Magazine - Articles by Dave Saltman

Water, water everywhere, and not a drop...
3 weeks ago - Editorial - Dave Saltman - Issue 42 - - 1 comment
The coalition Government, and in particular the Conservative side of it, have not had a good few weeks. First we had Pastygate and the ‘hot’ VAT saga, followed by some pretty dumb - and illegal - advice from a Government Minister.

2012 - and all it might bring - or not!
1 Mar 2012 - Editorial - Dave Saltman - Issue 41 -
Is it just me, or will the Olympics come and go, creating nothing more than a few ripples in the annual calendar of sport? I don’t want to rubbish the event, but I just can’t get excited about its imminent arrival.

A new challenge for David Withers
21 Jan 2012 - People - Dave Saltman - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Dave Saltman talks to David Withers, the new President of Jacobsen, about his career to date and his ambitions for the company

An Olive Branch for a New Year
29 Dec 2011 - Editorial - Dave Saltman - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012 - 42 comments
With the presents opened and (hopefully) enjoyed, the last of the turkey in a risotto, the New Year is upon us and, for many, the hope that 2012 brings more joy than this current year. The poor economic outlook sits heavily on all our minds but, strangely, a New Year brings hope and renewed enthusiasm to start afresh.

A Wake Up Call
30 Nov 2011 - Editorial - Dave Saltman - 35 comments
Who is going to champion the cause of the groundsmen and the greenkeepers against the growing tide of synthetic surfaces? Supporters of a forthcoming conference 'focusing on further developing the use of synthetic turf within the sporting market', we question whether the Institute of Groundsmanship is losing its own focus.

Kicking Off!
10 Nov 2011 - Industry - Dave Saltman - Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011 - 2 comments
Well, it’s all kicked off in the past few weeks, hasn’t it. And I am not talking about Carlos Tevez throwing his toys out of the pram at Manchester City - there’s a story that you could have written months ago in readiness for the event!

A perfect ten?
1 Sep 2011 - Editorial - Dave Saltman - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011 - 5 comments
At the end of August, Pitchcare celebrated its tenth anniversary. Here, I do not wish to dwell on our successes, but to use the past ten years as a time frame to look at where our industry has progressed to in that period.

From the grass roots to the top
29 Jun 2011 - Industry - Dave Saltman - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
I have been called many things by various people; arrogant, big-headed, single-minded and, probably, the best of the lot, passionate (not by my partner though!)

Final chance for One Show
1 May 2011 - Editorial - Dave Saltman - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
The single industry show debate rumbles on but, disappointingly, now without any input from the initiators of the latest talks!

We have much still to achieve
5 Mar 2011 - Editorial - Dave Saltman - 4 comments
The February/March edition of the Pitchcare magazine makes interesting reading from the perspective of our industry's future.

Fighting our corner!
1 Jan 2011 - Editorial - Dave Saltman - Issue 34 - Dec / Jan 2011
FIFA, the weather and the One Show - our Managing Director rounds up 2010 and looks forward to the New Year.

Clear and present danger
1 Nov 2010 - Industry - Dave Saltman - Issue 33 - Oct / Nov 2010 - 6 comments
OVER the course of the next couple of months, customers and potential customers of the industry trade shows will each receive an independent questionnaire regarding the proposal for a single industry show.

The 'Real' Deal
14 Oct 2010 - Football - Dave Saltman - Issue 32 - Aug / Sept 2010 - 1 comment
As the ‘Special One’ gets his feet under the management table at Real Madrid, Dave Saltman meets Paul Burgess, Head Groundsman at the Bernabéu, to find out just how he has made such a huge difference to the playing surface in such a short space of time

The One Show - an update
1 Sep 2010 - Editorial - Dave Saltman - Issue 32 - Aug / Sept 2010
Following the Trade discussion on the 8th March this year, regarding the ‘One Show’, there was a second meeting between a select committee from the Trade and the representatives of both BIGGA and the IOG at the NEC on the 28th July

The best in the world ...
1 Jul 2010 - General Sports - Dave Saltman - Issue 31 - Jun / Jul 2010

Climbing up on Salisbury Hill
26 May 2010 - Golf - Dave Saltman - Issue 30 - Apr / May 2010
Simon Cotterill, Head Greenkeeper at Market Drayton Golf Club, talks about his twenty years at the course, his ongoing plans to improve drainage and managing and enhancing the diverse ecology ...

Update on the One Show
1 May 2010 - General News - Dave Saltman - Issue 30 - Apr / May 2010
There has been much discussion and supposition about a meeting that took place on the 8th of March at the NEC. Dave Saltman, MD of Pitchcare, explains why it evolved and the outcome.

Thaw's for thought!
15 Mar 2010 - General Sports - Dave Saltman - Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
Hopefully, we are now seeing the back end of this winter's weather. It has been the harshest ever, certainly in my working lifetime. Golf clubs and sports facilities were closed for weeks, with a virtual permafrost biting into the top few inches of the ground, coupled with some copious amounts of snow.

The future of our Industry
10 Mar 2010 - Editorial - Dave Saltman - 4 comments
Long before I gave up my day job as a Groundsman to embark on the Pitchcare adventure, discussions about trade shows, raising Industry profile and a unified single Association had been debated.

No More Agro!
14 Jan 2010 - No More Agro - Dave Saltman - Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010 - 20 comments
2009 will be remembered for a number of different reasons, the main one being our failed economy pushing many to the edge of financial crisis.