Magazine - General Sports (Page 6)

Parramatta matters ...
21 Aug 2009 - General Sports - Simon Kars, Pitchcare Oceania - Issue 25 - Jun / Jul 2009
Pitchcare Oceania’s Simon Kars talks to Dave Hinkley, Head Groundsman at the Parramatta Stadium about life at one of Sydney’s most popular venues where, as well as three sports disciplines, major events are also staged

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.

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

Fertiliser Efficiency
26 Jun 2009 - General Sports - Hugh Frost - Issue 24 - Apr / May 2009
‘Rising fertiliser prices and tighter budgets, together with seemingly more variable and challenging weather conditions’. This scenario probably sounds familiar to most people, at a time when we are all being encouraged to be more efficient in our use of inputs, as well as paying more attention to our environment.

Looking closely at ITM
13 Jun 2009 - General Sports - Stuart Staples - Issue 24 - Apr / May 2009
New trial data provides ITM help for turf managers. Data gathered from a number of STRI trials has helped Scotts develop a new system which makes integrated turf management easier to implement. Pitchcare spoke to Stuart Staples to find out more...

Bob the Rebuilder
6 Jun 2009 - General Sports - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 24 - Apr / May 2009
The Massey Ferguson Sports and Social Club ground in Coventry has had a checkered recent history. Tasked with bringing the facility back to, and beyond, its former glory is Head Groundsman, Bob Stretton

London's Pride
13 Apr 2009 - General Sports - Laurence Gale MSc
The Hurlingham Club is an exclusive private members club in Fulham, South West London. It is situated on the banks of the River Thames between Putney and Wandsworth bridges and is only a ten-minute car journey from the heart of the West End. Peter Craig is Grounds Manager.

A question of quality
11 Apr 2009 - General Sports - Jayne Leyland - Issue 23 - Feb / Mar 2009
Barenbrug UK’s research and development manager, Jayne Leyland, explains why the specialist grass seed breeder always strives to go above and beyond when it comes to standards and quality

Soil Sampling
23 Mar 2009 - General Sports - Editor - Issue 23 - Feb / Mar 2009
One of the most important tasks of a turfcare professional is to inspect soil properties by taking samples on a regular basis. Here we look at the various methods and what is required by the laboratories

Back to Basics 2
12 Mar 2009 - General Sports - Stuart Staples - Issue 22 - Dec / Jan 2009 - 6 comments
In Part 2 of his ‘back to basics’ series on fertilisers, Scotts International Technical Manager, Stuart Staples, considers how understanding turf’s natural growth pattern can assist you in putting together the right fertiliser programme

TV Times II
15 Feb 2009 - General Sports - Editor - Issue 22 - Dec / Jan 2009 - 1 comment
When it comes to televising sport, horse racing and cricket present differing challenges for grounds managers and staff.In part two of TV Times, Frank Fielding looks into how grounds and venues prepare for televised coverage.

Effect a stress free change to fine grasses
8 Feb 2009 - General Sports - Martin Ward - Issue 22 - Dec / Jan 2009 - 4 comments
This sounds too good to be true, but it is possible to convert playing surfaces from predominantly poa annua to predominantly fine grasses without stressing the grass - the solution lies in the life in the rootzone.

Use of Ethofumesate to control annual meadow grass
31 Dec 2008 - General Sports - Andy Newell STRI
The herbicide ethofumesate has been used to control the weedgrass annual meadow-grass in high quality managed amenity turf. Historically formulations of this chemical had label recommendations for this use (the 200 g/l EC formulations which are no longer available). Other formulations remain and the active ingredient is included in Annex 1.

Setting the standard for Council managed winter sport fields
18 Dec 2008 - General Sports - Dr Colin Mumford,Dr Andrew Mitchell & Keith McAuliffe
The measurement of the performance characteristics of a sports field provides knowledge of the current condition of the sports field, and enables comparisons to be made to prescribed standards.