PRODUCT SHOWCASE | DRAINAGE
MANSFIELD SAND
Beneath the surface Ed Mowe, head groundsman at Leicester Tigers, believes that a good sand is integral to the performance and health of a sports pitch. He says: “You might not actually get to see what using a good sand does when you look at a pitch, but if you don’t have a good sand product then I guarantee that you will soon run into problems. It’s what is underneath that counts.” Ed uses Moist Mansil 35 (MM35) which is part of the Mansil Silica Sand Sports Range from Mansfield Sand, sourced from the company’s Two Oaks Quarry in Nottingham. “MM35 is an essential part of our renovations each year,” says Ed. “At the stadium pitch, we’ll clean it up, remove all the vegetation and apply 40 tonnes of sand. That will then be Vertidrained and we will brush the pitch so we can incorporate the sand into the holes. “I find the quality of products from Mansfield Sand always very good – they are incredibly consistent, which is what we look for.” www.mansfield-sand.co.uk
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28 GROUNDS MANAGEMENT | NOVEMBER 2020
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