{"id":146,"date":"2018-11-21T15:14:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T15:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/?p=146"},"modified":"2019-02-27T15:23:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:23:33","slug":"wiedenmann-double-for-john-lyon-school-grounds-team-saves-up-to-5-days-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wiedenmann-double-for-john-lyon-school-grounds-team-saves-up-to-5-days-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiedenmann double for John Lyon School grounds team saves up to FIVE days a month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two new kit arrivals for a busy Middlesex grounds team\nare saving up to five working days a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wiedenmann Terra Spike GXi8 HD and the Wiedenmann\nSuper 500, delivered in October, are significantly reducing time spent on\naeration, collecting and scarifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Lynch,\nGrounds Manager at John Lyon School, Harrow-on the-Hill and his two assistants,\nMark Chandler and Joe Naughton now have breathing space to tackle different\nprojects. The site, at Sudbury Fields in North West London, has four full size\nfootball pitches, three junior size pitches, 4 training zones and three cricket\nsquares. On any given afternoon up to 200 pupils and PE staff from the\nindependent boys\u2019 day school, make full use of the playing facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOther than\nour 1st<\/sup> team football pitch, each pitch and training zone can get\nused up to nine times per week,\u201d said Chris Lynch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith our previous\naerator, we could expect to cover all 28 acres, minus the cricket squares, in\nfive to six working days. Now with the GXi8 HD, the sports fields with the\ncricket squares included can be done in less than three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also\nsaving at least two days a week with the Super 500.  Just last week all pitches were raked quite\nroughly to take out dead grass. Lots of material came out. We took the Super\n500 across and in one pass it picked everything up.  I was beyond impressed.  All 28 acres collected with one pass in just\nover two days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn terms of\ntime saved and work quality these machines are fantastic. All of a sudden\nproductivity is increased by a week per month. \nOver a year we\u2019re talking about an extra month to do other work across\nthe site.  Any Head Greenkeepers or\nGrounds Managers reading this with a similar amount of usage every day will\nknow how invaluable that kind of time is to absorb the extra work given to us.\nI am very fortunate to work for a school that backs me with the machinery\nneeded to keep the surfaces at their best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Terra\nSpike will run at least once every three to four weeks, typically, September\nthrough until April or May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn 20 mm\ntines we will comfortably get down to 250 mm as no complex pipework lies\nbeneath any of the pitches. The Terra Spike will not only help repair and\nreplace levels but keep air and water moving through the profile,\u201d continued\nChris Lynch, who took up his role 2.5 years ago after a 15 year spell at The\nHarrow School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnother key\nbenefit will come during March\/April, when 400 tonnes of sand is put down to\nhelp aid pitch recovery as part of our renovations. The Terra Spike\u2019s efforts\nwill also assist the way we deliver chemical and fertiliser products required\nfor the turf. Sand aids in unlocking positive nutrients locked up in the clay\nand the Terra Spike will allow the sand to work down into the clay to aid this\nprocess. \u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor me the\nTerra Spike is the easiest machine on the market to use.  Its set up is really simply.  If you are not happy with something it\u2019s a\nsmall quick adjustment to the depth or the heave.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wiedenmann\u2019s\nSuper 500 is a three-in-one sweeper, collector, scarifier known across the\nindustry for its versatility and 2.5 m\u00b3 capacity. The John Lyon team has\nseamlessly incorporated the Super 500 into their weekly routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have the\nlargest collection of oak trees in the neighbourhood and need to lift leaves\nbefore they contaminate the turf surface so the Super 500 is out on Mondays,\nWednesday and Fridays. We cut on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and mark\neverything on Fridays, weather dependent of course\u201d explained Chris Lynch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThe Super 500 has been set up as a scarifier\nwhich just tickles the surface as we work. We don\u2019t want to go into hard, as\nleaf collecting is the priority for now. \nWhen I joined, one of the biggest problems I inherited was thatch and\nthere is still some thatch level in our pitches.   The Super 500 given time will help alleviate\nthat, stopping debris working its way down through the surface.  In this instance, it\u2019s not necessarily what\nyou see on the top that causes problems, it can be what\u2019s down below. I am\nlooking forward to getting this into the surface far more aggressively come\nrenovations time next spring\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area Sales\nManager, Grant Buckingham, from Wiedenmann UK dealer, Ernest Doe & Sons, at\nEsher, was on hand throughout the sales process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The John\nLyon School was founded in 1876 for the education of local boys by the\nGovernors of Harrow School, in keeping with the wishes of John Lyon, the\nfounder of Harrow. Now it takes 650 pupils with sport being central of\nimportance. In particular the school has a tailored sports mentoring programme\nwhich helps nurture and develop elite sports performers and selected sports\nscholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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