I think those responsible for managing the pitch have earned the trust and credibility to do whatever they deem necessary for next season.
Oh man! Ad-blocking software has been detected! :'(
This website is run by the community, for the community... and it needs advertisements in order to keep running.
Please disable your ad-block, or become a premium member to hide all advertisements and this notice.
Oh man! Ad-blocking software has been detected! :'(
This website is run by the community, for the community... and it needs advertisements in order to keep running.
Please disable your ad-block, or become a premium member to hide all advertisements and this notice.
Please disable your ad-block, or become a premium member to hide all advertisements and this notice.
-
Welcome to Bantam Talk
Why not register for an account?Not only can you then get fully involved in the community but you also get fewer ads
-
Dismiss Notice
Premium Membership now Available
Please see this thread for more details
Most liked posts in thread: The pitch
Page 1 of 2
-
Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...CRASS, FrenchBantam, Ulysses S Grant and 10 others like this.
-
Since then drainage has been improved and there has been a steady year on year improvement with the annual work.
Just come past the training ground and the same work is ongoing there too.Bronco, Bantam Begins, Jayteebee and 6 others like this. -
FrenchBantam, Bronco, Bantam Begins and 3 others like this.
-
I think the playing surface has been the best I can ever remember, this season. People are quick to point the finger when things are not right, I for one want to recognise when something has been done well by the club!
Stoneski, Bantam Begins, Kevin1954 and 3 others like this. -
WilsdenBantam Squad PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020
Bringing back an old thread just to say a friend of mine was down at VP yesterday and spoke with the groundsman and he said Hughes has been very specific to want the grass cutting to 23mm and the pitch widening, regarding the grass this is the same configuration as the Millennium stadium, small details but it’s things like this that add an attention to detail we’ve lacked for a long time.
Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...CT Bantam, FrenchBantam, Faithful Bantam and 2 others like this. -
Relaying what is only the top surface won’t do it any harm whatsoeverBronco, Storck, Stoneski and 1 other person like this. -
How are we making the pitch wider. Is that how Eisa got injured, running along the front row of seats in the main stand.
Hugh Jarse, Botswana Bantam, Stafford Bantam and 1 other person like this. -
-
bantamdave41 Regular StarterP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020
Both @Kevin1954 and your good self, have filled in the massive gap in my knowledge. Thanks.Bronco, WilsdenBantam and Kevin1954 like this. -
Source Torquay Utd.
Korrowing
First, the old playing surface is removed in a process called ‘korrowing’.
“Inscapes stripped the surface and power-harrowed and cultivated the pitch,” said Chris. “We’ll get some better levels – the surface should be smoother with fewer highs and lows, so less puddling in heavy rain.
“The power harrowing and cultivation helps to break up all of the top root zone. Another advantage is that we will have significantly aerated the root zone. It will break up black layer which sits in the soil; it’s a layer where gases build up and struggle to escape. We should get deeper rooting for the grass and better surface drainage”
Drainage
Plainmoor has suffered in the past because of insufficient drainage. Being a clay-based pitch, water isn’t able to permeate well enough through the surface, but the new drainage should help significantly.
“We’re had initial primary drainage channels installed,” said Chris. “It consists of lateral piping placed across the pitch spaced every five meters. Last season the margin between having a game on, and it being postponed, was small. This work will help in tipping the balance in our favour.
“It will help with the firmness and consistency of the pitch. It will help with getting more games played through the season and will be more resilient to heavy rain. It won’t guarantee a game no-matter what the weather, but it will further improve the odds in our favour.
“We will look at how the pitch reacts during the season and during the winter and may look to further work at the end of the season.
Irrigation
“We’re installing a central irrigation system as well,” added Chris. “Because it is a clay pitch, it dries hard in the summer.
“We have a perimeter automated system in place, and we’re now adding a central system. Small, turf-capped sprinklers will pop out of the pitch and perform the irrigation.
“It will cut down on the use of the hose and watering the pitch by hand. It provides a more consistent and even watering of the pitch. We can also turn it on at night, which is the best time to water the pitch. It takes in the most water without risk of it burning off in sunlight. You encourage the grass to grow deeper through the root zone this way.”Bronco, Stoneski and bantamdave41 like this. -
Thanks for all the insightful posts, I’m now going to hit up Charlie Dimmock and do some mowing!
Bronco, trevor and bantamdave41 like this. -
Birky Bantam Impact SubP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 EntrantFaithful Bantam, WilsdenBantam and andyc like this.
-
Ulysses S Grant and Kevin1954 like this.
-
Looked perfect no idea why they’ve ripped it up.
Kopendin1964 likes this. -
WilsdenBantam Squad PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...Kevin1954 likes this.
-
Keefly Bantam Important PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Supporter P.L. 20/21 Top 20
There has to be a reason why they are doing this though.
Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand... -
Just needed weeding and feeding and re seeding not a wholesale digging up, If we have a wet season it will be back to boot skids and cutting up like a park pitch
-
-
Captain Grumpy Impact SubP.L.23/24 Entrant Supporter
-
bantamdave41 Regular StarterP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020
Speaking of the pitch, looked a bit thin in patches, especially outside the box at the kop end
Page 1 of 2