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February Golf Diary
Golf - By Laurence Gale MSc (17 Feb 07 11:00)
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February Bowls Diary
Bowls - By Laurence Gale MSc (06 Feb 07 16:00)
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Mead the new boy
General Sports - By Laurence Gale MSc (06 Feb 07 13:45)
Thirteen months on from my appointment as Head Groundsman at Rugby School I could not have asked for a better year in grounds maintenance terms. The weather, commitment of the staff and the support of the governing bodies at Rugby School have been excellent. - Read Article

Sustainable Golf
Golf - By Laurence Gale MSc (29 Jan 07 14:00) - 11 comments
Sustainable golf. They have become the new ‘buzz words’ in greenkeeping circles. But what exactly is it? On the following pages one of the country’s leading exponents of sustainable golf, Paul Lowe, gives us his experiences. - Read Article

130 Fixtures and Counting
Football - By Laurence Gale MSc (18 Jan 07 9:00)
Bromsgrove Rovers is a busy football club run on a tight budget. They rely heavily on volunteers to carry out the work in and around the ground, including the maintenance of the pitch. - Read Article

SportSurf Continues to Educate
Training - By Laurence Gale MSc (12 Jan 07 13:00)
Since its inaugural meeting in November 2005 SportSurf has strived to increase the general awareness of its work in the sports surface industry. - Read Article

Floodwater Alert and Damage
Football - By Laurence Gale MSc (11 Jan 07 13:00) - 5 comments
The current heavy rainfall is certainly taking its toll, the daily deluge is affecting the condition of many pitches. With so much water now falling onto the ground pitches are becoming saturated and flooded. - Read Article

Have you some spare Chafer Grubs?
Training - By Laurence Gale MSc (08 Jan 07 10:00)
Steve Prinn, Sports Turf Lecturer at Askham Bryan College, requires 500 chafer grubs to conduct a series of trials at the college. - Read Article

January Football Diary
Football - By Laurence Gale MSc (06 Jan 07 10:00)
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January Cricket Diary
Cricket - By Laurence Gale MSc (06 Jan 07 10:00) - 2 comments
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January Rugby Diary
Rugby - By Laurence Gale MSc (05 Jan 07 12:00)
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January Tennis Diary
Tennis - By Laurence Gale MSc (05 Jan 07 9:30)
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January Golf Diary
Golf - By Laurence Gale MSc (04 Jan 07 16:00)
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January Bowls Diary
Bowls - By Laurence Gale MSc (04 Jan 07 14:00) - 4 comments
The recent very wet weather will certainly have affected your greens, with many of them now in a wet or saturated condition. - Read Article

Dudley Parks revival
Local Authority - By Laurence Gale MSc (03 Jan 07 11:00) - 1 comment
The introduction of the Compulsory Competitive Tendering Act of 1988 has, according to many people, led to a decline in the services and skills provided by local authorities. - Read Article

Ian takes control at Brocton Hall
Golf - By Laurence Gale MSc (22 Dec 06 10:00) - 2 comments
There are not many golf courses that can claim that their course record has remained unbeaten for nearly 37 years, especially with all the recent advances in golf equipment technology allegedly making the game easier to play. But Brocton Hall in Staffordshire is one such club. It currently stands at 65, and K. H Hodgkinson achieved that in 1969. - Read Article

You never quite know who you are going to meet in this job!
Golf - By Laurence Gale MSc (21 Dec 06 12:00) - 1 comment
When Pitchcare’s Laurence Gale MSc attended a Golf Education Day, organised by the English Golf Union, he bumped into Gareth Woosnam, Head Greenkeeper of Oswestry Golf Club in Shropshire, and brother of Ryder Cup Captain, Ian. - Read Article

Thatch tackled at Abridge GC
Golf - By Laurence Gale MSc (16 Dec 06 14:00) - 1 comment
Abridge Golf and Country Club, like many other south eastern Essex courses, has suffered from the extreme heat and dry weather of last year’s summer. - Read Article

Wearmouth Colliery Welfare Ground
General Sports - By Laurence Gale MSc (15 Dec 06 15:00) - 4 comments
After a couple of years outside the sports turf industry, Jonathan Buddington, the former groundsman of Ashbrooke in Sunderland and Head Groundsman of Hymers College in Hull, finds himself as the sole manager of surfaces at Wearmouth Colliery Welfare Ground at Carley Hill, Sunderland. - Read Article

December Cricket Diary
Cricket - By Laurence Gale MSc (10 Dec 06 10:50)
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