Magazine: General Sports

Thaw's for thought!
3 days ago - 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.

Chief Execs & Directors of Professional Clubs guilty of false economies
31st Jan 2010 - General Sports - Michael Heal - 2 comments
Groundsmen across the country are expected to have their pitches in mint condition throughout year, no matter how severe the weather conditions, to enable professional sportsmen and women to perform at their best to entertain large crowds.

Croke Park - In the name of love!
28th Jan 2010 - General Sports - Richard Hayden STRI - Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010 - 1 comment
Remove your pitch mid season, host the world’s biggest rock concert, returf the pitch in just two days, host six fixtures 24 hours later, go on to play over forty fixtures of GAA, football and rugby in the following three months..

Counter Point
25th Jan 2010 - General Sports - Jerry Spencer - Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010
Jerry Spencer of Endeavour Turf Products took exception to an article in the August/September issue. So, from the other side of the world, he wants to put the record straight

New Testerment
2nd Dec 2009 - General Sports - Ellie Tait - Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009
Adam Tester is the ambitious new Head Groundsman at the University of Leicester. At the tender age of 25, his CV already features some of the county's most prestigious sporting venues.

Festivals, concerts and fairs
23rd Nov 2009 - General Sports - Steve Gingell - Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009
There is often a tendency to think of alternative uses for sport pitches when they are out of use in the summer months. The large, open and generally level spaces seem to be ideal venues for concerts, fairs, festivals and car boot sales.

Living on an island
19th 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

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!

Tea time!
8th Oct 2009 - General Sports - Martin Ward - Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009
The last 20 years have seen rapid developments in the use of compost teas in all areas of commercial and amenity plant production. These developments have been driven by substantial research, aided by electron microscopy and other investigative techniques, plus the urgent need for solutions to the increasing problems of soil depletion and pest and disease pressure caused by continued chemical inputs to the soil

Under attack ...
7th Oct 2009 - General Sports - Dr Colin Fleming - Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009
Nematode-induced root damage can cause a range of problems in affected sportsturf. Experience has shown that the severity of many of the common turf symptoms can be alleviated by applying biostimulants.