FOOTBALL
Three weeks ago, I overseeded the pitch with SGL MU18 lighting rig
f ive bags of a ryegrass mix with the dimple seeder to help us get through the winter months
have two pennies to rub together. I was stood on car park duty one day when we had the local kids’ fi nals, and I was charging the parents a pound each to park, from which I made two hundred and fi fty pounds. Mark came in scarifi ed, reseeded and put some sand on the pitch for just those pound coins I had collected. So, after that, Mark has always done our renovations, but for a few more pound coins than we gave him the fi rst time! He has been a godsend to me.”
The stadium pitch underwent some improvements three years ago, when Steve Evans became manager. “I don’t know how he managed to get it done but I was allowed to get in some Fibresand, which I had been after for ages. Obviously, it came at a cost - £70,000 in the end - and I was amazed that Steve had got that for me. So, we put 50mm of Fibresand concentrate on top of the existing 100mm of sand/soil already in the pitch. This was then ameliorated in and
levelled. We also installed new drainage, which was put in every three yards across the pitch.”
Michael tells me that the sizeable West Stand causes him a lot of problems with shade and frost in the winter months. “This time of year (November) I have no sun on the pitch whatsoever; I might get an hour if I’m fortunate. The shade caused by the stand takes out the whole of the pitch, which is far from ideal. We have a full set of frost
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