Friday, October 09, 2009Sussex
Michael HealImprovement of Facilities
The company that has been instrumental in the development and improvement of the facilities at Sussex County Cricket Club at both Hove and the Academy ground at Broadstone, as well as the major changes at the Preston Nomads ground at Fulking, is Keighley based JMS Sport.
Spen Cama's generous legacy to both the county and his local club provided the funds to introduce major improvements and for much of this work on the grounds and practice areas they relied on the expertise of Jonathan Smith of JMS Sport.
Managing Director Jonathan Smith has been groundsman at international venues for cricket, rugby and football and the company has an on-going working relationship with most of the groundsmen of the County Cricket Clubs. This provides constant feedback to enable the company to develop and refine products that made use of the latest hi-tech materials for greater efficiency and to make them quicker and easier to deploy.
At the Hove JMS worked closely with the Head Groundsman to develop an artificial net area that would replicate the performance they are hoping to acheive on the natural turf wickets. Mobile covers, traditional semi-translucent sheets and the JMS Pitch Protector have also been purchased as well as JMS's unique framework around the net area. The academy also use JMS covers, sheets and sightscreens at their Broadstone ground.
Problems with the new square at Preston Nomads eventually led to JMS consulting, specifying and overseeing the complete re-build of the main square. They also supplied the covers, sheets, sightscreens and artificial areas to guarantee that the quality of the cricket facilities matched the stunning natural beauty of one of the most delightful grounds in the country.
"We have thoroughly enjoyed working with Sussex County Cricket Club on these projects and we are confident that their professional approach to the undertaking of these initiatives will continue to produce the first class results they deserve", comments Jonathan Smith, MD of JMS Sport UK.
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