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SPORTS CLUB


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ounded in 1877, starting life as a cricket and lawn tennis club, it has grown to incorporate Timperley Cricket Club, Hockey Club, Lacrosse Club and Football Club. Andy (thirty-three) starts by telling me what led to the club installing a new Astroturf, which has just been completed during the third lockdown. “Since 1991, we have had two Astroturf pitches on site, which were fi rst relaid around 2005. In recent years, we were having real problems with one of the surfaces and, basically, it had come to the end of its lifespan.” “It was capped off and there was a lot of sludge coming up to the surface; the usual things that happen. We have a specialist machine that sucks up the sand, cleans it


and then redistributes it. This operation is carried out three times a year on both surfaces to keep them refreshed, but this will only help for so long.”


In 2019, the club decided to look into funding the new surface. With money in the bank (through the help of grants to fund the project), Covid-19 provided a window of opportunity.


“After looking at the recently relaid Astroturf at both Liverpool University and Formby Hockey Clubs, we appointed Charles Lawrence Surfaces Ltd to carry out the work,” Andy added.


It took the contractors three weeks to complete the project from start to fi nish, but it was not all plain sailing, as there was an interesting twist to the story. “There are


two types of shock pad; rubber crumb and the old material one which looks a bit like plasterboard scrim tape. In previous fi ttings, they just laid over the old type of shock pad which, over time, shrinks and they had fi lled in around the edges with rubber crumb. Apart from that, everything else went smoothly and they have done a great job. It’s just a shame we can’t show it off and let the members use it.” The soil profi le across the site is heavy clay, which Andy points out caused a real problem with fl ooding, even though primary drains have been installed. “Despite the primary drains at fi ve-metre centres, it wasn’t enough with the rainfall and the soil profi le. We installed secondary drains, which have helped alleviate the problem and we


Even though we have a big site, it doesn’t feel big enough when we have all the sports running. If junior football and lacrosse continue, we have got a massive problem with cricket


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