28 Jan 2004 by LORRAINE PATERSON
Maintenance Schedules
Am currently doing level 3 at college and need some help with a project. I am a greenkeeper so dont know much about this side of things. Am basically looking for info on the yearly maintenance of a football pitch, hockey pitch,rugby pitch and a cricket wicket
Cheers for any help
29 Jan 2004 by Clive
Football
The IOG website has some good information in its technical reference section. There are also some good diaries on this website in the magazine section.
If you need any general info drop me a line and i will see what i can do to help. grounds@hampton.richmond.sch.uk
The IOG also run football training courses that for a few quid will certainly help.
All the best
Clive Liddiard MSc
29 Jan 2004 by Quiche
Maintenance Schedules
Lorraine, try the books 'Winter Games Pitches' edited by R D C Evans (1994) and 'Cricket Grounds' by R D C Evans (1991), both published by the STRI.
29 Jan 2004 by Geordie boys we are here
Pitch maintenance
Lorraine, try clicking on the Sisis advertisment on this web page They do a good range of booklets, and whats more, they're free !!!!
cricket maintenance
Lorraine, go to www.niddersdaleleague.co.uk/downloads/groundsman_calendar.pdf for a complete guide to the year's cricket regime
The light at the end of the tunnel is not a train
30 Jan 2004 by Lee
level 3
Hi Lorraine,
all the websites above will indeed help you. if you need any help, i finnished level3 a couple of years ago and currently doing level 4, i'll do my best to help.
Lee
L.K.B
4 Feb 2004 by LORRAINE PATERSON
maintenance
I have found out a bit of information from books. I was just wondering are harrows still used a lot on rugby and football pitches or is there now an alternative
4 Feb 2004 by jim
harrows
Harrows are still used and for people with large areas of winter sport to maintain, they are the best option for repairing a surface that time doesn't allow a more manual option.
Although divotting by hand/fork is still the best way!!!
4 Feb 2004 by Hipper
Harrows
Harrows are really an ex-agricultural implement and are, as Jim says, still used. The better ones will be on a frame that the tractor can lift at the end of eech run.
However, I think there is better equipment designed especially for sports grounds which does a good job, if not better. I for example have a Sisis Quadraplay which I highly recommend. As the name implies it has four units on it which can be used singly or in any combination, adjustment being by winding a handle up or down. It has a small slitter, spring tines which have the same effect as harrows, a light roller and a brush. If you were starting to assemble kit from scratch, I would by a Quadraply rather than a harrow.
27 Feb 2004 by Nickhelp
WWW.niddersdale etc etc
Hi
I tried the website given above to help Lorraine as I too would like an all year diary of "Things to do to a cricket pitch", however, the link does not work. Any alternates?
27 Feb 2004 by Jim
Cricket advice
search 'cricket' on this site, and you have diaries coming out of your ears and a stack of good articles from leading groundsmen and volunteers alike-no need to look further-also try the free sisis cricket days, i think dennis do them too, links again on this site
11 Aug 2005 by Phil
Anual maintenance Plans
Hi I am currently studying my level 3 sports tuf and am stuck on drawing up a maintenance plan for the following sports grounds! A cricket square, bowls green and lawn tennis courts. Can anyone help?
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