Magazine - Articles by John Richards

The Keynote Interview - Eddie Seaward
7 Apr 2012 - People - John Richards - Issue 41 -
This first in a new series of interviews with some of the sports turf industry’s leading individuals features someone who is considered by many to be the groundsman’s groundsman.

Waterloo Bowls Club in need of a financial boost
11 Dec 2011 - Bowls - John Richards - Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011
It’s grim up north - and it certainly was the day John Richards attended the Waterloo Championships Finals at Blackpool in September. He found a venue in some serious need of a financial boost to keep it going

Short Circuit
21 Jul 2010 - Racing - John Richards - Issue 31 - Jun / Jul 2010
The mention of Plumpton generally brings a smile to people’s faces, with a comment about it being a great name and, if the person concerned is, let’s say, of a more mature nature, is inevitably followed by a rendition of Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb ...

Divided We Fall
10 Mar 2008 - Editorial - John Richards - 1 comment
I’m not a Groundsman or a Greenkeeper. Nor am I, come to that, anyone who has any particular detailed knowledge of this sports turf industry.

MCG – Boxing Day Test Delay
3 Jan 2006 - Cricket - John Richards - 1 comment
The Pitchcare Message Board has received a few comments regarding the delay to the Boxing Day Test match between Australia and South Africa at the MCG. I was in Melbourne at the time and, for what it's worth, here is my opinion...

Renovating Down Under
20 Dec 2005 - General Sports - John Richards - 7 comments
Melbourne is at the bottom end of Australia. Earlier in the year it was voted the world’s number one city in which to live based on a whole host of criteria relating to quality of life. It has a reputation of being a city which, weather-wise, can experience all four seasons in one day. Of late, however, the summer season has been the predominant one.