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Compost tea on test
17th Oct 2009 - Golf - Editor - Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009
Head Greenkeepers Glen Miles of Strawberry Hill Golf Club and Lauchlan Millar of Hayling Island Golf Club have been trialling compost tea with considerable success. Here, they talk about their findings

Vipers strike back
13th Oct 2009 - Rugby - Editor - Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009 - 1 comment
There may not be any research to prove that teams play better on a well maintained surface, but some say it affects their will to play well. Can this be why the Leicester Vipers Rugby Club had a cracking 2008/9 season?

Divoted to his job!
12th Oct 2009 - General Sports - Editor - Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009
How can you keep the playing surfaces for polo, a dramatic, no-holes-barred sport, in pristine condition? Jim Wellbeloved finds that, Julian Russell-Hayes, Grounds Manager at Cowdray Park, is 'divoted' to his job!

Pitchcare/BSH Fantasy Football League - Update
3rd Oct 2009 - Football - Editor
Welcome to the first League report of the season. Being no Doctor of Journalism I’ll try and stick to Dan’s remit of 250 words...excellent, that’s 26 already.

Master of all he surveys
26th 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
15th 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
13th 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
17th 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 ...
12th 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
5th 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'!