Baseball DIY

Not all clubs have the luxury of a ground that they can develop, and especially in the south-east, where land it at a premium, clubs often find they have to make compromises in order to produce a playable facility.

Something we faced as a club, was being forced to move to a new location, after losing our previous ground.

Although Christ’s College came to the rescue, after every other school and council facility in Guildford and surrounding areas had turned us down, it was with a caveat. We couldn’t remove turf on any areas covered by the football or rugby pitches. As such, it meant that only the home plate area could have turf removed.

As much as it was an issue for the 1B, 2B and 3B areas, the biggest problem, was the mound area. We were faced with an option of pitching off the flat, buying a ready made portable mound for approx. £3,000 or coming up with our own home made solution.

Last year, we saw DIY Mound v1 courtesy of the club’s great friend, Richard Williams, although after a couple of seasons, it was past it’s best. Now we move onto DIY Mound v2, courtesy of Tim Bawden.

The following is the progress being made on v2, and it is fully on course for opening day…….once those football and rugby goalposts have been removed!

Pitching rubber section…..

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Underside of pitching rubber section…..

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Structure complete……

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Ready for turf…..

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4 Responses to Baseball DIY

  1. Jeremie 28/04/2016 at 1:52 am #

    Do you have plans for this mound?

    • Michael Burdett 28/04/2016 at 5:04 am #

      Hi Jeremie,

      I’m sure we can get some plans for you. One of our team is a carpenter, and he constructed it based on some standard mound dimensions. Let me put you in touch with him, and see what he can provide for you.

      Regards,

      Michael

      • jason 06/02/2023 at 12:57 am #

        Do you still have the dimensions?

        • Michael Burdett 26/02/2023 at 8:22 pm #

          Hi Jason.
          Are you still interested in the dimensions of the wooden mound we built? It was 8ft x 4ft, as the standard size of mdf was the deciding factor. But if you want more info, drop me an email at michael@guildfordbaseball.co.uk

          Regards,

          MIchael

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