Brian Sandalls, Head Groundsman at Preston Nomads Cricket Club, publishes a monthly blog for the Sussex Cricket Groundsmen’s Association. In his latest...
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Thieves have ripped out specialist artificial turf from a £33,000 training centre used by young cricketers. The nets had been set up at Porthill Park...
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In the pretty Staffordshire village of Abbots Bromley, teamwork has seen an ambitious plan to create a new community sports hub grow from vision to reality....
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It was a remark by Mark Ramprakash, England’s former batting coach, after the recent Test series defeat by West Indies which pushed one first-class groundsman...
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The ECB expect plastic pitches to be used in domestic Twenty20 action this season when the heavy World Cup scheduling takes its toll on the squares of...
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With the cricket season now upon us, David Bates from total-play advises how to keep your pitch in good health
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Sports surface specialist total-play Ltd has continued the ongoing expansion of its team with the appointment of Lee Bennet in the role of Sales Development...
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To support their continued growth and increase in sales, MTD Specialty Turf Products have announced the appointment of Scott Hawkins.
in Cricket - on 19/4/19
To provide sporting excellence over a number of years takes certain skills and qualities. Often these qualities need to be present not only in the athletes...
in Cricket - on 19/4/19
Long serving Worcestershire County Cricket Club head groundsman Tim Packwood has celebrated 30 years of looking after the picturesque cricket ground
in Cricket - on 18/4/19
Lord's head groundsman Karl McDermott shares his top groundcare tips for the cricket pre-season ahead.
in Cricket - on 17/4/19
On the outskirts of the North Yorkshire town of Harrogate, a huge project is coming to fruition to provide a ‘homeless’ junior football club with their...
in Cricket - on 15/4/19
Everyone associated with Somerset County Cricket Club is mourning the sad loss of John Harris, who died last week at the age of 83.
in Cricket - on 6/4/19
SIS Pitches has installed pioneering hybrid cricket pitches at County Cricket Clubs across the United Kingdom ahead of the 2019 cricket season.
in Cricket - on 5/4/19
On an expanse of Texan grass two immigrants were openly engaged in a distinctly un-American activity ... they were marking out a cricket pitch.
in Cricket - on 31/3/19
By the time you read this, some of you may have already started your pre-season rolling. I have completed four passes to date, but many may not have even...
in Cricket - on 29/3/19
Karl McDermott actually says he is not looking beyond Middlesex’s County Championship opener against Lancashire on April 11, but admits Ireland’s four-day...
in Cricket - on 28/3/19
County Cricket groundsmen recently undertook a visit to Tottenham Hotspur's Enfield training centre as part of the annual ECB Pitches Group pre-season...
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