Roger Chapman

After torrential midweek rain, @CopdockOlCC welcomes @MildenhallCrick tomorrow for the penultimate @ThurlowNunnEAPL game to the #copdockeverglades. Win the toss and … 🤿 . Watch out for🐊 and 🐍 ! 😳

@Melliscricket @CopdockOlCC @GtWitchinghamCC @ThurlowNunnEAPL @ParkersPitches @DennisMowers 🤣

@RogerChapman57 @CopdockOlCC @GtWitchinghamCC @ThurlowNunnEAPL @ParkersPitches @DennisMowers With cracks starting to show ?

@CopdockOlCC welcomes @GtWitchinghamCC tomorrow in the @ThurlowNunnEAPL Deck is used, tired and dry… much like the curators! 😳 @ParkersPitches @DennisMowers

@suffolkcricket @StaffsCricket @CopdockOlCC @BinderLoams Day 3… still a better surface than the A14! 🍻 also still flowing, despite the best efforts of some @StaffsCricket supporters to drink the bar dry 👏👏 @suffolkcricket @CopdockOlCC @ParkersPitches

Another long day in the dirt ahead for day 2 of @suffolkcricket and @StaffsCricket here at @CopdockOlCC … @BinderLoams holding up very well… 🍻 restocked overnight… come on down!

@suffolkcricket won the toss here at @CopdockOlCC and, not surprisingly, will bat first vs @StaffsCricket … Forecast is set to ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ for the next three days… come on down for 🍻 and 🏏! @ParkersPitches @DennisMowers @BarenbrugUK

Bit late on the day… here’s tomorrow’s @ThurlowNunnEAPL deck for @CopdockOlCC vs @SwardestonCC . Looks like being a bit cloudy after a possibly damp dawn … deck’s dry, of course and the outfield should be pretty quick! @DennisMowers @auto_roller @ParkersPitches

@tombanks19 Top man! Had a few in both over the years… sadly a long haul from sunny Suffolk, so don’t get to the hills much these days. 😤

@RogerChapman57 Both 🍻. Be rude not to on a day like this, got to rehydrate 😉

😎 What a day in the sun 😎 Despite being born in the Lake District, today was the first time I’ve walked round Buttermere 🤦🏼‍♂️ Absolutely amazing scenery and some quality family time which was needed after a few busy weeks!

Final prep for tomorrow’s @ThurlowNunnEAPL @CopdockOlCC vs @AshbartonCC … scorchio forecast, so make sure to stay hydrated! 🍻🍻🍻@ParkersPitches @DennisMowers @auto_roller

Another @CopdockOlCC 🛣️ ready for tomorrow’s @ThurlowNunnEAPL vs @Withamcc … hopefully the forecast overnight ☔️ is kind to us. Sneak preview of Sunday’s U13s girls KO final deck too - we spoil them! @ParkersPitches @suffolkcricket @DennisMowers

New deck ready for tomorrow’s @ThurlowNunnEAPL @CopdockOlCC v @FrintonCC … looks a belter, and outfield double-cut for good measure! 69ao probably… 😳 @ParkersPitches @DennisMowers @ICL_Turf @BarenbrugUK

@kemturf @ThurlowNunnEAPL @CopdockOlCC @DownhamStowCC @ParkersPitches @DennisMowers @BarenbrugUK @ICL_Turf Hi Kane - good to hear from you… fantastic pix from Carrow Rd mate, must catch up sometime. IIRC, we are are 6mm for this one… just starting to crack a bit in places. Pity those folks with no borehole… (estimated) clip vol is very low for time of year!

@RogerChapman57 @ThurlowNunnEAPL @CopdockOlCC @DownhamStowCC @ParkersPitches @DennisMowers @BarenbrugUK @ICL_Turf Hey Roger! Whats you’re HOC? Looks awesome as always!

Deck ready for tomorrow’s @ThurlowNunnEAPL fixture at @CopdockOlCC , welcoming @DownhamStowCC to the Oval for the first time. Hopefully it’s a classic Copdock road… 🤞🏻Bar open all day - come on down! @ParkersPitches @DennisMowers @BarenbrugUK @ICL_Turf

New deck ready for tomorrow’s @ThurlowNunnEAPL @CopdockOlCC v @SudburyCC … Nice and dry, but no need to stay that way… bar’s open all day! 🤣 @BarenbrugUK @auto_roller @DennisMowers @ParkersPitches

1st @ThurlowNunnEAPL deck of the season for @CopdockOlCC v @BuryStEdmundsCC … bit green, but pretty hard for the time of year. Go well tomorrow! @ParkersPitches @auto_roller

@Melliscricket Tidy! 👏

So with a final light trim & a liquid iron/seaweed boost that’s a wrap for 2024 here at Thornham A very happy new new year to all the groundies,players,supporters and whole cricket family out there. May 2025 bring you lots of runs, wickets, catches , laughs and beers ..#gowell

@Copdockcoach @AchillesYouth @ParkersPitches @SuffolkFA @suffolkcricket 😳🤣

Boys learning some new skills today as we did our first ever mid season renos on the 3 pitches that have already supported 50 games this year , thanks as ever to ⁦@ParkersPitches⁩ for fab support ⁦@AchillesYouth⁩ ⁦@SuffolkFA⁩ ⁦@suffolkcricket⁩

@Melliscricket Looking good Faz! 👏

Long way to go but could not be happier with the condition of the square atm . The recent frosts and treatment appear to have knocked the Fusarium back and the sward looks healthy. Maybe a light verti- groom soon if conditions allow .

Quick tidy-up cut of the squares today, followed by the lesser-spotted @DennisMowers FT sarel roller … and breathe! Nice when the sun shines…@ParkersPitches @ThurlowNunnEAPL @BarenbrugUK