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Apr, 2016

Field Maintenance Tips / Schedule

Hello NELL Community,

We just wanted to relay to you some points regarding field maintenance. 

* Game Day Maintenance - As a general rule, the scheduled Home team is responsible for preparing the field for play.  This includes raking the field as needed, getting the bases, lining the field and anything else that may be required to start the game.  The Away team is responsible for post game maintenance which includes raking the field, putting away the bases, fixing the pitchers mound and anything else that would be helpful to the team playing the next game.

However, anybody can help at any time.  The more hands at work, the quicker it gets done.  Also, we are looking for a little bit of parent help here.  We would really like to have our managers focused on the kids rather than field maintenance tasks, and we feel you do too!

* Raking Tips - We would like to ask that when raking the infield, please make sure you are raking in the opposite direction of the lip.  Over the past few years, we have taken several steps to remove any significant buildup of dirt, generally in the base paths between home to first and third to home.  And, we have widened the base paths so that the large rakes that we use can fit in the base path when raking in the proper direction.   Thanks very much in advance for your cooperation!

* Weekend Field Maintenance Schedule - We also ask that each parent volunteer a little bit of time on one weekend during the season.  We found some success scheduling by teams rather than individual.  The schedule can be found using the document link below.... 

nell field maintenance.pdf

Again thanks in advance for your help! 

The NELL Board

Newtown Edgmont Little League (NELL)

323 Bishop Hollow Rd 
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
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