Summer Sports - Cricket
The Fenner’s team l‐r: Lee De‐Grammont, Luke Haynes and Robert Brown
contractors are used to carry out works on the ground and facilities as required.
How would you describe the soil profile?
The cricket square is a clay loam and the tennis courts are a sandy loam. We undertake various aeration: solid‐tine on the cricket squares and tennis courts, deep‐drill on squares, plus slitting and verti‐draining on the outfield.
Do you have any additional equipment/systems at your disposal?
Mobile covers and flat sheets for the squares, herringbone and land drains on the outfield. I’ve just invested in a moisture meter to monitor moisture levels.
Are your pitches used by the community or hired out to outside agencies?
They are used by the university students and hired out to external users and community.
What is the total acreage and how is this split up?
Ten acres: the tennis courts are two acres and cricket field seven, with one acre for car park and woodland area.
Does the facility suffer from any regular natural occurrences such as flooding, high winds, excessive snowfall/frosts etc.?
The site is exposed to high winds, due to it being open. Flooding only occurs during flash floods/heavy downpours. Heavy frosts occur during winter months. When this happens, we anchor down equipment such as sight screens and cages, to prevent them moving/falling over in the wind, and use covers to keep frost off squares.
Are there any other facilities available?
Nine grass tennis courts, three macadam hard tennis courts and one football pitch.
Lee De‐Grammont 92 I PC APRIL/MAY 2018
Tell us about your weekly/monthly maintenance regimes - cutting heights, aeration, scarifying, weed and pest control, overseeding, marking out etc. Please also tell us which machinery and products you use for each task.
• Jan‐March: monitor for disease, repair outfield from winter use (aerating, overseeding, application of liquid iron and seaweed, fungicide, verti‐cutting), cut grass to height of 18mm‐25mm using Allett ride on cylinder mowers, John Deere triple mower or John Deere rotary ride on mower. General upkeep of facilities and buildings (fire checks, legionnaires testing of water, update risk assessments)
• March‐August: Cricket and tennis season. Cutting using cylinder mowers ‐ 12mm squares, 16mm outfield, 12mm tennis courts, irrigation using sprinklers and hand lance, apply liquid and granular fertilisers, weed killing, linemarking, wicket prep, general upkeep of facilities and buildings (fire checks, legionnaires testing of water)
• September‐December: end of season renovations to squares, tennis courts and outfield, including scarification (Vemo scarifier), topdressing (Sisis topdresser or by hand), aeration (deep‐drill, verti‐drain, slitting), football pitch preparation and repair (divotting), applying winter fertiliser, iron and seaweed to tennis and cricket surfaces, algaecide to hard courts and car park to remove algae, and clearing leaves
Do you have specific tasks for specific staff or is it an ‘all hands to the pump’ approach?
We all carry out the same jobs, so we never have only one person who can only do a certain job. All are trained to perform all tasks.
Where does presentation rank?
High, as you might expect of a University of Cambridge facility.
What end of season renovations do you undertake?
Repair of the main square’s 16 wickets, practice square’s ten wickets, tennis courts and outfield. Deep scarification, seeding, top dressing, next year fraise mowing or Koro of the squares/courts may be an option.
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