Grounds Training
The Grounds Management Association (GMA), the leading not-for-profit membership organisation that supports and celebrates all grounds professionals and volunteers, have a range of courses available.
Cheshire Cricket Board will contribute £25 towards the cost of a Level 1 Grounds Maintenance Course.
Upon successful completion of the course, please email a copy of your certificate to andrew.jackson@cheshirecricketboard.co.uk
Additional courses can be accessed through the GMA also. Courses | Grounds Management Association (thegma.org.uk)
Throughout the year the Cheshire Association of Groundspeople (CAG) run a range of workshops. Please have a look below and book on to those that suit you. Can't find what your looking for reach out to Andrew Jackson and we will see what additional events can be run.
CAG WORKSHOPS
Throughout the year the Cheshire Association of Groundspeople (CAG) run a range of workshops. Please have a look below and book on to those that suit you. Can't find what your looking for reach out to Andrew Jackson and we will see what additional events can be run.
| What | When | Where | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Spring Maintenance, and pitch preparation | 23rd March 2024 10am - 1pm | Chester Boughton Hall CC | BOOK NOW |
| Early Spring Maintenance, and pitch preparation | 30 March 2024 10am-4pm | Mottram CC | BOOK NOW |
| Match Pitch Repairs including foot holes | 2024 tbc | tbc | tbc |
| End of Season Renovation: What to do at the end of the season, preparing machinery for winter | 2024 tbc | tbc | tbc |
| Safe working practice machinery, maintenance and operation | 2024 tbc | tbc | tbc |
| Spring Workshop: Setting Square, Pitch Preparation, Rolling | 5th April 2023 9:30-3pm | Timperley | Closed |
| In Season Workshop: Cleaning the pitch, repair work, irrigation | 21st June 2023 6pm | Styal | Closed |
| In Season Workshop: Cleaning the pitch, repair work, irrigation | 29th June 2023 6pm | Frodsham | Closed |
| Post season Renovations | 3rd September 2023 10am-12:30pm | Timperley | Closed |