Sussex CCC has praised Sherriff Amenity’s range of Marathon fertiliser products, noting a vast improvement in the turf of its famous cricket pitches.


Andy Mackay, head groundsman at Sussex CCC (right) with some of his team

Andy Mackay has been head groundsman since 2008 and his team of twelve look after the County Cricket Ground in Hove, as well as the grounds at the Academy Ground, Horsham CC, and Preston Nomads CC. In order to keep the pitches to a standard of a top tier County Cricket club, Andy says he chooses products from Sherriff Amenity, who he has been working with since 2010.

“Historically I have always contacted several companies for prices on products and Sherriff Amenity has consistently been the most competitive – in fact this is the first year that I haven’t even looked elsewhere at other prices," said Andy.

“The company has been superb and the customer service is always excellent – particularly my Sherriff representative Adam Hartley who always works hard for me when I want him to and I trust him implicitly. I always receive my deliveries on time and there is never any hassle when it comes to ordering."

Amongst Sherriff Amenity’s products is the Marathon range of fertilisers which provide long-lasting, balanced growth. Andy uses Marathon Allround and Marathon Sport Summer.

“We put Marathon Allround down in early March depending on the weather and then we apply Marathon Sport Summer mid-June, which is a finer granule and is why we use this during the playing season. That gives us a base feed so it’s working in the background and then we use liquid feeds to supplement that,” said Andy.

Marathon Sport Summer has an analysis with zero phosphate and additional magnesium to provide fresh summer colour. The methylene urea content provides the extended release characteristics required to keep turf well supplied with nutrients for 12 to 16 weeks after application.

“I would definitely recommend the Sherriff Amenity products; we’ve seen a big increase in the quality of the turfs since we’ve been using the Marathon fertilisers,” he said.