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Groundsman Wins Award Hat-Trick

Groundsman Wins Award Hat-Trick: Kidderminster Cricket Club’s top groundsman has been presented with his hat-trick trophy for producing the best ground in the Birmingham and District Premier League for the third year in a row. Making the presentation to Chris Longmore in front of captain Neil Pinner and the rest of the team, Birmingham and […]

Maxicrop Becomes Valagro UK

Maxicrop Becomes Valagro UK: Valagro, a leader in the production and marketing of biostimulants and specialty nutrients, announces that its subsidiary Maxicrop (UK) Ltd, has changed name to Valagro UK Ltd. The seaweed extract fertiliser and biostimulant company became part of the Italian global plant nutrition group Valagro in 2002, but has continued to trade as […]

Yobs Trash Cricket Wickets

Yobs Trash Cricket Wickets: Yobs smashed a pick axe into two wickets at a cricket club just weeks into the new season. Shocking images show dozens and dozens of divots were taken out of the surfaces. Club officials at Ashton Ladysmith Cricket Club in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside , said they were baffled over the motive behind the vandal […]

Climate Change In Cricket

Climate Change In Cricket: Cricket has always been a sport at the mercy of the weather. In the 1930s, county cricket clubs in England were headed for financial ruin after a succession of wet summers. Twenty years later, persistent rain saw desperate clubs experiment with blankets, rubber mats and suction machines. As recently as the […]

Dorchester’s 3G Pitch Underway

Dorchester’s 3G Pitch Underway: Matt Lucas, chairman of Dorchester Town believes the installation of the Magpies’ new 3G artificial pitch is a “massive step” for the Avenue Stadium club. Preparation work yesterday began on the surface, with the grass being sprayed ready for removal on Tuesday, May 8. That came after Dorchester Town Reserves lost 3-1 to Poole […]