Whether it's a cricket wicket mower, cricket square mower or a cricket outfield mower Dennis have the ideal product range for cricket ground maintenance. From cricket aeration to cricket scarifying, Cricket pitches have to be in tip-top condition throughout the season and Dennis has the full range of equipment for the complete turf maintenance, lawn mowing and ground maintenance that your cricket club - and cricket pitch - needs.
The Dennis FT interchangeable cassette system is the ideal cricket wicket and square mower. With a choice of 11 different cassette options including scarifiers, verticutters, brushes, spikers and slitters as well as a 9 blade cutter cassette, the FT offers groundsmen maximum versatility from a single power unit. Cassettes can be changed over in approx 60 seconds without the need for any tools.
This dedicated machine incorporates a large diameter 8 bladed cutting cylinder giving maximum performance in both short and long grasses ensuring a quality finish.
The PRO 34R is a 34" (860mm) rotary mower designed to help groundsmen achieve an aesthetically pleasing appearance and desired playing surface.
The Razor Ultra 560 has been developed to specifically meet the demands of cricket pitches. The mower is perfect for cutting the cricket wicket or square. This cricket pitch mower has a 560mm (22") cutting width and incorporates many key features, 11 bladed cutting cylinder, ultra short wheelbase for undulating surfaces, tungsten tipped groomer, click height adjusters and stub free transport wheels.
The Razor is a superbly balanced, easy to manoeuvre fine turf mower which is ideal for cricket pitches, cricket squares and cricket wickets. An 11 bladed cutting cylinder ensures an ultra fine finish and has an ultra short wheelbase for undulating surfaces. This professional mower is designed with cricket pitch maintenance in mind.
Our newest machine, strong, simple design with 20" (51cm) and 24" (61cm) cutting widths. Excellent quality cut for this dedicated professional mower. Ideal for cricket square preparation and turf maintenance.
An ideal cricket square mower built on the FT principle, the Super Six is almost the same with simpler height of cut adjustment. Available as 17" (43cm), 20" (51cm) and 24" (61cm) widths. Interchange cassette system giving option to fit 10 different heads including scarifiers, verticutters, brushes, spikers and slitters as well as 5 or 9 blade cutter cassettes with 15 seconds changeover of cassettes.
Cricket square or outfield mowers with an interchangeable cassette system. Groundsmen achieve maximum machine versatility by choosing from a selection of 11 different cassettes including scarifiers, verticutters, brushes, spikers, slitters as well as 6 or 8 bladed cutter cylinders. Cassettes can be changed over in approx 60 seconds.
A superbly balanced cricket square and cricket outfield mower available in both 30" (76cm) and 36" (91cm) cutting widths with either diesel or petrol engine and an electric start. Excellent stripe pattern and rolling characteristics. Available with an attachable seat option.
The S500 PLUS is an easy to use 'dual-purpose' machine and is ideal for maintaining cricket pitches. The machine has a 510mm (20") operating width and has interchangeable spiker and slotter reels. The spiker reel punches through the "surface pan" allowing air, water and fertiliser to penetrate the root zone, whilst the slotter reel creates ideal seed germination pockets. An optional seed box is available.
The hand slotters and spikers have interchangeable reels with replaceable wearing parts and are ideal for maintenance of small areas on a cricket pitch.
The FT510 is such a good quality mower, I would definitely buy another when we need one, if at all. I reckon this mower will last forever.
We can't fault it. The proper tool for the job. We use the Razor to prepare the square and strip - it's so easy to adjust the height of cut. It does what it says on the tin.
The FT510 is British Engineering at its best.
The Dennis and SISIS Groundcare Seminar took place at St. Albans School, Woollam Trust Playing Fields on Tuesday 19 February with delegates all claiming it was a huge success.
For a number of years, the Dennis and SISIS pre-season indoor seminars have toured the country and have successfully seen over 1800 ground staff in attendance.
Ian Smith, turf consultant for St Albans School, Woollam Trust Playing Fields, has reported excellent results from using the combination of a Dennis G860 cassette system and a Dennis Razor fine turf mower on the cricket pitches.
Over 130 cricket groundsmen made their way to Cheltenham College for the second ever Dennis and SISIS’ Cricket Pitch Renovation Day, which featured a mix of thought provoking indoor presentations and outdoor practical demonstrations.
After a complete fleet renewal at Merchant Taylors’ School, grounds manager Richard Ayling has continued to put his trust in Dennis by purchasing a G860 and a G30D cylinder mower to add to the two G860’s the school already had.
