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Acclaim for MCC Staff
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By Press Release (13 Oct 06 11:00)
MCC's Head Groundsman, Mick Hunt, and his team have been praised for the quality of the pitches they produced for both first-class and one-day cricket at Lord's during the 2006 season.
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October Cricket Diary
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By Laurence Gale MSc (04 Oct 06 9:00) - 6 comments
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Modern Cricket Maintenance
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By Press Release (19 Sep 06 14:00) - 3 comments
A day of lectures and demonstrations of modern cricket square maintenance and redevelopment practices, to help solve many of the common issues and problems. - Read Article
September Cricket Diary
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By Laurence Gale MSc (02 Sep 06 12:00) - 1 comment
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Head Groundsman verbally abused at ICC Cup clash
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By Dave Saltman (23 Aug 06 13:00) - 21 comments
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Todmorden on Sea??
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By David Markham (09 Aug 06 11:00)
Todmorden groundsmen Nevil Sutcliffe and Richard Crossland had seen nothing like it as a violent thunderstorm flooded their ground to a depth of more than a foot. - Read Article
Be wary of using glue
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By Peter Marron (08 Aug 06 15:55) - 8 comments
There has been a lot of talk recently on the message boards about using glue to stabilise wickets, so I thought I’d clarify my use of PVA glue at Old Trafford-details inside - Read Article
August Cricket Diary
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By Laurence Gale MSc (01 Aug 06 12:00)
August Cricket Diary
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July Cricket Diary
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By Laurence Gale MSc (04 Jul 06 11:00)
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New Home for Anthony
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By Laurence Gale MSc (30 Jun 06 15:00) - 4 comments
On a recent trip to Yorkshire I took the opportunity to call in on Anthony Asquith, or AA as he is affectionately known on our Pitchcare Website. Anthony, former Head Groundsman at Chapel Allerton Tennis Club has begun a new career working for Yorkshire CCC at their new Academy sports ground at Weetwood. The site provides 18 cricket pitches for play. - Read Article
Cricket For All?
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By Nick Jones (19 Jun 06 11:30)
The Disability Discrimination Act applies to all sports clubs and organisations. Immediately, most people would think about access to buildings, but what about access to the actual grounds? - Read Article
Well and truly Earthquaked
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By Laurence Gale MSc (15 Jun 06 16:00) - 26 comments
On a recent outing to take some much needed cricket pictures I came across a local authority maintained cricket ground that was cracking up in more ways than one.
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June Cricket Diary
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By Laurence Gale MSc (04 Jun 06 15:00)
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Testing Loams at Tonbridge School
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By Laurence Gale MSc (23 May 06 13:00) - 10 comments
Tonbridge School in Kent has a reputation for producing good cricketers and quality cricket pitches. One of the most famous pupils of this 450 year old public school is Colin Cowdrey, of Kent and England fame, who boarded there between 1946 and 1951. - Read Article
The Female Touch
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By Laurence Gale MSc (22 May 06 17:00)
Bryan employs six groundstaff, two of them women, Jackie and Sarah. The girl on the roller, Jackie, turned out to be Bryan’s daughter and she has been working at the college for eight years. - Read Article
Sarah's learning the ropes
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By Laurence Gale MSc (12 May 06 14:00) - 3 comments
Sarah has been with the club for a month now and has already proved herself to be hard working and keen to learn new skills. She has been mowing the net pitches, rolling the practice net areas and moving covers and sheets along with many other tasks. - Read Article
A Groundsman's tale
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By Graham Large (10 May 06 7:00) - 7 comments
The departing Groundsman, also an ex-player, gave me as much help as he could, but I quickly realised that the job was going to be a lot harder than I had ever imagined. The main task at that point leading up to the season, he told me, was to repeatedly mow the grass on the square until it could be distinguished from the outfield-full article inside - Read Article
May Cricket Diary
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By Laurence Gale MSc (03 May 06 11:00)
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2005 Cricket Groundsman of the Year Awards
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By Laurence Gale MSc (03 May 06 11:00) - 3 comments
Now into the third year of the awards both Cricket World and Pitchcare have been delighted with the response, and the standard of the nominations. This year the number of categories has been increased from three to four. Following our experiences of previous years it was decided to add a Community Award to the list, which recognises the contribution of Groundsmen in the wider context of club and community matters. The winners of each category will be treated to a VIP day out at Lords during the summer. - Read Article
Nottingham Cricket Groundsman Association AGM
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By Laurence Gale MSc (28 Apr 06 11:00) - 2 comments
On a recent trip to Nottingham I had the pleasure to meet up with a number of dedicated groundsmen who were attending the Nottinghamshire Cricket Groundsman Association ( NCGA) Annual General Meeting at Trent Bridge.
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