Some of the Tru Mark products we offer are used for a variety of purposes that we didn't originally foresee.

Here's an example from a customer that is responsible for marking a cricket pitch in the United Kingdom. Here's his story on how these sports field marking whiskers are being used to help save time setting up their cricket pitch.

"I help with the ground on a cricket pitch.

The "square" has 20 wickets side by side like a bowling alley surrounded by the oval outfield. Each wicket will have a set of stumps (three bits of wood sticking up) that need to be centered. When we start the new season we have to painstakingly remap these and ensure that they are all square again etc. This can take us 2-3 days, and we will also need to do it several time during the season as the paint fades etc.

We thought it would be a great idea to use the whiskers to mark the square out at the ends so that we can just find the tufts and go from there.

Each "wicket" is 66 feet long and 10 feet wide and must be lined up correctly (otherwise it looks a mess!) and as there are only two of us volunteers, anything we can find to reduce time is welcome."

Check out their Unsworth Cricket Club web site.