A NEW irrigation and pop up sprinkler system has been installed at Holker Street.

The system will both make the pitch easier to maintain and also provide a slicker, faster flowing surface on match days.

With heavy machinery on the pitch to complete the construction of a roof on the Holker Street End, groundsman Gareth Morgan and his team were unable to start any preparation work on the pitch ahead of the 2020/21 season until that project had been completed.

With this in mind, they took advantage of that time to install a drainage, irrigation and pop up sprinkler system under the pitch. The pitch has also been full re-seeded and dressed to get it as good as new.