Quick coupler anchor

An in ground irrigation system, comprising:

• a valve having a central vertical axis and threaded onto a pipe about said vertical axis, said valve including a valve body having a plurality of flats about said axis;
• an anchor for securement to said valve and including an anchor body disposed in the ground and extending at least partially about said valve, said anchor body including no more than two plates spaced from one another and extending generally vertically in discrete planes non parallel to one another and which planes, when extended, intersect one another along a generally vertical line laterally offset from said axis;
• and
• a connecting member carried by said anchor body connecting said plates to one another, said connecting member and said plates defining a lateral opening for receiving and engaging said valve, said lateral opening defined by a plurality of angularly related flats facing inwardly towards and engaging the flats of said valve body to substantially preclude rotation of the valve relative to the anchor body in response to a torque applied to the valve to open or close the valve, wherein said connecting member including an arm having a first flat of said plurality of anchor body flats lying in generally horizontal registration with a second flat of said plurality of anchor body flats, said first and second anchor body flats lying diametrically opposite one another and to one side of said vertical line and on opposite sides of said lateral opening, said first flat parallel to said first plate and said second flat perpendicular to said second plate.