The courses were attended by rugby representatives from Swansea Uplands, Seven Sisters, Gorseinon, Waunarlwydd, Tonmawr, B P Llandarcy, Aberystwyth, Brynmawr and Taffs Well.
The course content was quite in depth, covering the regular in season maintenance of the pitch ie cutting, brushing, aeration/spiking, marking out from scratch each season using the Pythagoras theory of right angled triangles (3,4,5, method), replacing/repairing divots, over seeding bare/worn areas and so on.
They also covered the renovation programme of work at the end of the season which included the control of weeds/pests/diseases, aeration, the application of seed blends, top dressing types of sandy loams for winter sports pitches and the re-levelling of the low, high wear areas.
All in all, there was quite a bit of information for the delegates to learn and we hope that the IOG will run future courses in Wales in the future. For information on the IOG visit http://www.iog.org
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