There’s a little bit of good news regarding our club lawns, which may give rise to some hope of croquet in the not too distant future.
Following a break in the rain, Jon Carrington managed to complete a first cut of all five lawns at the weekend. He managed an initial cut on Saturday and a much lower cut on Sunday, producing four trailer’s worth of cuttings. This cut paves the way for the lawns to receive essential moss sand treatment in the next few days. The next stage will be a light scarify, followed by a low grass cut.
John Steel feels that within a few days of this, the mowing teams (weather permitting) will be able to take the cut down to 6mm.
Much of the outfield has also been taken down, though some repair needs to be completed on the outer edges of the field before the rest of the outfield can be cut further. In parts though, there was quite a squelchy feel to the outfield and lawns.
Also during the week, Jon and John Guy cleared the storage shed of about half an inch of thick mud that had accumulated during the winter, after running off the playing areas.
TURN YOUR HEAD AWAY NOW IF YOU ARE OF A NERVOUS DISPOSITION:
Jon narrowly avoided being crushed by the green tractor when the idiot driving it put it into reverse instead of whatever the opposite of reverse is. AMATEUR!