Magazine - Articles by Peter Britton

Let's have some sanity - please!
16 Nov 2011 - General News - Peter Britton - Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011 - 11 comments
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story! Are the red tops causing the UK’s problems by inaccurate reporting?

Saltex - How was it for you?
14 Sep 2011 - Industry - Peter Britton - 27 comments
"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments.

David's Goliath Task
15 Aug 2011 - Schools - Peter Britton - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011 - 4 comments
Peter Britton heads off to leafy Surrey to catch up with Dave Roberts, Grounds Manager at Charterhouse School, and finds that, three and a half years into the job, he is completely besotted with his new surroundings

Keeping his own council!
10 Aug 2011 - Cricket - Peter Britton - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
John Pallister, Head Groundsman at Ilminster Cricket Club, has become a town councillor to try and stop a development that threatens the future of the club.

A Grand Day Out!
12 Jul 2011 - Cricket - Peter Britton - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Peter Britton accepts an invitation to visit the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff for the first day of England’s summer campaign against Sri Lanka and India

Three men went to mow ...
25 Jun 2011 - Golf - Peter Britton - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Tim Facer, Head Greenkeeper at Hamptworth Golf Club in the New Forest, has seen his team dwindle to just three, yet he continues to improve the course and its facilities. Peter Britton meets up with him to find out how and why.

Adequate is not good enough...
31 May 2011 - Schools - Peter Britton - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
That is what Kerry Mapp was advised by the Headmaster when he joined the staff at Canford School in Dorset as Head of Grounds and Gardens.

In the 'court' of King James
3 Apr 2011 - Football - Peter Britton - Issue 35 - Feb / Mar 2011
James Lathwell is the new Head Groundsman at AFC Bournemouth. Now over a year into his job, Peter Britton catches up with him to find out how he got into the industry and the club’s plans for the future

From milk to members ...
10 Jan 2011 - Golf - Peter Britton - Issue 34 - Dec / Jan 2011
Portmore Golf Club are the winners of the 2010 Golf Environment Award. Here, father and son, Colin and Josh Webber, chart the move from poa pudding greens to successful sustainable methods.

Black's Beauty - on a budget!
3 Dec 2010 - Golf - Peter Britton - Issue 33 - Oct / Nov 2010
In a rural corner of Somerset, an ambitious project to construct extensive sport and leisure facilities is underway. Led by a former publican turned groundworker, and assisted by a retired grass machinery salesman, Peter Britton discovers that inexperience is no match for enthusiasm for the project

The law of sod?
3 Nov 2010 - Cricket - Peter Britton - Issue 32 - Aug / Sept 2010 - 5 comments
Andy Dixon has had a few ‘issues’ to deal with since taking over as head groundsman at Bournemouth University’s Dean Park Cricket Ground. As he tells Peter Britton, sod’s law brought about a combination of unfortunate timing, bad weather and a congested fixture list that led to season long problems in 2009

Ray of Light for Clayesmore
1 Jun 2010 - Schools - Peter Britton - Issue 30 - Apr / May 2010
Peter Britton ‘pops down the road’ to meet Ray Norris, the long serving head groundsman at Clayesmore Dorset, and finds a man who feels privileged to do the job he does

In the deep mid winter...
18 Mar 2010 - Best of the Rest - Peter Britton - Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
As a nation we Brits are obsessed with the weather. It’s too hot, too cold, too wet, but never ‘just right’. And, with the media getting apoplectic about the recent ‘big freeze’, causing panic buying and empty supermarket shelves, just what is going on with our weather patterns, climate change and global warming?

I don't believe it!
10 Jan 2010 - Best of the Rest - Peter Britton - Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010 - 3 comments
Victor Meldrew (aka Peter Britton) is alive and well and heading for Scotsturf!

Old what's his name!
20 Nov 2009 - Golf - Peter Britton - Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009
A recent ‘ring round’ of golf clubs uncovered a worrying trend - that many club secretaries and pro shop staff do not know the name of their head greenkeeper! In addition, he rarely gets a mention on club websites. Peter Britton suggests it’s time to put yourself about

Living on an island
19 Nov 2009 - General Sports - Peter Britton - Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009
Magnus Malcolmson is the ‘mastermind’ (sorry) behind the Shetland Islands sporting facilities. As he explains, the logistics of the most northerly location in the UK, the weather and the salt all play a huge part in his working life