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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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Harrogate 2012
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League cricket is set to return to Duntisbourne Abbots CC next season after a gap of eight years.
18 Sep 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Two local lads, University of Gloucestershire student Toby Harris and Dan Robbins, who works at Rendcomb College, have been the prime movers in the resurrection of the club.
Renovations snapshot
15 Sep 2009 -
Cricket -
Editor
- Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009
As the end of the cricket season fast approaches, what are groundsmen up and down the UK - from Aberdeen to Jersey - planning? We take a snapshot of the work to be carried out, from county and outgrounds, to schools and club sides
It's less bovver
13 Sep 2009 -
Cricket -
Editor
- Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009
As England, and, for the first time Wales, hosted the Australians for another exciting Ashes and ODI series, Pitchcare went behind the scenes at Stuart Canvas to find more about the Hover Covers that are becoming an everyday fixture at many of the leading Ashes test grounds
Notts Sport Cricket & Dura Sport Complete Leicestershire CCC Indoor Refurbishments
5 Sep 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Notts Sport Cricket has played a key role in the refurbishment of one of the best indoor cricket facilities in the country.
September Cricket Diary 2009
4 Sep 2009 -
Cricket -
Bob Stretton
September Cricket Diary 2009
Lancs and ECB disagree over washout
4 Sep 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Lancashire and the ECB are at loggerheads over Tuesday\'s abandoned Twenty20 international at Old Trafford.
Old Trafford crowd are left frustrated
2 Sep 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Lancashsire boss Jim Cumbes slammed the decision to abandon England’s Twenty20 international without a ball being bowled.
Cricket World/Pitchcare.com Groundsman of the Year 2009
2 Sep 2009 -
Cricket -
Laurence Gale MSc
- 3 comments
Now in its sixth year, Cricket World® and Pitchcare.com are pleased to announce that over 100 nominations were received for the Cricket Groundsman of the Year Awards in 2009.
Community comes together to defy cricket pitch vandals
1 Sep 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Vandals badly damaged Keyworth's cricket square ahead of a Bank Holiday fund-raising match.
Cricket Outfields Maintenance
30 Aug 2009 -
Cricket -
Bob Stretton
In the maintenance of a cricket outfield the success of such work is influenced by whether the site is to be used solely for cricket or for any other winter sport. It would be preferred though if Hockey or Lacrosse was to be played as these sports tend to be less stressful on the grass and ground conditions.
Chris Wood supports Bill Gordon
27 Aug 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
- 2 comments
Chris Wood, the ECB pitches consultant, has given official support for Bill Gordon, the Surrey groundsman, after criticism of the Brit Oval surface for the Test.
Ashes Won On Lindum Turf
24 Aug 2009 -
Cricket -
Carol Dutton
Staff at Lindum Turf has double cause for celebration for not only has England won the Ashes but the final Test was played out on Lindum turf.
Australians refuse to blame Oval pitch after Ashes turn to dust
24 Aug 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
- 4 comments
Australia's batsmen had queued up to pronounce that Gordon's under-prepared surface was not culpable when they collapsed first time around. Simon Katich, Hussey and Marcus North had all refused to blame the surface, instead putting it down to their inability to play the swinging ball in conditions that were briefly made more difficult by a heavy shower.
Oval groundsman deserves knighthood
23 Aug 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
WE’RE all carrying too many scars from great England disasters of the past not to remain convinced that Australia will knock off the 546 runs they require with 10 wickets to spare. But if England do manage to regain the Ashes, at least Andrew Flintoff (who has been known to take a glass or two on these occasions) won’t require an anaesthetic when he goes in for another knee operation on Tuesday.
TurfTrax Weather System Trials in Ashes Cricket
20 Aug 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
The Brit Oval has become the first cricket ground in the world to install a state-of-the-art TurfTrax Weather System.
Surrey won't pitch in to help England
17 Aug 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
The Surrey chief executive, Paul Sheldon, insists there will be no 'cooking the books' to help England produce a result pitch for the fifth Ashes Test next Thursday at The Oval.
Groundsman's Fund-Raising efforts reap rewards
16 Aug 2009 -
Cricket -
Mike Bird
Regular mowing of the outfield and square at Midhurst Cricket Club in West Sussex has been carried out by a pair of Allett machines almost exclusively since 2005, when the machines first arrived at the club.
Principles and practice of pitch preparation
15 Aug 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
A recent survey undertaken by the above team has shown that the quality of Provincial pitches varies considerably.
Appeal for professional managers in WICB
13 Aug 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
The series was not only lost by the men in the middle but by those who prepared surfaces that made the Bangladesh spinners feel at home.
August Cricket Diary
10 Aug 2009 -
Cricket -
Laurence Gale MSc
August Cricket Diary
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