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Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
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Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
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Saracens handed pitch boost
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Harrogate 2012
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Currying Favour
15 Apr 2010 -
Cricket -
Mark Jolliffe
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010 - 6 comments
Mark Jolliffe, Head Groundsman at Taunton School, talks about constructing a new cricket square at the nearby village of North Curry in Somerset, and what can be achieved on a tight budget with volunteer helpers
Yorkshire desperate for a level playing field at Headingley
5 Apr 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Think of Headingley and the mind probably conjures grey skies, green pitches and seam bowlers rubbing their hands in expectation. As far as Yorkshire are concerned, that common perception could not be more wrong.
April 2010 Cricket Diary
3 Apr 2010 -
Cricket -
Bob Stretton
April 2010 Cricket Diary
The ICC should create an international panel of groundsmen
1 Apr 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Scientists must laugh when they hear the word “experiment” used to describe the game of cricket that’s being played in Abu Dhabi this week.
The Garden of Cricket ...
23 Mar 2010 -
Cricket -
Tom James
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
Kent CCC has emerged from the cold snap ready for the grounds maintenance programme to begin in earnest, reports Tom James, who meets a head groundsman committed to the cause
Somerset and Gloucestershire to stage friendly at Bath CC
20 Mar 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Marcus Trescothick will lead a strong Somerset side into action at Bath Cricket Club’s North Parade ground when they face Gloucestershire in a 40-over friendly on Thursday (12 noon).
Kevin Pietersen pleads for pitch with more life
19 Mar 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Pietersen may be soon on his way to the IPL, but he argues passionately about the need to preserve the Test-match form of the game
Aiming for the Perfect Pitch
17 Mar 2010 -
Cricket -
Bob Stretton
- 2 comments
Spring! The time of year when all groundsmen fear the sound of Big Bertha cranking into gear. Yes it’s time, to dust down the cobwebs and stoke up the coals, for she is about to roll.
Grounds for satisfaction
15 Mar 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
The second season in a row of plentiful runs on New Zealand pitches shows that New Zealand Cricket's efforts to build better batsmen are having at least some effect.
The Surrey Cricket Groundsmans Conference 2010
8 Mar 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
- 1 comment
There will be an interesting and varied presentation from our guest speakers but the highlight will undoubtedly be the walk around the Oval outfield to take a look at the pre-season preparation at a test match venue.
White Horse - White Snow ...
6 Mar 2010 -
Cricket -
Editor
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010 - 1 comment
White Horse Contractors undertook the drainage and irrigation work at Durham CCC’s Riverside ground during the worst possible weather conditions
Derbyshire grounds for pride
3 Mar 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
- 1 comment
Derbyshire can claim to have produced the best all-round wickets in the country last season.
March Cricket Diary 2010
2 Mar 2010 -
Cricket -
Bob Stretton
- 6 comments
March Cricket Diary 2010
Jabber from the hut
26 Feb 2010 -
Cricket -
Laurence Gale MSc
- Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010
Alan Hamilton, Guernsey Cricket Board’s Head Groundsman, steps out of his hut to talk about cricket on the island. It speaks volumes about a community that a groundsman’s hut is an integral part of it, but that is Guernsey cricket.
Somerset sack Phil Frost
12 Feb 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
- 11 comments
Phil Frost, the award winning Head Groundsman at Somerset CCC, has surprisingly been made redundant by the club. Phil, who was featured in last year's June/July issue of the Pitchcare magazine, won numerous awards during his time with Somerset. Taunton has long been regarded as the best batting pitch in England which is why, presumably, it has been the recipient of so many accolades.
Counties risk missing global party after ECB refuses to make room for Modi
12 Feb 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
The ECB has rejected calls for a “minor adjustment” to this summer’s fixture list to enable English counties to compete in the second Twenty20 Champions League.
February 2010 Cricket Diary
6 Feb 2010 -
Cricket -
Bob Stretton
February 2010 Cricket Diary
ECB Machinery grant helps buy a Ransomes Mastiff for Birkdale CC
5 Feb 2010 -
Cricket -
Peter Driver
Southport and Birkdale Cricket Club has recently taken delivery of a Ransomes Mastiff mower, after securing an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Machinery Grant. Supplied by Burrows GM of Leyland, their local Ransomes Jacobsen dealer, the new machine replaces their original Mastiff, which is over 30 years old.
Curators’ course begins at National Stadium
4 Feb 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Pitch Consultant Andy Atkinson commenced a curator’s course for local grounds men yesterday, at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
Big changes at County Ground
30 Jan 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
- 1 comment
Sussex groundsman Andy Mackay is on a mission. He is as fed up with the slow, low-bouncing nature of the Hove wickets as players and spectators alike and is doing something about it.
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