Magazine - Articles by Editor (Page 11)

Master of all he surveys
26 Sep 2009 - General Sports - Editor - Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009
If you're enthusiastic and motivated to learn, you might just be lucky enough to meet an individual who guides you through the early years of your working life. Through their practical and pastoral guidance, they help you set goals, achieve standards and reach milestones, shaping your career and your future.

Renovations snapshot
15 Sep 2009 - Cricket - Editor - Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009
As the end of the cricket season fast approaches, what are groundsmen up and down the UK - from Aberdeen to Jersey - planning? We take a snapshot of the work to be carried out, from county and outgrounds, to schools and club sides

It's less bovver
13 Sep 2009 - Cricket - Editor - Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009
As England, and, for the first time Wales, hosted the Australians for another exciting Ashes and ODI series, Pitchcare went behind the scenes at Stuart Canvas to find more about the Hover Covers that are becoming an everyday fixture at many of the leading Ashes test grounds

Pitchcare and Amenity Land Solutions in Strategic Alliance
17 Aug 2009 - Industry - Editor - 3 comments
The e-commerce arm of Pitchcare.com Limited, the online website for the turf care industry, is teaming up with near neighbours, Amenity Land Solutions, in an alliance which will bring great benefits to the customers of both companies.

Roehampton - anyone for tennis, croquet, golf ...
12 Aug 2009 - General Sports - Editor - Issue 25 - Jun / Jul 2009
Bojan Joavanovic has been living in the UK for six years and has recently completed his studies at Cranfield University in Sport Surface Technology.

The Frost Report
5 Aug 2009 - Cricket - Editor - Issue 25 - Jun / Jul 2009
Phil Frost is one of the longest serving cricket groundsmen on the County circuit. Here he talks about his time at Somerset CCC and the challenges he faces, including grumpy TV commentators, overloaded fixtures and a few other things that 'get his goat'!

Education, Education, Education
25 Jul 2009 - General Sports - Editor - Issue 25 - Jun / Jul 2009
Pitchcare visits the site of a brand new school in the South-West of England where MJ Abbott, in partnership with Cowlin Construction, is using its sportsturf expertise to ensure that muddy school playing fields are a thing of the past

The King of Radley College
23 Jul 2009 - Schools - Editor - Issue 25 - Jun / Jul 2009
Adam King, Grounds Manager at Radley College, has been trialing new seed cultivars with good results. Now, all he needs is the ‘miracle mixture’ that will cater for all sports surfaces!

One good finish - deserves another!
13 Jul 2009 - Football - Editor - Issue 25 - Jun / Jul 2009
Scunthorpe United have made their way back to the Championship, courtesy of a 3-2 win over Millwall at Wembley. To complement their new found status a new pitch has been laid by Fineturf

Son Gual a golfing paradise
4 Jul 2009 - Golf - Editor
The man charged with the day-to-day responsibility of maintaining the 18-hole Thomas Himmel-designed course, hailed as the best on the island, is Welshman Gareth Anwell.