Winter Sports - Football
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This is total shade, and it won’t get a bit of sun for all of that time. Sometimes it can look quite green and lush at the other end, whilst, over here, it’s frozen, rock-hard
“This is total shade, and it won’t get a bit of sun for all of that time. Sometimes it can look quite green and lush at the other end, whilst, over here, it’s frozen, rock‐hard.” And, in the southwest corner near Ozzy’s shed, this shade issue is at its worst. It is compounded by the old speedway track being so close to the surface, and everything above that being clay‐based. These issues have led Ozzy to pursue unique aeration solutions. He recently acquired two machines which perform similar functions to the old Earthquake and the newer Air2G2.
The GP Air by Greenearth NZ Ltd. is a New Zealand machine which breaks up the ground by brute force of injected compressed air, built as a giant syringe. The other is a Robin Dagger, another typical air injection machine, though more portable than the GP Air.
“They help so much, because sometimes these clay‐based areas can get waterlogged. You see the results of using these machines almost immediately.”
“One year when we had a Boxing Day game, I came in here on Christmas Day when
the pitch was holding water and the game might have been called off.”
“I got Christmas dinner sorted, and told my wife I was just going for a walk, but came here instead. I used these syringe machines to make loads of holes in the wet areas and filled them with sand.”
“That’s how good these two bits of kit are when you’re not playing on Desso or Fibresand, or whatever.”
Ozzy also has access to a Sisis Javelin, rear‐ mounted on a New Holland Boomer. This, with its short tines, is useful on pitches such as The Shay’s, where aerating too deeply is risky.
“This used to be a tip before it was levelled to make a football field. To prevent the methane from escaping from disused tips, they cover them in clay. That’s why we’ve got that strong presence in the soil.” “Every two years, we try to Koro the top off, then topdress and seed. This year, it’ll be the same process, but with scarifying instead of the Koro.”
Asked whether such things are problematic for them financially, Ozzy said: “We don’t do too bad for budgeting. If I need
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