Magazine - Articles by Laurence Gale MSc (Page 4)

Grounds for improvement
30 Jul 2011 - Tennis - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
The Edgbaston Priory Club are embarking on a £12 million upgrade to their facilities, with considerable financial input from the LTA. Laurence Gale MSc talks to Grounds Supervisor, Stuart Smith, about life at one of the UK’s premier racquet clubs

Richard celebrates 25 years trading in style
16 Jul 2011 - Industry - Laurence Gale MSc - 1 comment
Campey Turf Care Systems is one of Europe's largest independent grounds care machinery suppliers, and this year the company has held a number of events to celebrate 25 years of trading in the sports turf industry.

From trailers to world leaders
14 Jul 2011 - Industry - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Our editor has a day out at the JCB facility in Uttoxeter, in the company of James Mead, Head Groundsman at Rugby School

The Bryce is right!
3 Jul 2011 - Cricket - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011 - 1 comment
Richard Bryce and his contracts team look after Northants CCC’s outground, the beautiful Campbell Park in Milton Keynes. It is a task he has performed, in one guise or another, for the past twenty years, as our editor reports

Magpies - two for sorrow!
20 Jun 2011 - Football - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
During last winter, Greg Smith, Stadium Manager at Notts County Football Club, had to contend with a huge dump of snow and a prolonged spell of sub-zero temperatures. Nothing unusual there, except that he also had to cope with a new ground sharing scheme with Nottingham RUFC.

Talking Point - Parks
10 Jun 2011 - Local Authority - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
“I worry that many of the cuts seem to be centred around getting rid of front line staff, the ones that actually deliver services and have hands on knowledge and skills, whilst the fat cat middle management get reprieved”

The Koro Man!
6 Jun 2011 - Industry - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011 - 2 comments
Richard Campey is the man who introduced the Koro to the UK, along with a number of other innovative products. Here he talks to Pitchcare about his company's twenty-five year history.

The Loam Changers
30 May 2011 - Cricket - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011 - 1 comment
Swelling, shrinkage and motties ... you could be forgiven for thinking you had stumbled onto the set of an X-rated movie. But, it’s all to do with the slightly less raunchy subject of cricket loams, their compatibilty and playability, a subject Nick Tebbs, Grounds Manager at Oundle School, knows a lot about after recently changing loams on all his squares. Report by Laurence Gale MSc

The advice pays off for Adam
23 May 2011 - Rugby - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Adam Caves, Head Groundsman and 1st XV player at Moseley Rugby Club, has seen huge improvements in the pitch after following the advice of the RFU’s Keith Kent.

How Syngenta bring a product to market
13 May 2011 - Industry - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Laurence Gale MSc visits Syngenta’s research facility at Jealott’s Hill in Berkshire to see how new products come to market