EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS
What’s in the shed? Two sets of Lloyds Leda 3 triple gangs
Wessex RMX 240 roller mower - “due for replacement after 10 years as showing signs of metal fatigue”
Auto-roller 2 tonne at the Racecourse ground. “We hire in a 2 tonne general roller for Maiden Castle as the existing one is broken”
John Deere X350 lawn tractor - for maintaining the synthetic pitches
John Deere 1026R compact utility tractor Ransomes Auto Certes petrol mowers x 2 Dennis 21” mowers with cassettes x 2
Putting away for the day
deliver the personal touch and provide a quality service - just what we need.” Paul identifies the restrictions on machinery the point system imposes. “Forty minutes on a leaf blower, with backpack and you’re done for the day. Ten minutes with the SISIS Auto Rake takes you over the limit.” Once Stephen has cut the cricket square and practice wicket area, he’s done for the day. Neither Rob nor I am allowed to use
hand-held kit. Contractor Turf Care spike the squares down to three inches, depending on compaction levels, so that’s a big help. Another contractor handles hedge trimming.”
Disease outbreaks are, thankfully, rare due to the sites’ favourable setting. “Our Barenbrug dwarf perennial rye is hardy and germinates well. A touch of red thread strikes occasionally, but nothing to speak of. We seldom, if ever, suffer any fusarium
First Products Aera-Vator - “oscillating tine system that prepares the soil surface while aerating up to 9cm depth”
outbreaks as the climate is drier and cooler so we don’t really need to spray fungicides.” “When worms proved a problem one year, we brought someone in to electrocute them,” Paul reveals. Newcastle United were training here at the time [1993-1997] and Peter Beardsley asked what was going on. When we told him, he looked genuinely shocked. We swept them up afterwards to sell on as bait.”
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