SPORTS CLUB


I like to start prepping a cricket pitch two


weeks in advance of a


game. On the main pitch, I will try and get water to a depth of 100mm


build up my experience maintaining and prepping the wickets. After six years, I decided to come back into the industry for personal reasons, and I joined Timperley Sports Club.” On a fi nal note, Andy was keen to tell me his thoughts on the sports turf industry and where he feels it’s heading. “Working conditions, wages and no union to support us make it a tough industry to promote. We all go to work for money, and infl ation is probably set to go higher with Brexit and the pandemic. The GMA is lobbying for a 1.5% raise, but that will not touch the sides for groundsmen - who are on low wages and below what they recommend. Most of the time, there are no pensions in the industry; unless you work for larger organisations. Take me for example; I’m a lower-level groundsman with a small pension pot, which will do nothing to help me later in life. I believe we will struggle to attract the younger generation to come and join us.”


What’s in the shed


Kubota L3600 tractor Toro Reelmaster 2000-D Trimax ProCut fl ail mower BOMAG roller


Dennis G680 cylinder mower Lloyds Paladin mowers x 2 GreenTek verticutter Graden scarifi er SISIS Autocore SISIS Powaspred SISIS Combirake Imants ShockWave Horger Astroturf cleaner SISIS Zig Zag brush


Bowdry water removal machines x 4 ECHO leaf lower ECHO strimmer


84 PC February/March 2021


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