@PaulJ5168 Look after yourself pal, this industry has become brutal and the more you care about it, the more it hurts to witness the decline. At least the hockey starting soon.
@TheCricketerMag@GeorgeDobell1 Absolute magician of a groundsman, how you managed to keep getting quality pitches out with almost annual floods, unbelievable ๐. All the best in whatever path you decide to follow
Grants of up to ยฃ100k Available for Community Facilities (England)
Registered charities, churches, parish councils and CASC registered sports clubs can apply for grants of between ยฃ2k and ยฃ100k for the provision, maintenance or improvement of community facilities.
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๐ฃ Grass pitch maintenance grants available.
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๐จ GMA announces new online training and face-to-face training dates ๐จ
The GMA has announced the launch of our latest online training, Level 3 Cricket Surfaces (Advanced Turf Culture). We've also released new dates for face-to-face training days in 2022.
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@Hudsonweather@WPWeather Enjoyed listening to you on @BBCSheffield last night. Although average yearly rainfall hasn't increased much in Sheffield over the last 70 years the number of month's in a year with over 100mm rainfall has increased significantly.
@ChristySulliva1 Have seen some worrying signs on local club squares which have used the procore over the last couple of years. Fantastic piece of equipment but tine selection and timing are so important. Any tips for the club groundy
@IlkleyCC Hope it goes well for you at Ilkley, can be a game changer, particularly for clubs with small squares but can also be a white elephant if the pitch its sewn into is of poor quality, hope you've had some input @Hodgyleeds
@Houghton_MainCC@ycsplcricket Funny how the league management can use the ECB premier league criteria on junior sections but don't use the criteria on grounds
If anyone is offered Lloydโs Paladin a Groundsman Spiker, plus any of three rotary mowers a strimmer and a Sisis Auto Rotorake be careful @KECC1853 have been broken into, they may have been stolen. I think this maybe a sign I should just retire it would avoid a lot of stress.