Dennis and SISIS have announced the date for their popular cricket renovation day for 2018. The event will be held at Cheltenham College on 7 August and those wishing to attend are encouraged to register soon to avoid disappointment.
After Richard Ayling, grounds manager at Merchant Taylors’ School, drew up a shortlist of new potential machinery to purchase, the Dennis Razor fine turf mower saw off competition to receive a unanimous vote from himself and his team.
Andy Richards, grounds manager at Shrewsbury School, has added to his existing fleet of Dennis mowers after recently purchasing three new Dennis FT510’s and two new G760’s.
Glenn Davies, grounds manager at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire has claimed that he chooses Dennis because of the “strength, history, quality and durability” of the mowers.
Dennis and SISIS recently hosted their first ever Cricket Pitch Renovation Day which has been hailed a huge success.
Over the past few years Dennis and SISIS have held pre-season indoor seminars for anyone responsible for the maintenance of a cricket pitch. The seminars, which have taken place at various venues across the country, have brought together over 1100 cricket groundsmen from grass roots, local and county clubs, international test venues, local authorities and schools and colleges.
Dennis and SISIS have announced that they will be holding their hugely popular cricket seminar on February 16 at Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.
Groundsmen from all levels of cricket will be able to refresh their education on a variety of topics including spinning pitches, frustrations of a cricket groundsman, spring maintenance on a budget and pre-season in a marquee.
Pedestrian scarifiers are essential for removal and control of thatch on sports fields including cricket pitches. The SISIS Auto Rotorake Mk5, Rotorake 450 and Rotorake 602 & 602S are powered scarifiers suited to cricket ground maintenance. They are heavy duty machines to suit your cricket scarifier needs.
The SISIS Veemo Mk2 and Rotorake TM1000 tractor mounted scarifiers are used for maximum thatch removal and offer fast ground coverage, ideal for large areas such as cricket pitches and all elements of cricket ground maintenance.
Pedestrian aerators keep cricket pitches, cricket wickets and cricket outfields in prime condition and SISIS offer the Supaturfman and Dart for your cricket ground maintenance requirements. These aerators are independently powered.
The SISIS range of tractor-mounted aerators comprises four machines which are suitable for cricket grounds maintenance. The Multitiner 1.8m, Multitiner 1.2m, Mounted Rolaspike and Javelin Aer-Aid are versatile machines which can be used for cricket pitch maintenance. The Multitiner machines are tractor-mounted drum aerators, the Rolaspike is a tractor-mounted Sarel type roller and the Javelin is a vertical action, air-injection aerator.
SISIS Megaslit, Maxislit and Multislit are deep slitters suitable for use on fine or outfield turf. Their deep clean slitting action with minimal surface marking are ideal for cricket ground maintenance requirements.
Single pass maintenance system incorporates a mounted frame which accepts a variety of different implements for use on both turf and hard porous surfaces.
The SISIS Towed Implement Frame is designed specifically for daily maintenance of artificial surfaces, keeping it in good playing condition and maximising surface life. Ideal for towing behind small compact garden tractors and perfect for cricket ground maintenance.
The SISIS Variseeder 1300 is a versatile tractor-mounted seeder that is ideal for cricket pitch maintenance. Its seeding rate is variable and is simple and accurate to set by Zero-Max box lending itself well to use on crciket pitches, wickets and outfields.
The SISIS range of tractor-mounted sweepers include two - Litamina 1200 & 1500 and Litamisa 1800 - which can be used on cricket pitches. The Litamina and Litamisa sweep and collect all kinds of surface debris aiding cricket ground maintenance.
The SISIS Osca 3 is a tractor mounted oscillating brush that is equally effective on natural and synthetic turf. This means it is ideally suited for a range of requirements from artificial pitches to sports fields, especially cricket grounds.
The versatility of Sisis's tractor mounted brushes - Varibrush and Flexibrush mean they are ideal tools for artificial and synthetic turf maintenance as well as cricket ground maintenance.
The Flexi400 is an interchangeable unit designed for fast and effective coverage on large areas such as cricket outfields. It has seven fully floating heads, allowing it to follow ground contours and can be used for dew removal, striping and lifting grasses.
The SISIS Powaspred is ideally suited for cricket ground maintenance with an infinitely variable spreading rate and an oscillating base plate to reduce bridging.
