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BIRMINGHAM COUNTY FA ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP WITH RIGBY TAYLOR
Birmingham County FA (BCFA) is pleased to announce a new formal partnership with Rigby Taylor, which will see both organisations working closely together to support
grassroots football
clubs with the improvement and maintenance of their natural turf pitches.
This joint partnership will offer a wide range of benefits for the improvement of natural turf pitches to over 12,000 clubs across the Black Country, Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire.
BCFA has enjoyed an excellent working relationship with Rigby Taylor for several years, and the evolution of a formal partnership between the two organisations is an important step towards improving grass pitches within the county.
For over 100 years Rigby Taylor has developed an innovative and industry-leading range of products, supporting clubs from the Premier League through to grassroots and supply a wide range of products and programmes available to suit all surfaces and budgets.
Birmingham County FA has been actively striving to improve grassroots football
pitches across the county
since 2014, when the Pitch Improvement Programme started. Throughout that period, Rigby Taylor working with BCFA and Kevin Duffield, the regional GMA advisor, has supported many grassroots football clubs across the region, supplying grass seed, fertilizer, chemicals and line marking products and paints.
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Joe Robinson, Facilities and Investment Lead for Birmingham County FA stated; “The excellent working relationship we have enjoyed with Rigby Taylor will support our Pitch improvement Programme, providing clubs with support on maintenance and management practices, advice, guidance and funding, all with overriding aim of improving natural turf pitch playing surfaces. Nationally, The FA is looking to ensure that 5,000 grassroots football pitches are assessed as good or above by 2024.”
“BCFA and its member clubs have made some great strides in recent years with regards to improving natural turf surfaces, and further supported by the BCFA’s own Pitch Improvement Fund. Grassroots football clubs who manage and maintain their own facilities are now able to access significant funding from the Football Foundation and the BCFA to support them with improving their grass pitches on an annual basis...”
“He continues, “We offer each club a structured, staged maintenance plan. Stage one covers grass length and pitch aeration. Stage two covers thatch and weed control, and stage three covers the use of a specific grass seed and fertiliser programme,” he says.
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