SASR Norms & Standards Vol 2 new.indd - Sport and Recreation ...

Maintenance
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• Repeat the rubbing in process until a smooth even fi nish to the pitch has been achieved. The
fi nal level of the pitch should be slightly above the surrounding fi eld area.
• Commence with normal pitch preparation once all grass has grown through.
• Cutting to be done with a 9 – 11 blade per cylinder cylindrical mower.
• Compact with heavy roller to produce a hard even surface so that it is not possible to create
indentations with your fi ngers.
• Winter Treatment:
Remove dormant surface growth, to stimulate new spring growth. Hollow tining by removing
cores approximately 50 mm apart in the surface and fi ll holes with bulli. Winter treatment to
be completed before the middle of August each year.
• Remove dry thatch regularly.
• Pest control, weeds, algae, fungi and damageable insects are to be controlled on an ongoing
basis.
• Cut all surrounds regularly, irrigate by fl ooding at least 5 mm on the complete area during a
period of two days or as needed and fertilise in terms with the chemical soil analysis.
ARTIFICIAL SYNTHETIC SURFACES ON CONCRETE SUBSTRATES
The surface preparation for artifi cial playing surfaces may be briefl y described as follows:
Korfball
• The sub-surface earth needs to be levelled and compacted to 95 % Modifi ed ASSHTO with
a maximum cross slope of 1%
• Sub-Surface drainage system to be installed below all fi eld surfaces (in terms with Civil
Engineering design).
Install sub-surface drainage comprising 110 mm diameter agricultural drains placed in 450
x 600 mm deep herring bone drainage system at 6 metre intervals and to entire perimeter
of the cricket fi eld.
• Sub-surface drains to be lined with a “Bidum” Hessian layer and fi lled in with 19 mm
crusher run stone.
• Sub-Surface drains to connect at the lowest point to a storm water catch pit which should
be connected to a storm water main.
• The sub-surface drains are then covered with a 100 mm thick layer of crusher run to assist
in the sub-surface drainage.