Weekends

Not as common as they used to be. Occasionally, Wardens might take a pitch out of use, for example if it’s had some fool who hasn’t taken up a groundsheet inside an awning for three weeks, and the grass has gone sour. In past years, pitch markers could be moved slightly to accommodate this, but things are tight nowadays. Plus the Club likes to maximise every opportunity to extract cash.

We saw a rare sight early this year, a full row of pitches designated out of use. Cable work happening overhead.......York Rowntree Park as well😱 Couple of nights and they were quickly back up and running. Ready for the flooding a few weeks later.....poor York☹️

 In the "old days" when spacings were not so "critical?" it was possible 

There are still many sites on the network with a large amount of grass pitches   look at a few site maps they will show what type each sites pitches are 

.The "old days" as i posted, your theory? may have worked on some sites  but these days grass pitches on most sites cannot be "rotated" as it would mean a whole area having to be "rotated" to keep the required spacings ,and at peak times that would not be possible 

Last year as an example when we were at Seacroft ,  the site staff had a problem with inconsiderate use of ground sheets  ,and had to take grass  pitches out of use to "rest/recover as pitch markers could not be moved

In comparison with hard standings grass pitches are very few in number across the whole network. As for those sites mentioned in my experience those that manage the sites, manage these effectively and correctly with little if any inconvenience to us members!