BPL pitch repairs could cost £1,200
Thursday 3rd December 2009, 2:30PM GMT.
Saints president Henry Davey inspects the damaged Blanche Pierre Lane pitch. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0881908)
SEAGULLS are ripping Blanche Pierre Lane apart and St Martin’s president Henry Davey is at a loss what to do.
The Division One title contenders have already been forced into switching Saturday’s league game against Sylvans to St Peter’s, but Davey is worried about the state of the pitch long term.
‘I’m really at a loss what to do other than have someone up here 24 hours a day to frighten the birds away.
‘It is the worst mess I’ve ever seen it.’
The birds have torn up several areas but the worst affected section is, Davey estimated, about 15 yards by four yards.
‘It is a sea of mud. I’m fighting a losing battle.’
The ground was last used as an emergency venue for the Ambassadeur Bowl Under-21 Muratti.
It is since then that the problems have started.
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Has this pitch got Black Beetle in the turf? as they’ll come up to the surface at night which would encourage the seagulls,I’ve seen firsthand the mess they make,the beetle will kill the grassroots eventually
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oh hai.
kan i haz beetal?
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