Educational Establishments
Pitch 1 as the school's football season comes to a close. It's playing much better and free of drainage problems since last year's renovation work
spells, we’ve had no such problems and been able to go ahead with matches.” The first-15 rugby pitch is what you first
see as you drive into the school’s entrance. It’s very impressive and thickly grassed, even in the closing days of the school’s playing season. Guy tells me it’s about to be transformed into a 6-lane 300-metre grassed athletics track. Line marking is a major Easter holiday job for Joe Cox’s team. “Because there isn’t time to reseed and
Sixty tonnes of sand being spread on pitches 1 and 2 last summer as part of a major renovation
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They have played much better since the work according to the football coaches, and certainly look and feel better than they ever have done after a season’s heavy play
topdress the area between winter and summer needs, we uses a slow release fertiliser - Premier HG 22:3:15 - each spring to keep the sward thick and healthy and a seaweed feed every autumn,” said Guy He calls on a long-standing relationship with local rep Mike Ring for advice. “I knew Mike from my golf course days. He’s always been a great help and will drop by whenever there’s a turf matter to put right.” For reseeding work on any of the school's rugby and football pitches, Guy uses a Creeping Ryegrass Tetraploid mix, along with 11:3:3 spring-summer fine turf fertiliser and 5:5:10 autumn-winter feed for the whole of the playing fields area. In holiday periods, all of the pitches are
sprayed with selective weedkiller with added iron in the tank to reduce any turf stress. Last spring, pitches 1 and 2, used for
football, were given a major renovation. Each pitch was scarified, Terra Spiked, topdressed with sixty tonnes of sand, reseeded and fertilised. “They have played much better since the
work according to the football coaches, and certainly look and feel better than they ever have done after a season's heavy play," said Guy. Perhaps the biggest recent renovation
Pupils in the distinctive Christ’s Hospital uniform with Head Master John Franklin
project was the Koroing of the main cricket square. Thatch build-up over the years on the cricket strips was beginning to affect play and bounce. Action had to be taken to put it right. During last year’s summer holidays it was, and to very good effect. Sports team leader Joe had come to
Christ’s from Horsham Cricket Club, a Sussex CCC outground, and he is the man Guy turns
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