(Half) Plastic pitch at Welford Rd

[PAW]

Anyone know why the pitch is half covered in plastic (see the webcam)?

It has been like that for a couple of days and I would have thought the already limited amount of grass would be killed by the lack of light.

We wont be able to blame Will Young this time (or whichever MOR act was on the stage)

[wormus]

Anyone know why the pitch is half covered in plastic (see the webcam)?

It has ben like that for a couple of days and I would have thought the already limited amount of grass would be killed by the lack of light.

We wont be able to blame Will Young this time (or whichever MOR act was on the stage)

Frost protection as the Crumbie side does not attract the sun in these winter months, years ago straw covered the pitch. You do not want a frozen pitch on Sunday. Good planning by the groundstaff.

[strawclearer]

Anyone know why the pitch is half covered in plastic (see the webcam)?

It has ben like that for a couple of days and I would have thought the already limited amount of grass would be killed by the lack of light.

We wont be able to blame Will Young this time (or whichever MOR act was on the stage)

Frost protection as the Crumbie side does not attract the sun in these winter months, years ago straw covered the pitch. You do not want a frozen pitch on Sunday. Good planning by the groundstaff.

Ahhh...I remember those days so well!

[LE18]

Does not look like the repair from last year has worked too well, parts cut up badly yesterday on Crumbie side revealing a lot of sand and i don't think grass grows too well when there is too much sand. Season started with what looked like only a thin covering of grass after the reseeding last year but we do still seem to have a large patch that won't hold a stud during the scrums.

[Grimlish]

IMHO the whole pitch looked dry, sandy and very light on your actual green grass

[Qbec]

All the more reason to bring on the Desso GrassMaster hybrid grass in the close season to make sure we don't suffer this & other issues with an all grass pitch in the future.