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Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
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Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
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"An amassing task Keith. You must be congratulated in taking ..."
Saracens handed pitch boost
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"If you want someone to hang themselves all you need do is le ..."
Harrogate 2012
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"I'm not doubting it was a decent show Richard, my point was ..."
Harrogate 2012
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Turf Industry Event Survey Responses
31 Oct 2009 -
General News -
Dave Saltman
- 4 comments
Since Pitchcare started over eight years ago, we have been in the fortunate position to work very closely with both the trade and the practioners. During this time there has been much conjecture voiced and written about the future of the industry and the trade shows.
What do YOU do in your spare time?
21 Sep 2009 -
General News -
Dave Saltman
- Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009
For most of us, if and when we have any spare time, it is spent with the family, getting on with that overdue DIY project or the real chore of cutting the lawn. For a few greenkeepers in Portugal it's a bit different!
The FACT Factor
29 Aug 2009 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
Well, it appears that the gloves are off, the cards are on the table, or any other phrase you care to mention, with regard to the ‘state of play’ within our industry and, as so often happens, a few have ‘grabbed the wrong end of the stick’!
The 'WHY' Factor
29 Jun 2009 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
- 7 comments
Having pondered for a while as to whether I should have published my ‘X Factor’ editorial comment in the last issue, I have been both amazed and delighted at the response I have received from many key people within the industry.
Do we need the X factor?
1 May 2009 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
- 5 comments
Finding an online dictionary definition of X-Factor is almost impossible due to a certain mindless TV programme of the same name. However, an extensive search eventually reveals that it is: a hard-to-describe influence or quality; an important element with unknown consequences.
Alex Millar - Obituary
24 Feb 2009 -
Industry -
Dave Saltman
- 6 comments
It is with sadness that I pass on the news that Alex Millar passed away last week. A great many people in the Industry will have worked with him and all will have known Alex as a warm, generous and passionate man.
Time to turn self-doubt into self-belief ...
15 Dec 2008 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
With the rush of Christmas and an early print run, this editorial is being written at the end of November and in the midst of financial doom and gloom. I doubt very much that the situation will have eased a great deal by the time you read this foreword; in fact it has probably continued to worsen.
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Bad Press
24 Aug 2008 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
- Issue 12 - Apr / May 2007 - 6 comments
It seems that our industry has a penchant for attracting bad press. A recent example would be the unfortunate greenkeeper at Haywards Heath Golf Club who ‘irrigated’ the course with weed killer, damaging vast areas of the course. No facts were given other than he was a ‘groundsman’ or ‘greens keeper’ depending on which paper you read.
![Campey-and-Vredo.jpg [cropped]](http://media.pitchcare.com/S/W8cm4tM2dNOnTEtDlSW0.jpg "Campey-and-Vredo.jpg [cropped]")
Go Dutch with quality not cost
10 Jul 2008 -
General News -
Dave Saltman
Thanks to Campey Turfcare, members of the press were invited on a two-day trip to Holland visiting the company premises and machinery of both Imants and Vredo. Details inside
Dave’s Foreword
17 May 2008 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
With a bias towards winter sport, forgive me for talking, again, about the high quality of the majority of the pitches that our Groundsmen produce. The winter brought with it a mixed weather bag and plenty of rain, which caused problems for those with a heavy fixture list.
Attack of the clones!
29 Jan 2008 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
- Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008 - 9 comments
It is six and a half years since Pitchcare was launched. In that time we have seen a steady growth in membership and, by the time you read this, we could well have busted the 30,000 members mark. No small feat for an idea that was considered, at best, ‘bonkers’ back in 2001.
The Richter Scale
26 Dec 2007 -
General News -
Dave Saltman
- Issue 15 - Oct / Nov 2007
They had stopped en route to relieve themselves and were surprised at how sandy and free draining the local soil was!
In the aftermath of Floods
14 Dec 2007 -
Cricket -
Dave Saltman
- 2 comments
At the end of August Pitchcare and the ECB invited cricket groundsmen from across the UK, whose pitches had been affected by the Summer flooding, to attend a seminar at Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s Headingley Carnegie Stadium
Renovating Wolves
22 Jul 2007 -
Football -
Dave Saltman
- Issue 13 - Jun / Jul 2007
For the second year running the Groundstaff (Terry, Wayne and Ken) undertook much of the renovation works themselves.
New blending and bagging service for turf amendment
8 Mar 2007 -
General News -
Dave Saltman
Bespoke Blending and Bagging (BBB) launched this January at BTME, is the first customised service for precision blended top dressings, rootzone and soil amendments in the fine turf sector.
Healing old wounds
5 Mar 2007 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
- 11 comments
Frank editorial in response to public comments from the IOG CEO.
What a load of Rubbish!
27 Feb 2007 -
Training -
Dave Saltman
- Issue 10 - Dec / Jan 2007
I’m a great believer in recycling to protect the environment so it was refreshing to see 100’s of tons of typical garden waste being brought into one of the Solum depots direct from the local community tip on lorries.
The secret of a success
29 Jan 2007 -
General News -
Dave Saltman
- Issue 10 - Dec / Jan 2007 - 16 comments
A visit to the DLF Trifolium laboratories and breeding fields in Denmark shows why the company are the World's No1. More inside
Twenty Years in Turf
22 Jan 2007 -
Industry -
Dave Saltman
- Issue 9 - Oct / Nov 2006 - 2 comments
Richard Campey started his working life in farming before taking a career change to join ICI. In 1976, as a 22 year old, he moved to SISIS working under the redoubtable Eric Staniforth, founder of the company. It was here that Richard fell in love with turfcare machinery.
Head Groundsman verbally abused at ICC Cup clash
23 Aug 2006 -
Cricket -
Dave Saltman
- 21 comments
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