Magazine - Articles by Laurence Gale MSc (Page 2)

New stadium for St Helens Rugby League Club
3 Dec 2011 - Rugby - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011
St Helens RLFC are nearing the completion of their new St Helens Stadium, which will officially open next January in time for the 2012 Super League season.

Going underground - where does potash come from?
26 Nov 2011 - General Sports - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011 - 1 comment
So, where does potash come from? Laurence Gale dons some rather natty orange shorts to meet up with Neil Rowley of Cleveland Potash, to discover the answers

McNab Sports on Royal Warrant, Health & Safety, recruitment, training and tendering
14 Nov 2011 - Industry - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011
McNab Sports was established in 1985 by Duncan and Maggie McNab. The company is proud that it is one of the few companies within the industry that has been awarded a Royal Warrant by Her Majesty the Queen, for the maintenance work on the golf course at Balmoral Castle.

Stratford upon Avon Golf Club taking the short cut route for their greens
9 Nov 2011 - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011
From allotments to the Ryder Cup, Stratford upon Avon Golf Club has an interesting history as our editor discovers when he meets Head Greenkeeper, Howard Middlebrook

Village cricket is a funny old game!
5 Nov 2011 - Cricket - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011 - 5 comments
The local cricket club is often the hub of village life. But, how do these clubs survive with just a few willing volunteers, minimal financial input and equipment that would be better suited to the British Lawnmower Museum? Or is the situation not that bleak? Our editor visits two local rivals to find out how they survive.

Premier service at Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf and Spa
3 Nov 2011 - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011
Justin Lee has been head greenkeeper at the eighteen hole Premier course ever since it was built back in 1989. In fact, he was part of the construction crew that shaped and set out the course under the guidance off the course designer, Tim Rouse.

Shrewsbury Town FC combat the Greenhous Effect
30 Oct 2011 - Football - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011
The groundstaff at Greenhous Meadow, home of Shrewsbury Town Football Club, have been overseeing the recovery of the pitch following the staging of the club’s first ever concert, an evening with Elton John

Fiddlers Ferry Golf Club's powerful neighbour
29 Oct 2011 - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011
Laurence Gale MSc heads to Merseyside to look at an interesting project in the shadow of the imposing Fiddlers Ferry Power Station

Brothers in arms
15 Oct 2011 - Rugby - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011 - 1 comment
Graeme Balmer has joined his brother, Stadium Manager Dave Balmer, at the Kingsholm Stadium, home of Gloucester RFC. Laurence Gale MSc catches up with the duo to find out how they are both coping

Polo in the Park
13 Oct 2011 - Equestrian - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011
Polo is getting the T20 treatment as the public’s thirst for fast and furious sport ekes into the equestrian world. Polo in the Park, now in its third year and already winner of London Sport Attraction of the Year, is attracting large crowds to the former home of the sport.

How did it get to this?
11 Oct 2011 - Industry - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011
How does a new grass seed come to market? Laurence Gale MSc follows the trail from collecting initial species to harvesting the final plant