Winter Sports - Football
Worms are more of a problem now, as I have introduced the sand top and they tend to bring the soil from below through the sand. I am working on the best way to deal with them
A Rink topdresser is a new arrival in the shed
pitch was covered in toad rush. Worms are more of a problem now, as I have introduced the sand top and they tend to bring the soil from below through the sand. I am working on the best way to deal with them.” “Overseeding I do twice a year, but I do
additional overseeding if I see areas weakening. I sometimes pre-germinate my grass seed in a wheelbarrow, which helps speed up repairs.” “I apply a slow release fertiliser three times
a year and apply additional fertiliser as and when needed. I use a small John Deere tractor and a Kilworth hopper spreader for application.” “End of season, we Verti-Drain, scarify, cut
down to around 20mm and then overseed with J Premier pitch grass seed and then apply 100 tonnes of sand. This is then levelled out, brushed in and rolled. Our renovations budget is very small but, as we have changed the pitch and introduced gravel banding with a sand top, we need to keep this open so the sand dressing is very important, but costly, as it all has to come from the mainland.” “Fitting in the renovations is the difficult
bit as really we don’t get a break, athletics goes on the infield straight after the last football or rugby match, and we host all the local school sports days as well! We do, however, get the job done, but it means covering part of the running track to get access. This year, we actually did the job over the weekend to avoid disappointing the end users!” “Here in Guernsey, we don’t tend to get
the frosts and extreme weather you do on the mainland, so I guess we have it a little easier. We do get the rain though but, since the renovations were done, we have had no disruption at all.”
On the new artificial pitch, Shane brushes
the pitch weekly and clears any debris, such as leaves, whenever needed. “Annually, we have the pitch rejuvenated by a company from the mainland as we have no equipment on the island to undertake the job.”
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