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Although Sean doesn’t contract agronomic help, he said he gets a lot of this done in‐ house: “When I took over here, the grounds were in quite poor condition, to be honest. The school approached me to take the job.” “We’re always looking at the root depths, particle analysis etc. For one, it’s easier to do things like particle analysis on the premises.” “I inherited facilities that were overgrown with annual meadow grass and heavily compacted.”


“We overseed annually with rye, and think we’ve chased out pretty much all of that annual meadow grass now. Obviously, pitches now wear less and last longer.” “The cricket square had been rolled to death and had become corrugated. We’ve undergone a programme of aeration in these areas, utilising the Verti‐drain, but focusing keenly on the Shockwave, which we think works well. We also slit once per fortnight.” “We’re on about 28% clay on the Flag


Meadow pitches, but that jumps to 90% on the RGS The Grange site, so our Shockwave use is essential there, as it allows the water to flow to a catchment pond we have, before finally meeting an exterior drain.” “The contractor who came to set up one of our three artificial pitches said they had never seen a surface which had neither filtration nor evaporation. So, we sent in wagon‐loads of stone to create a soakaway.” “Because of this clay content, we began


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