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Joe added: “The BCFA Pitch Improvement Fund includes investing in appropriate pitch maintenance equipment and contractor services and for this we can call upon the support of Campey Turf Care and Lakeside GM."
According to Joe, “The educating of club volunteers vitally important too in that Club volunteers understand the basics of grounds management such as what products to use and when to use them to improve and maintain good standards. Some volunteers have fully accepted the GMA’s Level 1 Football Grounds Maintenance and the Level 2 Winter Pitches courses and this has helped them understand the basics of grounds care.
For example, a programme may include the sowing of R11 Germin-8T treated 100% Perennial Ryegrass blend, selected for its fast establishing, hard wearing, high density characteristics, a Selective Herbicide such as Crossbar and nutritional inputs from a Convert controlled-release granular fertiliser, Microsol soluble fertiliser, Seaweed Products, Compact Organic Turf Supplement, and Maintain NT Growth regulator. Such a programme will resulted in significant pitch improvement.
Clubs are also able to access funding to invest in core products too, such as grass seed, fertilizer, chemicals and line marking products and specific environmentally friendly options as well in line with the BCFA’s new ‘Save Today Play Tomorrow initiative. This is where our partnership with Rigby Taylor can really support clubs, ensuring that they invest in the most suitable products for their surface and budget and club ethos. Our objectives are to develop this partnership and collectively work towards the improvement of as many pitches as possible across the county.”
Phil Dewhurst, Rigby Taylor’s Regional Sales Director, said: “As a company we have for many years supported grassroots football and partnered with The FA in their national Pitch Improvement Programme. Working with the BFCA, the plan is to also host workshops, which will be attended by Rigby Taylor’s regional technical team and visits will made to clubs to discuss the recommended treatment, advise on product benefits and can, if required, carry out a pH test and nutrient analysis – which often leads to a customised programme to suit each site.
This initiative with the Birmingham County FA is exactly what grassroots football is all about, with a County FA and a supplier working together as partners to directly support member clubs with the aim of improving the quality of grass pitches and therefore ultimately the quality of the football being played.”
To benefit from this partnership between BCFA and
Rigby Taylor, please contact:
www.birminghamfa.com/ leagues-and-clubs/finance/grants-and-funding or Rigby Taylor on 0800 424 919.
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