What’s your biggest challenge on turf this month ? 

 

This month and every month and that’s the weather! The constant thought of “are we going to flood this week?”, the urge to do work on the ground and having to take a step back and allow nature to do its thing. 

 

I am Head Groundsperson at Belper Meadows in Derbyshire. My role covers cricket, hockey, tennis and bowls, as well as all the surrounds

 

I think the best bit of advice that was given to me by Steve Birks whilst I was at Trent Bridge, and it was to simply “Keep Smiling”. The advice I would give is always keep learning, I spend a lot of time researching other grounds peoples methods just to see if I can change the way I work and get the best out of my pitches

 

I’m on them all, I’m really passionate about engaging new people into the industry and I think social media is the way to do it.

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