitch marks came through this week as well, with a mark of 4.3, against a divisional average of 3.89, so
Pitch on 18th January
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