Cirencester Cricket Club > News > September 2004 > Putting the ground to bed

Putting the ground to bed
Monday 13 September 2004

This weekend is a very important one in the Cricket Club's calendar, the annual 'putting to bed' for the winter. The key tasks are to cut and scarify the squares so that they can be re-seeded and fertiliser, and then there are 7 tons of loam to be spread.

We are very lucky to have a groundsman as skilled and committed as Dan Robbins. However, as I am sure that you can appreciate, this weekend's exercise is far beyond one person and a small group of helpers. Dan needs all the help that is available. This therefore is a request for all senior players and junior parents to dig out a shovel and wheelbarrow and come up to the Park to help out for a couple of hours. If everyone can spare a couple of hours, then a major task becomes a satisfying and enjoyable exercise.

If for any reason you do not feel able to help with the loam, there are plenty of other jobs to be done - harrowing the outfield, tidying and securing the nets to avoid damage over the winter, removing the sheets from the sightscreens and laying them down, etc., as well as numerous maintenance and other tasks in and around the Clubhouse to ensure that it is in order to prevent any further decay over the next six months or so.

Everyone has been delighted with the quality of the wickets this season, and with the improvements to the outfield and Clubhouse. This coming weekend will provide the foundations to ensure that we are able to feel similarly next year. There will be tasks all day on Saturday and maybe on Sunday so please try to spare a couple of hours, particularly on Saturday afternoon, to give Dan the help and support that he deserves.

Please contact me or Dan (01285 851210) if you have any questions.

Thank you very much
Brian Hudson