Torquay United AFC is delighted to offer two sponsorship packages, with supporters now able to sponsor Plainmoor’s hallowed turf, along with the Club’s devoted Ground Staff. With the new season now underway following the opening game here at Plainmoor on Saturday against Oldham Athletic, supporters were delighted to see the newly re-laid pitch looking magnificent
With the pitch works nearing completion, we caught up with United Groundsman Julian Gouldthorpe who provided an update in the next step of the ongoing pitch renovations. The pitch is now looking very different to our previous update, with the grass now fully grown – the pitch has since had its first two cuts. With
TUAFC caught up with groundsman Julian Goldthorpe to get the next update on the pitch renovation work at Plainmoor. “Once the guys from Inscapes had finished the sandbanding, which was putting in around one hundred tonnes into the pitch to link up the drainage, they then went onto topdressing. “This is when they put the
TUAFC caught up with groundsman Julian Goldthorpe to get the latest update on the ongoing pitch renovation work at Plainmoor. “Inscapes have been sandbanding, which will link all the pitch up with the drainage system under the ground,” began Julian. “They have been going in a slight diagonal motion across the pitch. The machine itself
With the 2021/22 season now over, pitch renovation work is well underway at Plainmoor to ensure the pitch is in perfect condition next term. With Julian Goldthorpe once again overseeing the summer improvements, United’s groundsman took time out to explain some of the renovation work which began earlier this week. “We have got a professional
After battling the elements recently, United Groundsman Julian Gouldthorpe gives Official TUFC TV an update on the Plainmoor pitch. There’s also more excellent news for Julian, who reveals some personal recognition he received for his hard work earlier this month.