EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS


What’s in the shed? Kioti EX50 tractor


Wessex RMX360 roller mower (summer height 30mm, winter 50mm)


Ryetec flail/scarify collector (various heights of cut/depths depending on application)


Sisis slitter (varied depths of 125mm- 280mm throughout the autumn/winter on the rugby pitches)


Charterhouse Verti-Drain 105-145 (depths of 150mm-250mm with 12mm or 19mm tines across the whole site)


John Deere 3045R tractor


Trimax Snake 3.2m (summer height 15mm, winter 22mm)


Broadwater slitter (depths to 130mm on the lacrosse/grass hockey pitches)


Fleming fertiliser spreader Fleming salt spreader Team Sprayer 6m


Multicore TM1500 (10mm solid/hollow tines with depths of 25mm-100mm)


Sisis Litamina 1200 Kubota B2261 with mid deck and loader Poweroll 15 cricket roller Kubota G21 ride-on (used on Astros) Sisis Flexicomb x 2 (used on Astros) Greensweep (used on Astros) Snowploughs x 2 Blec Star Seeder Tipping trailers x 2 Low loader trailer


Allett Shaver 10-blade mowers x 2 (summer height 6mm and 12mm, winter 22mm)


Allett C20 10-blade mower for cricket wickets (4mm) with verti-cut and scarifying units


Atco roller cylinder mower 21” (summer 12mm, winter 22mm)


Toro Recycler 21” rotary mower (summer 30mm, winter 40mm)


Power brush used on the Astros and cricket wickets


Billy Goat vacuum Billy Goat blower Linemarkers x 3


Scotts (ICL) pedestrian fertiliser spreader Paul Husband preparing spreader Machinery (see side bar)


All machinery is purchased outright and, at present, with a ten year maximum replacement. Purchases usually will be through local dealers Russell’s Groundcare, F G Adamson & Son or Cherry’s in Frodingham. Andrew uses Market Weighton Mowers and C&W Mowers for the purchase of smaller pedestrian mowers, etc. Asked about loyalty, Andrew says: “I don’t like all my eggs in one basket. We buy where we can obtain the best deal on the piece of kit we need.”


The one piece of kit that has made a huge improvement has been the 4ft Poweroll 15 cricket roller. “A darn site better than the repainted Bomag road roller!” exclaims Andrew. “It’s not very often we need to hire in machinery,” says Andrew. The department has the necessary kit and the team carry out basic regular maintenance, such as oil


changes. Any other work is handled by one of the dealers mentioned above. Andrew’s wish list has two items: A 4m


Trimax Snake and a Toro Groundsmaster 1200.


Pests and Diseases


Very little spraying is necessary for weed control and most spraying is with liquid fertiliser. “We’ve had problems with rabbits,” explains Andrew, “but, now that we have installed rabbit nets around the site, there are minimal problems.” Worms are an issue on the cricket square though. The team, therefore, have resorted to brushing. “I hope an alternative control method becomes available,” commented Andrew.


Ecology and environment


Flora and fauna are of importance to the school and a field studies area was set up last summer to further encourage this. Pupil


John Noble going back out Anyone for tennis? 80 PC June/July 2019


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