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David James tries to pay sacked Portsmouth staff's wages
2 days ago by: Shane O' Brien
"Well done DJ and the players, this is the side of the player ..."
The future of our Industry
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"Ah! at last, the industry sees that the sensible route may j ..."
The future of our Industry
5 days ago by: Peter Leroy
"Congratulations on your perserverance young Dave :) Maybe ..."
The future of our Industry
5 days ago by: jlawrence
"Nice to see something happening. You can only discuss things ..."
Ilkley Tennis Club
5 days ago by: benjamin Tiercelin
"Dear David, "We use loam that we get from Surrey which we ..."
Goal post testing service
25th Sep 2009 -
Synthetics -
Colin Mumford
The artificial sports surface maintenance specialists Sweepfast Ltd are now offering a cost effective testing service for goal posts on artificial sports surfaces.
Making the transition
10th Jul 2009 -
Synthetics -
Colin Mumford
- Issue 25 - Jun / Jul 2009 - 1 comment
Having worked the majority of his sports surface management life on natural turf, Dr Colin Mumford started the gradual transition from working with real grass to artificial grass last year in New Zealand, where he worked for the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute. Colin has now completed the transformation, and is working full time with artificial sports surfaces for Sweepfast Ltd. Here, Colin gives his initial impressions on the artificial side of life.
Sweepfast launch new products and services
5th Jul 2009 -
Saltex -
Colin Mumford
Sweepfast Ltd, the artificial turf and hard surface maintenance and restoration specialists will be displaying two new additions to their existing fleet of specialist machinery at Saltex.
A ten point guide to tree planting
21st Jun 2009 -
Conservation -
Colin Mumford
- Issue 24 - Apr / May 2009
What can be better than sitting in the shade of your favourite tree on a hot summer’s day, sleeves rolled up and sampling your favourite tipple whilst watching an epic battle of first class sport unfold before your eyes? Dr Colin Mumford gives a ten point guide to the mystery of successful tree planting.
Your turfgrass is weak old man!
16th Nov 2007 -
Consultancy -
Colin Mumford
- Issue 15 - Oct / Nov 2007 - 2 comments
Okay, before I start, a question, and be honest with your answer. How many of you have had a sudden outbreak of disease ?
ET is not Extra-Terrestrial
20th Jan 2006 -
Training -
Colin Mumford
- Issue 4 - Christmas 2005
ET, the often quoted, but never quite explained. What is it? and should we be interested in it? Does it mean evergreen turf? electric trimmers?, elm trees? or extra-terrestrial? The answers to these and many more questions are deeply embedded in the soil-plant-water continuum, and this article aims to unravel a tiny bit of its mystery.
Black Layer in USGA Greens
28th Sep 2004 -
Consultancy -
Colin Mumford
- 2 comments
Black layer is the formation of a layer of metal sulphide (Adams and Smith, 1994; Perris and Evans, 1996) within the rootzone, which develops through a combination of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) gas that is produced from sulphur reducing bacteria (SRB), and the reaction of the H2S with available minerals to form metal sulphide precipitate. More Inside
Geographic Information Systems explained
4th Aug 2004 -
Consultancy -
Colin Mumford
Managers of sporting facilities (e.g. golf courses) need to be able to produce satisfactory playing surfaces that fulfil the performance characteristics required for the sport played. To achieve this requires the manager to have information on many factors pertaining to the site including topography, orientation, soil physical properties-full details inside
