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Recreational and grassroots playing facilities will currently have many questions about the current and potential restrictions the Government may impose to reduce the transmission of Coronavirus with regards to playing surfaces, their ongoing maintenance and what works may be carried out to provide a fit for play surface when sport resumes.
The document which you can download below from the Grounds Management Association (formally IOG) sets out what may happen to playing surfaces and the soils beneath should they be left alone for lengthy periods, what can currently be done to maintain them and also what works can be carried out should play resume.
Phil Jeggo
Regional Pitch Advisor East
Grounds & Natural Turf Improvement Programme
Grounds Management Association