Cricket (page 1)

New cover an asset

Rain certainly does not stop play at one of Northern Ireland’s oldest cricket clubs, as Chris McCullough found out when he visited the Carrickfergus...

in Cricket - 3 days, 12 hours ago

King’s Ely groundsmen

The grounds of King’s Ely are known for their luscious lawns - but this month, the school’s groundsmen have been lending a hand to help another local...

in Cricket - 6 days, 10 hours ago

Cricket end of season

The Dennis Mowers end of season Cricket Groundsman’s Seminar saw over 150 cricket groundsmen attend the day which was hosted at St Albans School Woollam...

in Cricket - 1 week, 3 days ago

Cricket Ireland criticise

Cricket Ireland has faced major criticism on the world stage for the first time since Ireland was declared a full, Test playing member nation. In a damning...

in Cricket - on 14/9/17

Seagulls cause damage

The opening day of a county cricket match had to be abandoned after seagulls caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to covers leaving the pitch...

in Cricket - on 26/8/17

Larne Cricket Club

Sandy Bay in County Antrim was once a beach leading onto the Irish Sea, but is now the home ground for Larne Cricket Club. Chris McCullough took his bucket...

in Cricket - on 9/8/17

It’s all about the bounce

Cricket club groundsmen face the same challenge as all turfcare managers; how to eliminate compaction, improve drainage, encourage healthy deep-rooted...

in Cricket - on 26/7/17

Cricket Ireland plans

Test playing nation, full member of the ICC, plans for a new €6m stadium, world class training facility in development, Cricket Ireland, where did it...

in Cricket - on 29/6/17

Power of deep aeration

Lack of rainfall to date across many parts of the country has resulted in grass areas on golf courses, sports pitches, parks, amenity areas and domestic...

in Cricket - on 17/6/17

Maintenance Diaries June

June 2017 Sports Pitch Maintenance Diaries

in Cricket - on 9/6/17

Cricket renovation event

Dennis and SISIS have announced that they will be hosting a cricket renovation event at St Albans School, Woollam Trust Playing Fields on Tuesday 18 July...

in Cricket - on 5/6/17

Spring Renovations Part 2

The new grass growing season is upon us, we are going through the processes involved with implementing your Spring Renovations. In part two of two articles,...

in Cricket - on 12/4/17

A marriage made in heaven

It is often said that wedded couples need to put in some hard work to avoid a divorce but, when two sports clubs in Northern Ireland merged to share their...

in Cricket - on 7/4/17

Pre season rolling

Pre Season rolling, what a chore, a boring and mind numbing experience, so why do we do it?

in Cricket - on 30/3/17

Spring Renovations Part 1

With the new grass growing season almost upon us, we will be going through the processes involved with implementing your Spring Renovations. There are...

in Cricket - on 13/3/17

Time for non-turf pitches

Neil Garland, Chair of the Warwickshire Cricket League Grounds Committee, bemoans the ‘state of play’ surrounding the quality of playing surfaces throughout...

in Cricket - on 7/3/17

Cricket's epicentre?

Ahead of the day/night Test between Austrailia and Pakistan in Brisbane, Nasser Hussain offered this amusing homage to cricket groundstaff

in Cricket - on 16/12/16

November 2016 Diaries

Pitchcare November 2016 Sports Maintenance Diaries

in Cricket - on 1/11/16