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Quick update - just to let you know that Mark Panter (Groundsman) has been doing basic pitch maintenance since the end of the season, with basic seeding/fertiliser/cutting and a bit of watering, to keep things from getting out of hand, and making it harder to recover when the pitch is needed again. This also includes general weed spraying and mowing/strimming around the ground outside the pitch as well.

More comprehensive pitch works are planned in due course.

Obviously all other works (generally done with our volunteers), are currently on hold at the ground. We have some changing room floor repainting planned, as well as various pitchside fence repairs/painting, some new internal posts/fencing, and other minor routine summer maintenance, to be looked at later in the summer.

(This last image courtesy Matt Parker - Club Shop).

Thanks for the update, I'd forgotten what the place looks like.

Pitch Works (Scarifying) etc.. started today at Hayden Road - a few pics/updates.

Pictures courtesy David Taylor

Tuesday June 2nd - More basic levelling (various low points in goal areas and around pitch), top dressing and seeding. (Previously pitch was scarified to remove dead grass etc..).


All pictures courtesy Mark Panter ( https://twitter.com/mdpgroundcare )

All initial pitch work is now done - earlier this week the levelling, seeding, top dressing and specific area repairs (extra seeded/sheeted) were complete as well as a full pitch feed.

With quite a few wet days over the last couple of weeks, Mark's not had to use the sprinklers quite a much...

The pitch is coming along nicely for whenever it is needed.

Pitch update from MarkP - also on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MDPGroundcare/statu ... 40225?s=20

Missed one...

Looks great. #goodprep