Pitch perfect! Wyberton FC receive £2,500 grant to help Causeway playing surface

The Pitch Preparation Fund was set up in support of the game, which is currently facing unprecedented challenges because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Fund is providing grants to clubs that have lost out on normal revenue streams during this difficult period.

The funding will enable the Colts, who play in the Lincolnshire League and have various other senior and junior sides, to prepare their football pitches so that they are match-fit for when it is safe to play football again, following Government advice.

They can use their grant towards to help pay for the cost of materials, work such as verti-draining, chain harrowing, rolling, over-seeding, fertilising, weed-killing, and routine preparatory work such as grass cutting and the setting out and line-marking of pitches.

Clubs and other organisations are also being given access to the Football Foundation Groundskeeping Community.

This is a free online resource the Foundation developed with The FA and the Grounds Management Association, containing advice and guidance.

Anyone in the Boston area can sign up here.

Robert Sullivan, interim chief executive of the Football Foundation, said: “This is a vital grant to help Wyberton get their pitches match-fit.

“The Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation exists to help provide quality infrastructure at the lower-levels of the game.

"Pitch Preparation Fund grants like this one are giving a helping hand to clubs across the country to get their playing surfaces ready for when the game is allowed to begin again following government advice.”

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