The wide range of SISIS hand operated tools will enable you to effectively maintain your cricket pitch - from cricket wickets to cricket squares and cricket outfields
The SISIS Trulevel is a bowling green roller that can also be used for maintenance of cricket wickets. Over-riding action on slight hollows allows level areas to be firmly rolled, whilst low areas are left, so that the playing surface is progressively levelled. Outer rollers can be raiesed concentrating the whole weight on the centtre cylinder if required.
The SISIS Truspred is a versatile hand operated spreader and top dresser for application of grass seed or top dressing material to small areas such as cricket squares.
| Client | Mower | Web Address |
|---|---|---|
| Lord's Cricket Ground | Dennis Premier | www.lords.org |
| Durham CCC | Dennis Premier | www.durhamccc.co.uk |
| Glamorgan CCC | Dennis FT | www.glamorgancricket.com |
| Sussex CCC | Dennis FT | www.sussexcricket.com |
| Warwickshire CCC | Dennis FT | www.edgbaston.com |
| Elvaston CC | Dennis Simplex | www.elvaston.play-cricket.com |
You are likely to find you may have accumulated some surface debris on the square on your return from Christmas break. The sward will not be able to survive due to lack of light and could die, so it’s important to remove them. Many clubs often put up temporary fences around their squares to protect them.
February sees the beginning of a number of activities such as, brushing, verti-cutting, mowing, light rolling and fertilising to prepare the sward/grass surfaces for the forth-coming playing season.
If you haven’t already, start your pre-season rolling. Mow outfields at 25mm, give them a light harrow and aeration, as you will find they need some attention
Planning your workload will help you meet objectives. Squares require scarifying, rolling, mowing and marking out; not to mention your outfield which needs aerating, harrowing and raking.
Start your pitch prepration 10-12 days prior to the first match of the season and following the guidelines laid out in April's maintenance calendar will result in a good standard of pitch.
Your pitch preparations, mowing and marking will now be in full swing as the season starts to get very busy. Follow the 10-12 day guidelines and try to produce a wicket that is consistent and offers fast medium pace. Make sure those lines are accurate and straight and begin the month by fully irrigating the square if you haven't done so already.
You can help promote new pitches and re-establish old strips by maintaining consistent moisture levels. Uniform irrigation of the square is important as pitches come out of use.
Regular mowing and scarifying of the square will need to be continued whilst preparing pitches, as you move through the month. Make sure your machinery is up to the task with regular service.
September can be the busiest time for some groundsmen. Those who have a few weeks left of their season will be busy planning end of season activities, whilst others will be turning their attentions to more important issues such as end of season renovations.
As the curtain falls on yet another season, the weather for the start of October sees record temperatures around the country, reaching as high as 29.4 degrees in the south.
As summer time ends and winter begins, renovation programmes on cricket squares should by now have been completed. With the north of England and Scotland suffering from high winds and low pressure systems, the Midlands and Southern parts are basking in warm day time temperatures, which, continuing into October has certainly helped in getting germination on the square.
Hopefully, by now, you should have managed to complete your end of season renovations and germination has been successful and any loam dressings will by now have settled down. It is important to go into the winter months with a good sward cover.
The Dennis reputation for quality began in 1922 and has grown ever since. Quality influences our approach at every stage and shapes our attitude towards delivering excellent equipment capable of creating a world class finish every time.
Team Dennis work harder to offer more support to more customers more of the time, whether at grass roots level or with professional users. That’s why you’ll see our machines on the best pitches, greens and fine lawns around the world.
At every stage of the lifecycle of a Dennis mower our team of engineers and sales support are here to help you with any technical advice. We are committed to deliver the highest levels of customer service with website, videos, catalogues, advice and help. The dealerships that represent Dennis products are carefully selected to ensure customers receive first class professional support. Whatever you need, our dealers will always be there to help.
Take hold of a Dennis mower and you'll feel the difference immediately. Solidly built, well balanced and a joy to operate.
At Dennis we understand the importance of reducing machine downtime so we carry a vast stock of spare parts. In addition, our online resource of operator manuals makes it even easier to identify the correct part number.
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Over 130 cricket groundsmen made their way to Cheltenham College for the second ever Dennis and SISIS’ Cricket Pitch Renovation Day, which featured a mix of thought provoking indoor presentations and outdoor practical demonstrations.
Cricket end of season renovation seminar with Dennis Mowers. The recent Dennis Mowers end of season Cricket Groundsman’s Seminar saw over 150 cricket groundsmen attend the day which was hosed at St Albans School Woollam Trust in Hertfordshire.
A packed, enthusiastic audience of groundsmen attended the spring Dennis and SISIS seminar at the Emirates Stadium in Durham.
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