Still stuck in the mud! - Development updates
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Re: Still stuck in the mud! - Development updates
The surface has stood up reasonably well this season but it his good to know that the club, helped by the high attendance figures, can afford to give it a make over.
The hotel and plaza look as though they are finished and you can see deliveries being made in preparation for opening on the 4th. Just a week left to get the staff up to speed. Let's hope the club start to increase their hospitality and conferencing business of the back if the hotel facility putting more £'s in the coffers to help with getting the club firmly back in the black.
The hotel and plaza look as though they are finished and you can see deliveries being made in preparation for opening on the 4th. Just a week left to get the staff up to speed. Let's hope the club start to increase their hospitality and conferencing business of the back if the hotel facility putting more £'s in the coffers to help with getting the club firmly back in the black.
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Re: Still stuck in the mud! - Development updates
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Think I’ve just seen the last wheelbarrow leaving the site! It all looks splendid - at last
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What are they doing on the pitch at the moment, are they digging trenches for undersoil heating? Last week it looked like they were top dressing the pitch with sand, whats the white stuff now and the trenches?
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As it's Crumbie side maybe extra drainage?
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Re: Still stuck in the mud! - Development updates
They are putting in a whole new surface which is an upgrade on what we previously had. The trenches will be for drainage and also for the watering pop ups to water the pitch.
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Yes. The old surface was lifted a week or so ago. Glad we are still going with a hybrid pitch and not plastic.
The hotel is looking good and I'm happy to see the Tigers linkage in both bits of the interior decor and the naming of the main bar/restaurant. I look forward to the additional revenues it brings in for Tigers hospitality and conferencing businesses.
The hotel is looking good and I'm happy to see the Tigers linkage in both bits of the interior decor and the naming of the main bar/restaurant. I look forward to the additional revenues it brings in for Tigers hospitality and conferencing businesses.
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50% of the new pitch has now been relaid. There doesn't seem to be a lot of time for bedding in before the first preseason game but I'm guessing with the pop up sprinklers giving lots of moisture coupled with the hot weather growth should be fairly quick.
Re the plaza we seem to have removed the new paving from an area which, if memory serves, is where they created a large surface water soak away (I think). Don't know what the problem is.
Re the plaza we seem to have removed the new paving from an area which, if memory serves, is where they created a large surface water soak away (I think). Don't know what the problem is.
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Re: Still stuck in the mud! - Development updates
I too have just looked at the ground web cam and seen the progress on the pitch. Last year I believe the whole pitch was seeded but it was only a light excavation. This year they seem to have used big caterpillar diggers on site.Noggs wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:24 pm 50% of the new pitch has now been relaid. There doesn't seem to be a lot of time for bedding in before the first preseason game but I'm guessing with the pop up sprinklers giving lots of moisture coupled with the hot weather growth should be fairly quick.
Re the plaza we seem to have removed the new paving from an area which, if memory serves, is where they created a large surface water soak away (I think). Don't know what the problem is.
So is the pitch being turfed or is it hybrid seed after pulling back the groundsheets?
~ https://www.lan-cam.co.uk/view.php?CUST ... er%20Time)
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It is a similar pitch to last year but with an upgrade is how it was described to me.wormus wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:31 pmI too have just looked at the ground web cam and seen the progress on the pitch. Last year I believe the whole pitch was seeded but it was only a light excavation. This year they seem to have used big caterpillar diggers on site.Noggs wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:24 pm 50% of the new pitch has now been relaid. There doesn't seem to be a lot of time for bedding in before the first preseason game but I'm guessing with the pop up sprinklers giving lots of moisture coupled with the hot weather growth should be fairly quick.
Re the plaza we seem to have removed the new paving from an area which, if memory serves, is where they created a large surface water soak away (I think). Don't know what the problem is.
So is the pitch being turfed or is it hybrid seed after pulling back the groundsheets?
~ https://www.lan-cam.co.uk/view.php?CUST ... er%20Time)
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It is laid in long strips which are then (if memory serves) 'stitched' to the substrate. I recall I found a video of the system on the suppliers web site when it was first installed.
Out of interest there are two fire engines outside the hotel at the moment. Let's hope it doesn't burn down so early in its life.
Out of interest there are two fire engines outside the hotel at the moment. Let's hope it doesn't burn down so early in its life.
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Thanks for the response TB.Noggs wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 4:13 pm It is laid in long strips which are then (if memory serves) 'stitched' to the substrate. I recall I found a video of the system on the suppliers web site when it was first installed.
Out of interest there are two fire engines outside the hotel at the moment. Let's hope it doesn't burn down so early in its life.
I can only hope the two fire engines were there to water the new pitch until the ground sprayers are commissioned and why use our metered water when the fire brigades is free.
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A whole new meaning to 'smoke on the water'
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