Tool · deterministic, local, fail-closed
Inspect and record
Work through the same seven observations as the printed checklist. The tool returns one honest outcome — ready, needs action before use, or stop and escalate — and a printable observation record. Unanswered safety questions return no verdict at all.
Scope: natural-grass pitches at grassroots level, before a match. The outcome is guidance for the person inspecting — the formal decision about play always rests with the match official. The reasoning behind each observation is on the printed pitch inspection checklist.
This tool needs JavaScript, which is off or unavailable in your browser. The pitch inspection checklist covers the same seven observations and the same escalation rule, and prints as a tick-sheet.
How it decides
Any single stop-level observation — widespread water, unsafe footing, hazardous debris, unsafe goals or severe weather — produces stop and escalate on its own. Fixable findings produce needs action before use with the specific actions listed. Missing safety observations produce cannot determine; the tool never guesses what you did not look at.