EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS


The pitches are marked out once a week using a Bowcom Trike, and when the pitches need the lines straightening back up, or it is an important game, they will go out with a Beamrider. “For the running track, we have fixed points in the field, so we get Martin Kohler in from Fleet Linemarkers to come in with their MAQA linemarking machine. This saves us a lot of time as it can be very time- consuming marking in a 400m track from scratch.”


Robert does not rely on a fertiliser programme as it can be challenging to apply chemicals and fertilisers whilst the pupils are around. “It is a matter of getting some granular or liquid fertiliser down when they are off on summer holidays, Easter and autumn break. We have recently purchased a mixing tank and a ten-metre tractor- mounted boom sprayer. I have had to take two of the booms off because it is far too big for the site with all the trees, so it is now


down to six metres. With everything that is happening with the pandemic, I have not had the chance to get out and spray. I have been out just once this year with a selective weedkiller. I do need to get out and get some fertiliser on there soon but, at the minute, it is not looking too bad.” The school purchase all the machinery for the grounds department outright, using local dealers where possible. “Depending on how much things cost we may look at buying


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