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Well laoislad. Your a right smart ass p***k aren't ya. Tough man sitting behind a keyboard aren't ya suppose being from Laois you haven't much else to get excited about do ya other that writing shit on the Internet. Good man

Although you are correct in your assessment of Laoislad you seem a bit of a touchy soul.

Nah not too touchy now..more tired. When you've just worked 72hours in the last 6 days preparing pitches and when somone posts rubbish like that below it kina hits the wrong buttons.few cool beers will make it better

Well laoislad. Your a right smart ass p***k aren't ya. Tough man sitting behind a keyboard aren't ya suppose being from Laois you haven't much else to get excited about do ya other that writing shit on the Internet. Good man

Any pictures of your mot?

Mot???

Here some pictures of the pitches from my work
http://imgur.com/sEMhzXU
http://imgur.com/7bai3jl
http://imgur.com/Ztpolva
http://imgur.com/xh4T45X
http://imgur.com/GxEF5JO
http://imgur.com/Ytram3A
http://imgur.com/GlMqzVG
http://imgur.com/kprTuui
http://imgur.com/kwjxcRo

What is Ireland's best 11 in your opinion folks.

Forde

Coleman, o Shea, Wilson, ward

Mc Grady , mc carthy,Gibson, Walters

Hoolahan

Long

Great result. Dunphy was right hoolahan made a difference. Can't understand why we didn't take the game to the, earlier. Last 5 once we took the game to them we scored

Is it available to watch online anyone know for a man in uk

. I know there world champions and maybe only one of our players would get in there team

Who?

Seamus Coleman

I think if we sit back and keep the Germans out for the first 25-30 mins then the belief will grow in our players and the Germans will start to panic. I know there world champions and maybe only one of our players would get in there team but they are humans and after only beating the scots and getting beat by poland they will be at a low. I really think we can take points of them on Tuesday but feel we need to keep them out early on

The groundmens at croke park. Fair play to transform the pitch after sathurday nights game to Sundays games was great work. And the work all year and the quality of pitch has been great

http://vimeo.com/m/105013766

Durcans save from Connolly could be the biggest moment of this game.

Can anyone suggest a decent mower? Not Kubota!!
Gianni Ferrarri is a bit temperamental and very dear as is amazone.. Plus I have been told that you can't use a cylinder mower on a sand based pitch as it blocks up the pores over time, is this true?

Depends on your budget really and whether you are going for a ride on or a towed mower for behind a tractor.
We use each here. We have a toro 5 gang ride on, hayter triple ride on,ransoms triple tow behind. Trimax rotary deck tow behind.

These are what we paid for these
The toro will cost you new around €40k
Hayter second hand €10k
Ransoms new €5k second hand €2.5k
Trimax new €6k second hand €3k
   A cylinder mower is best and will give you a far better finish.
Using a cylinder mower doesn't make a difference unless you pitch is covered in sand like a beach.

They are expensive and if you have a club nearby you would suggest trying to come to agreement that yous buy a mower between yous.

Will try get pictures tomorrow of the machines we have

How do I post pics. Have some pics of work we done this week

I don't like sand carpet pitches tbh, they are a harder surface and need a lot more maintenance. Their purpose obviously is they drain better and can take a bit more wear but its hard to beat a natural turf pitch. Our pitch is a mixture of both, it has sand ameliorated in with the top soil. It has lateral drains as well as a 10" layer of grit and a geo fabric netting over it, personally it is too well drained but I doubt if there will ever be a game called off due to flooding. It would dry out fairly quickly during a dry spell.

To keep a pitch in good condition it will need verti drained/ground breaking/spiked aerogation whatever you want to call it twice a year, 4 -5 applications of fertiliser, cut 2-3 times per week (obviously depending on time of year and if just been fed) over or direct seeded if and when needed to parts of the pitch that's needs it, the cylinders on your mower must be sharp and someone after games to replace divots and repair the pitch.

The most important tip of the whole lot is don't fecking train  on your pitch keep it for matches only ( which our club cannot do) the training is the worst abuse of the lot on a pitch.

so developing a training area with a good surface is worth it? as in, not just for the slogging in the dirt
we're a mainly hurling club btw
but the pitch gets a lot of use by hurling, camogie, football team, underage training and games

Upload pics of your pitch if you want just is we can see better

I don't like sand carpet pitches tbh, they are a harder surface and need a lot more maintenance. Their purpose obviously is they drain better and can take a bit more wear but its hard to beat a natural turf pitch. Our pitch is a mixture of both, it has sand ameliorated in with the top soil. It has lateral drains as well as a 10" layer of grit and a geo fabric netting over it, personally it is too well drained but I doubt if there will ever be a game called off due to flooding. It would dry out fairly quickly during a dry spell.

To keep a pitch in good condition it will need verti drained/ground breaking/spiked aerogation whatever you want to call it twice a year, 4 -5 applications of fertiliser, cut 2-3 times per week (obviously depending on time of year and if just been fed) over or direct seeded if and when needed to parts of the pitch that's needs it, the cylinders on your mower must be sharp and someone after games to replace divots and repair the pitch.

The most important tip of the whole lot is don't fecking train  on your pitch keep it for matches only ( which our club cannot do) the training is the worst abuse of the lot on a pitch.

A good mixture of sand and soil 50-50 mixture is pretty good.
Vertical draining,ground breaking and spiking are 3 different procedures.

Spiking(done weekly if possible) basically is spikes about 3inches pearling the ground about 1.5 inchs deep to all air into the ground to help root zone.

Verti draining is where a machine comes along making about 100 holes per square metre between 8-10 inchs deep in the ground to help draining. Twice a year doing this would be sufficient.


Ground breaking you basically lift the whole pitch to break up all the soil layers.


Ass illdecide said if possible to use you pitch for matches only is a bonus but not every club can afford a training pitch as well as the maintinace of 2 pitches.