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They have been verbal direct at me.
Having received numerous comments on the recent condition of the pitch, I thought I ought to respond. With the greatest respect to the Chairman, Management, Players and of course the fans, I cannot be called to account for the amount of rain we have had in the last couple of months. For everyone’s information, we have had, without splitting hairs, 320 mm (old money 13 inches) of rain the the last 7 weeks. Also, for your information, one inch of water equals 113 tons of water per acre. The pitch is one and a half acres. Therefore, we have effectively had 2,200 tons of water in 7 weeks. Even with the new drainage installed, I have no control over the amount of rain we have had. I can assure you that I will do my best to keep the pitch flat and divot free at 3 pm. What happens during the game is out of my hands.Rant over.[/quote Well said Steve, I can't give you enough praise for the state our pitch is in, excellent compared to only 12 months ago is all I can say. Being a farmer myself and being unable to get on the land to plant our crops,I fully understand your dilemmas, if indeed people are complaining. Ignore them, they have obviously got no worthwhile knowledge of soil maintenance and condition. Please keep doing what you are doing the pitch looks the best it has ever done in my near 50 years of attending the Walks.
Having received numerous comments on the recent condition of the pitch, I thought I ought to respond. With the greatest respect to the Chairman, Management, Players and of course the fans, I cannot be called to account for the amount of rain we have had in the last couple of months. For everyone’s information, we have had, without splitting hairs, 320 mm (old money 13 inches) of rain the the last 7 weeks. Also, for your information, one inch of water equals 113 tons of water per acre. The pitch is one and a half acres. Therefore, we have effectively had 2,200 tons of water in 7 weeks. Even with the new drainage installed, I have no control over the amount of rain we have had. I can assure you that I will do my best to keep the pitch flat and divot free at 3 pm. What happens during the game is out of my hands.Rant over.
You only have to take a stroll through the Walks and look at the water level in there to see how high the water table is, so I would simply say keep doing what you are doing! Its the same for both teams.