Winter Sports
No ‘off pitch’ space for warm-ups
“The weather during the renovation period was quite wet and cold”
Bancroft Amenity to undertake the renovation work, which also saw the installation of some new sand bands, at half metre centres, to help reconnect to the existing primary/ secondary drainage system.” Work started on the 26th
May. The pitch was fraise mown, removing all
vegetation, and 300 tonnes of new sand and fibresand materials were integrated into the top 150mm. The pitch was then oversown with twenty bags of R14 perennial ryegrass and fed with a 6:9:6 granular fertiliser. Three weeks later, an 11:5:5 feed was applied. “The weather during the renovation period was quite wet and cold,” remembers Phil, “and I was concerned that the grass was not responding very well, with
some of the fertiliser being leached out by the rain. So, I applied another 12:9:6 feed, along with six additional bags of seed. This was followed up with a dose of 12:0:9 and some liquid iron. It did the trick.”
“Initially, the new sward was mown with the Hayter rotaries. We then began firming up and increasing the cutting frequency using the new Dennis G860 and our old Ransomes Mastiff. Once the season gets underway, a seaweed solution is applied every four to six weeks.” “To give you some idea of what we have to contend with, our first match of this season was a Rugby League game on 3rd July, just five weeks after sowing. This was followed by another rugby match on the 10th July and then the first
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