McLean Park, Napier

​No sooner had legendary singer, Tom Jones, finished belting
out the final notes of his sole New Zealand concert at McLean
Park, Napier in April, than Mexteds moved in to begin a major
renovation of the outfield and removal of the permanent clay
block in the centre of the field. The outfield is a Motz ECLIPSE hybrid turf, originally installed by HG Turf Group from Australia in 2018.
The surface must be renovated on a regular basis, and this
latest resurfacing was part of the long term maintenance plan and in line with HG Turf Group’s hybrid turf warranties.
Mexteds used a Koro Topmaker unit to remove organic matter, followed by grooving and sweeping to clean up remaining turf debris and stand up the hybrid fibres.
The area was then top dressed with turf sand and broomed to further stand up the hybrid turf fibres, before fertilising and dimple seeding.
Mexteds also removed the old permanent clay cricket block in the centre of the park and reinstated the area to match the rest of the park’s outfield, with geotextile cloth, Megaflo drainage pipe, drainage chip and turf sand.