Ieuan Gregory

it all depends where the drains take the water to after effectively removing it from the pitch and how fast they do it. When laying a new pitch at Hayle in 1995 I was advised to dig a large soakaway in the bottom corner .The pitch was designed to run with a 1.5m approx slope from corner to corner. Over the years this effectively took away the water if it stopped raining about two hours before KO. Granted we were at the top of a hill and always with a decent breeze but in my 24 years I believe we only cancelled 10 matches three of which were snow and/ice. Always in debt to Older for his inputs over the years all of which proved correct!

I have no doubt what older would say. If you seed a pitch it needs 12 months to bed in to get the roots down to a decent depth. As I believe he said at the time. No doubt there are drainage problems with Bolitho several years ago I was on a groundsman course there and with not a lot of rain that week one corner was under water. Yet a game was played that Saturday good luck to whoever looks after the ground.

So sorry to hear this Gerald gave great service to Referees and the old Falmouth/Helston league over the years condolences to David and all the family. RIP mate

sorry to hear that Dave Dad and I travelled to many Navy tournaments. Another of my era gone with Bill Pearce and Peter George .Yes Jan always had an opinion not always in tune with everyone else RIP Mate

Only to put my contribution, over 50 years in local football nothing has changed .When I was a groundsman once when preparing the main pitch for Saturday afternoon game it was suggested that I needed a CRB check because kids were playing on the adjoining pitch. That got a short sharp response, the people that impose all these rules have never been anywhere near the sharp end and that is the most frustrating thing about the whole system ! Trouble is the more you do the more people will walk away and let you do it as the saying goes always give the job to a busy person .After all that if I had my time again I would do it all over again

TRY ANDREW SANDOW 07778836706 he's based in Crowlas but may have a contact for your area

had every confidence in Simon and the guys glad to see it has paid off pitch looks superb. Hopefully cancer under control scan this week will know more glad you are still awake Rappo

Hayle urgently require a Second team manager .It is that desperate that we may have to fold the second team. Anyone who fancies the job call Club secretary Joy Martin on 07875175238 or e-mail joy.martin.hayle@hotmail.com Someone out there must want to avail themselves of the facilities

Correct to a certain degree, however, regular brushing every 10 hours use, deep cleaning once a year (big vacuum cleaner and relaying rubber crumb) the predicted life is possibly between 15/20 years, time will tell. The cost of relaying the carpet is about £200,000, one major problem included in this price is the disposal of the sand and carpet the rubber can be reused. If I am still around in 12 years time can give you a more accurate picture!

testing of a 3G pitch is a little more complex than ball roll and bounce a full test takes about 6 hours. A test for level followed by a computer which checks for turning resistance, depth of sand and rubber crumb and checks for landing resistance when a player jumps. Then ball roll and bounce are checked with a camera recording exactly how far roll and bounce meet the standard set. Looks and finish are part of the overall check. Finally you have to cough up about £1500 every 3 years for FIFA 2 or every year for FIFA 1 . 2 is good enough for step 6.

Hayle v Illogan OFF tonight hopefully right decision looking at rain radar and forecast

given the weather forecast for this evening a decision on the Hayle match going ahead, will be made later this afternoon. Probably between 4 and 5. Using the 3G Iis o0ut of the question there are 6 floods awaiting spares from Spain.

Hayle v Illogan KO 7.30

ATTENDANCE AT HAYLE 52

Saturday 28 August. Game postponed due to Covid outbreak at Porthleven