Basing Hill Ballpark (Phase 1)

The new Basing Hill Ballpark grass has grown another 10mm overnight after the heavy rain and sunny 17oC warm weather yesterday. Grass height is now 60mm or higher in most areas. Our contractors, Inscapes, will do the first grass cut on Monday. The enclosed picture shows the view from centerfield looking towards the infield.

After five days (and a few nights) of gruelling work, our Basing Hill Ballpark contractors, Inscapes, have completed the levelling and resurfacing of the playing field. The grass seeds are in and now we wait for the sun, the soil and the rain to do their magic. The rain on Monday morning came at a perfect time. (aerial photos by [email protected])

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