One direction for One Leisure's Head Groundsman, Rob Bradshaw ... up!

Rob Bradshaw is one ambitious young man, and his stated aim is to get to the top of his profession. He played football for his school team, but realised that he didn’t have the talent to become a professional footballer. So, he took, for him, the next best course of action; to work as a groundsman

General Sports - Robert Bradshaw - 22 hours ago - 1 comment

The Greenhouse Stadium - after Elton John has left town

In issue 38 of our magazine, the Shrewsbury Town groundsmen, Richard Barnett and Andrew Muir gave us a detailed account of preparing for, and renovating after, an Elton John concert on the Greenhouse pitch. Here, Andrew offers an update on how the pitch is currently performing.

Football - Andrew Muir - 3 days ago

Maintaining golf greens in an aggressive manner

When Greg Evans ‘came out’ about maintaining greens in an aggressive manner (such as cutting at heights as low as 2mm), a huge amount of debate and discussion followed, questioning the merits of such a method. Some commented that the greens would be dead within three years. Others said that the approach was irresponsible at best and suicidal at worst. A silent few also maintained their greens in this fashion, but they went about their business without comment.

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