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cricket and football teams, using their feedback, good or bad, to improve the playing surfaces to ensure they feel listened to and are always happy with the end result. Using this approach, he has not only had great work satisfaction but, through common interests, has been able to build lasting friendships, making his working day all the more enjoyable and increasing the reputation of the club in the process. Addressing issues with practical solutions has been part of improving other turf areas


at the club as well. The left side of the field was prone to holding water and caused issues throughout the winter, heavily compromising the quality of the pitches. To combat this, four years ago Dan decided to start the season with the pitches to the extreme left and move them to the extreme right in the winter to the drier area of the site. Doing this has made a massive difference and has been especially helpful through what has been a very difficult time for most with record amounts of rainfall.


“I think the pitches have done alright this year and we’ve played in conditions where we would normally have called games off. Normally, if you’ve had a season where you’re not calling many weekends off, you can occasionally say ‘it’s going to ruin the pitch today, so we’re calling it off’. A couple of weekends ago, I let a game go ahead, which I’d never have allowed in conditions like that, but you’ve just got to do it. People want to play” “You can see that the pitches don’t look


The professional approach


to ground care...


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