SPORTS GROUND EQUIPMENT
Mark Harrod Ltd
Wolves roll out `wheelie good` training goals under twin-site equipment package
olverhampton Wanderers
FC’s head groundsman
Wayne Lumbard is in charge
of the club’s turf facilities at an
exciting time in Wolves’ history. “Once in the Premiership, we also
began upgrading various elements
at Molineux to meet higher-level
requirements ready for the new
season,” he continues. Harrod Ltd for advice. “We’ve enjoyed
a longstanding relationship with the
company and knew they could deliver a
solution tailored to our requirements,”
Wayne says.
Coming into post in 2005, Wayne
has seen the club rise to footballing
prominence again as it seeks to
secure a permanent place in the
game’s top drawer. “Every Premiership club has to
conform to set criteria for stadium
provision,” Wayne explains. “Goal nets
have to be uniform white and grounds
teams can only mow match pitches
from goal to goal or across their width,
for example.” After talking over things with
managing director Sean Wallett, the
company delivered and installed
socketed goalposts, nets and net
support posts ready for Wolves’ first
home game of the 2018-2019 season,
against Everton FC.
The match goals had passed their sell-
by date and needed replacing, he says,
and turned to goals manufacturer Mark The white aluminium powder-coated
24ft x 8ft match goalposts conform
fully to home and European league
W
After promotion to the Premiership,
Wolves had to step up its grounds
provision, both at its Molineux Stadium
and the Sir Jack Hayward academy
base and training centre, where major
investment in synthetic pitches is now
complete.
“We gained budget to improve the
training ground two years ago,” recalls
Wayne, “and have installed three new
Desso Grassmaster pitches, including
a show pitch intended for U23s
training and staging U18s Premier
League games.
Wayne splits his eight-strong team
between the training base (five) and
Molineux (three) to ensure the fresh
facilities at the Sir Jack Hayward base
are tended to the standards required.
“
“We’ve enjoyed a
longstanding relationship
with the company and
knew they could deliver
a solution tailored to
our requirements”
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GroundskeepingJournal.co.uk | Sept/Oct 2019