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Epworth Mariner
February 12, 2021, 9:17am
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Just wondering if a frozen pitch will be a risk on Saturday?
Temperature well below freezing for next few days .........
Do we cover the pitch? Even if we do it could be rock hard......

It’s over 30 degrees out here.......heat from the blast furnaces!
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February 12, 2021, 9:45am
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It will be off
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February 12, 2021, 9:58am
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Covering the pitch would probably have made it worse.  Leaving the snow on the pitch until the last minute is always best as it insulates the ground from any frost.

In Clee any remaining snow has packed into ice in most places, although areas that have had sunshine (which we've got plenty of today) are clear, ground is heavy but not frozen solid.  But it would be the parts of the ground where we don't get any sunshine, mainly the bit in of the Upper Smiths, that I think will be the big danger.

There's odd patches where the snow hasn't packed to ice yet and hopefully this is the situation at BP.

Met Office says temps aren't going to get above 0 until midday tomorrow.  I'd definitely say it's doubtful.
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February 12, 2021, 11:19am

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if its off it might be a good thing.

It will give the new lads another week to get to know each other and another weeks practice together.


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February 12, 2021, 11:31am
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Its going to be pretty windy so i think that will help.
Probably be less of a mudbath if it a bit frozen.
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Correct me if I’m wrong but it must be years since we had a home game off for a frozen pitch, anyone know?

On that info alone I highly doubt it’ll be off given the forecast
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February 12, 2021, 11:45am
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Call it off at the last minute like Barrow did to us😁
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February 12, 2021, 11:45am
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Dunno about the rest of you, but I'd quite like to not waste two hours and £10 of my day tomorrow.
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February 12, 2021, 12:10pm
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We had a game v York that was called off for a frozen pitch.  A few years ago, around Xmas.  

No surprise at the time I remember. We had had a few days of sub-zero temperatures.
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February 12, 2021, 12:18pm

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We've had some of the coldest Feb nights on record, so it's not a normal situation. My garden is hard as rock, about half a mile from BP.
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