Educational Establishments


Three aerial shots of the facilities: Cumberland Street ... “


People like working here, so we must be doing something right. Maybe it's the free school lunches. The food is very good. We’re a good sized team and have plenty of staff in winter and summer


coming here four years ago from a local garden centre, Alex reports. His NVQ Level 2 already completed, Rick’s trying to book his place on Level 3. Sporting a Mohican haircut, he is the artistic one, creating the bughouse wildlife haven in the school garden as well as tending beds and helping with cricket preparation.


“People like working here,” adds Alex, “so we must be doing something right. Maybe it’s the free school lunches. The food is very good.”


Apprentice Alex Hartley, 20, is keen to progress his career, Alex notes. “He knows you need qualifications to advance and is planning NVQ Level 2 at Reaseheath as soon as he can.


“We’re a good sized team,” Alex sums up, “and have plenty of staff in winter and summer.”


A stone’s throw from the northern uplands, Macclesfield is regularly snowed up in winter, but not so now. “It’s rare,” says Steve. “We all liked those early starts in the white stuff,” he quips. “When it does, we are out there clearing paths and drives.” Now at King’s second, Westminster Road,


... Derby Fields ...


site, Steve confirms, "We’ve established a core centre here, where we house all the tractors and main grounds machinery.” We look across the TigerTurf 18ml monofilament, sand‐dressed hockey surfaces (full and half sizes, one floodlit) from the terrace of the dramatically angular architecture of the Sixth Form Centre. “Technical Surfaces carry out major maintenance, while we do the regular work on the pitches,” adds Steve.


Busy blowing leaves and debris to the perimeter fencing, ready for collection, are a trio of King’s groundsmen, who progress from the extensive practice nets to the open expanse of the main pitches, comfortably springy underfoot.


“These blowers have been an absolute boon for us,” chirps Alex cheerily. “They save so much time compared with the rakes we began with. We brush the surface every week or fortnight using a rotary brush and Sisis Flexicomb and leafblow two or three times a week in autumn."


As we move in for a few photos, one of the team sides off. “He’s camera‐shy,” Alex reveals, but the other two are happy enough


■ Regular Sweeping ■


3G Decompactions ■


Infill Top-Ups


■ Vegetation Treatments■Suppliers of Machinery & Equipment ■ Demonstrations & Training ■Specialist Deep-Cleaning ■ Infill Extraction & Replacement ■Line Marking ■Repairs


104 I PC DECEMBER/JANUARY 2018


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