The Surrey Cricket Groundsman’s Association is staging its Annual Conference in the Pakistan Room in the OCS stand at the Brit Oval in March.

Surrey County Cricket Club are hosting the county’s Annual Groundsman’s Conference at the Brit Oval on Tuesday 6 March 2007. The conference will be open to full and part time groundsmen from schools, clubs, local authorities or anyone who has an interest in groundmanship.

The day, which will cost only £15, will feature various presentations, lunch and then a Question and Answer session with a specialised panel, which will finish the afternoon.

Speakers for the day are:

• Bruce Cruse (ECB Funding & Facilities Manager – Programme Update
• Ton Terlouw (Melspring) – “The merits of mineral based organic fertiliser on turf”
• Alex Vickers – “Managing water on cricket grounds, drainage and irrigation”
• David Neale (Daktronics) – Electronic Cricket Scoring Solutions

The details of the day are as follows:
Timings
10.00am tea/coffee
10.30am start
12.30pm lunch
3.15pm approx finish

If you would like to attend, please fill out the application form available @ www.surreycricket.com