LESSON 6 ASSIGNMENT

1. What can be done to minimise damage in the goal squares of a soccer ground which has lost all grass cover, and become muddy and slippery - keeping in mind that the ground MUST be used again within 1 week. Provide and compare 3 alternative solutions. (Write between 1 sentence and 1 paragraph for each)

2. A bowling green in your locality is vandalised 3 weeks before an important tournament. Most (95- 98%) of the grass is still OK but patches over the entire green are burnt through someone putting some type of poison (it is suspected) on the surface. What can be done? Suggest three options, and compare them in terms of cost to implement, and likely outcomes. (Write only a couple of lines for each option).

3. Develop a method of determining the load capacity of a sports ground (i.e. how much it can be used - number of people, duration of use, frequency of use, etc.).

4. Compare the following options for minimising damage to an over-used sports ground. • Use a lesser quality area of grass (e.g. a council park), for training/practice sessions. • Have junior teams travel more than 10km to use a different facility for their games. • Make the ground larger, and remark the ground periodically, so as to move the location of heavy use areas (i.e. so the section of turf used as a goal square changes from time to time). • Increase maintenance effort (and expenditure). Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each option (Write up to 1 page).