Magazine - Articles by Laurence Gale MSc (Page 3)

On the night shift ...
8 Sep 2011 - Football - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Dan Duffy, Head Groundsman at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, is renowned for his early starts, as our editor found out to his cost!

Mark earns respect
6 Sep 2011 - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Mark Smith, the new Course Manager at Olton Golf Club, is making important changes to the maintenance regimes at the club - and keeping the members fully informed

Blake's Heaven!
28 Aug 2011 - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
As projects go, twenty-three years seems a long time, but this is Kim Blake’s ongoing commitment to the ecology and economy at Fulford Heath Golf Club.

The Morris Men!
27 Aug 2011 - Racing - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Warwick Racecourse has certainly played its part in the history of horseracing - most notably when it became the first course to include a jump race in its programme, establishing National Hunt racing as it is known today.

The ‘Young’ Ones
25 Aug 2011 - Industry - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011 - 1 comment
Marcus Young runs a small contracting business in Milton Keynes. A recently lost contract forced him to review his working practices, especially industry accreditations.

Worth-while ...
24 Aug 2011 - Industry - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011 - 1 comment
Our second article on contractors features Worth Draining, who began trading over twenty-five years ago. Laurence Gale MSc talks to the company’s Contracts Manager, Paul Simpson

The Pass Master!
22 Aug 2011 - Industry - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Carl Pass can count fifty percent of Premiership clubs as his clients. Here, he talks to our editor about how he began his business and the learning curves that the industry keeps throwing at him.

High tec, high spec and high expectations
20 Aug 2011 - Editorial - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Laurence Gale MSc looks at the role of the contractor in today’s highly competitive and ever changing marketplace

Keeping Tracks
18 Aug 2011 - Cricket - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011 - 2 comments
A phone call from Ian Maddocks, Head Groundsman at Knowle & Dorridge Cricket Club, prompted a visit to see preparations for a County Select XI game between Warwickshire and Yorkshire.

St Ives - Cracking up!
6 Aug 2011 - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc
The vagaries of the English weather are playing havoc with the growing in process at one of the country’s newest courses, St Ives in Cambridgeshire. Laurence Gale MSc met up with Course Manager, Phil Gates MG, to find out how the land lies or, should that be, cracks?