Match off tonight frozen pitch

[CAMiller]

Well Jimmy Frost,Mary Frost & Andrew Frost did,

Is that Jimmy from the Concrete Canyon Lol?

[MILLERSTALE]

Well Jimmy Frost,Mary Frost & Andrew Frost did,

Yes but they were very thawed out 😜

[MILLERSTALE]

Yes but they were very thawed out ��

Oh I remember now a very brief girlfriend of mine lived in Parkgate the lovely Linda Frost ! Wonder whatever happened to her ? She certainly missed out ��

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Well Jimmy Frost,Mary Frost & Andrew Frost did,

Yes but they were very thawed out 😜

[Lolmorgan]

How about the parts sat in the shade cast by the south stand? oh wait...

No frost covers or professional grounds man tho.Doesn’t our groundsman know were the shaded parts are.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

No frost covers or professional grounds man tho.Doesn’t our groundsman know were the shaded parts are.

Covers don’t work that well anyway. Tend to protect a bit for air frost but not ground frost where it will still freeze under the covers.

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Covers don’t work that well anyway. Tend to protect a bit for air frost but not ground frost where it will still freeze under the covers.

Covers were supposed to protect to -2 so something as gone array ?

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Covers were supposed to protect to -2 so something as gone array ?

Here’s something for you to try.

Take something frozen out of your freezer, say for example a bag of peas. Then put it in the fridge and leave it there overnight.

Your fridge will be about 4 or 5 degrees above zero but the following day the bag of peas will still be mostly frozen.

The core temperature of the peas is “ protected’ by the bag they are in, as is the frozen ground at NYS even if covered.

Plus with a night match you might see a slight thaw during the day but after about 4-30 the temperature drops and the pitch starts hardening up again.

It looks as though we are going to get these night freezes all this week so Saturday’s match might also be off

[avondalemiller]

Here’s something for you to try.

Take something frozen out of your freezer, say for example a bag of peas. Then put it in the fridge and leave it there overnight.

Your fridge will be about 4 or 5 degrees above zero but the following day the bag of peas will still be mostly frozen.

The core temperature of the peas is “ protected’ by the bag they are in, as is the frozen ground at NYS even if covered.

Plus with a night match you might see a slight thaw during the day but after about 4-30 the temperature drops and the pitch starts hardening up again.

It looks as though we are going to get these night freezes all this week so Saturday’s match might also be off

How many times as a game been called off for this problem since we've been at NYS????

The pitch shouldn't be frozen to start with should it??? They put the covers on to protect it at the 1st sign of frost, take them off during the day for a few hours, then back on. If it's freezing during the day then we'll be struggling, but it hasn't.....

[mellowmiller]

The frost covers had been in place overnight but certain areas of the pitch - which are not exposed to sunlight during the winter months - did not and are not set to reach temperatures high enough to thaw.

Maybe I'm misreading this badly worded statement but doesn't it suggest that those areas of the pitch that are not exposed to sunlight were not covered?
How does that make any sense? Surely they are the areas that should be covered first.