Cricket

Basic guidelines on early season cricket pitch/net preparation. Very hard to give a preparation period in preparing a cricket pitch, but most clubs work with a 1/2-week period to prepare …

Meadow Grass Control and Prevention Options and Preventatives This blog explores a few possible options in removing and managing (poa annua) meadow grass, found on so many of our sports …

Repairing Stud repairing synthetic turf Areas This blog is just a how to repairing synthetic turf . based on my experience and actions.We usually use a contractor to do this, …

The Straight Hitting Groundsman pulls no punches So with no cricket at the ground and one bored Groundsman I thought I could inject a bit of new seed into the …

Some guidance on what to do on your Cricket square for the month of May. Cutting Most of us know how to set a mower up, but l am also …

Things you can do now with advice and help managing drought and the effects of drought in turf. This blogs is written for all sports surfaces ,which may be struggling …

Essex groundsman Stuart Kerrison admits he is like a coiled spring ready to burst into frenzied action when the signal is finally given for the 2020 cricket season to begin. …

The Strangest Two Months so Far…….. My name is Scott Bryan and I work for Nene Park trust in Castor, Peterborough. I was previously Deputy Grounds Manager at Uppingham school, …

Reasons for Watering and Verticutting a Cricket Square Hopefully this blog will help show you the benefits of verticutting a sports turf surface, in this case l use a Dennis …

The Time Team When you are asked to write a blog about our club and the ground team it is somewhat daunting. What to say, how to phrase it and …