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Slovenia Greenkeeping Conference
Training - By Press Release (23 Oct 06 15:00)
Slovenian Greenkeepers Association Conference - Read Article

Vibration at Work
Training - By Sean Whitaker (20 Oct 06 15:45)
With the advent of pneumatic tools in the mid-eighteenth century, workers began to complain about tingling and loss of sensation in their fingers, as well as hand weakness and white fingers. This condition, known medically as Secondary Raynaud’s syndrome, or hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS), or more colloquially as ‘white-finger syndrome’, results from long-term work with vibrating tools. - Read Article

New Principle for Writtle College
Training - By Press Release (13 Oct 06 13:00) - 4 comments
Professor David Butcher took up the post of Writtle College Principal on Monday 2nd October, following the retirement of Professor Mike Alder, who had been Principal at the College for 20 years. - Read Article

SportSURF 3rd Workshop, Wednesday 22nd November
Training - By Press Release (02 Oct 06 13:00)
The 3rd SportSURF workshop will be held on Wednesday 22nd November 2006 at the University of Exeter, Streatham Campus. The focus of the workshop will be player interactions with sports surfaces. - Read Article

Writtle College students win National IPPS Award
Training - By Press Release (28 Sep 06 10:00)
Sue Foster, BSc (Hons) Horticulture student from Writtle College, has won the IPPS Richard Martyr Award 2006, a national competition which recognises the achievements of those with practical projects testing innovative ideas in plant propagation and production. Rosanna Bowyer, also a BSc (Hons) Horticulture student from Writtle College, was awarded second place. - Read Article

Nematodes
Training - By David Ormsby (21 Sep 06 12:00)
Nematodes remain a major challenge for many bowling greenkeepers. In the last 10 – 15 years, research and field observations have provided a variety of options for controlling, or in most instances suppressing, nematodes on bowling greens. A summary of these options is presented. - Read Article

British Turf and Landscape Irrigation Association Education Programme
Training - By Martyn Jones (20 Sep 06 13:40)
The British Turf and Landscape Irrigation Association (BTLIA), the trade organisation acknowledged by the turf industry as representing advances in irrigation system provision and use, have developed an education programme aimed at all those involved in the provision, selection and operation of sportsturf and landscape automatic irrigation systems. The programme will provide participants with an understanding of irrigation and how to optimise its efficiency. - Read Article

Knowledgeable Management is the Key to Reducing Nitrogen Leaching
Training - By David Nickson (15 Sep 06 9:00) - 1 comment
Much has been written over recent years about the overall influence nitrogen leaching has on our environment. The formation of blue-green algae on waterways and the increased concentration of nitrogen sources in ground water can often be attributed to poor nitrogen use. Agricultural run off and the lack of appropriate effluent treatment plants near rivers and waterways are prime sources of nitrogen contamination. - Read Article

Autumn Renovations, Kill or Cure
Training - By Laurence Gale MSc (08 Sep 06 13:00) - 21 comments
The success of your end of season renovations will be governed by many factors and the end result will inevitably dictate the performance of your pitch / facility next year. The extent of the renovations will be wholly dependent on the current condition of the facility and any future objectives of the club to up grade their facilities. - Read Article

Lowering Soil pH
Training - By Ieuan Dafydd (25 Aug 06 15:00) - 2 comments
For many years the application of urea buffered sulphur, or similar, to fine turf in an effort to lower the pH of a soil was commonplace. The received wisdom seemed to be cast-iron in its assertions: finer grasses thrive in a slightly acidic soil, sulphur lowers pH, ipso facto sulphur is great for fine turf areas, golf greens particularly. - Read Article

The Greenkeepers’ Training Committee (GTC) technical committee appoints new chairman
Training - By Press Release (24 Aug 06 16:00)
The Greenkeepers’ Training Committee (GTC) technical committee has a new chairman with the appointment of Nick Bisset. - Read Article

Writtle College Sports Turf Mechanics Course
Training - By Press Release (18 Aug 06 16:00)
Writtle College are now enrolling for the second intake on their 15 week Sports Turf Mechanics course for September 2006, after its successful launch in March 2006 following consultation with the industry. - Read Article

Fundraising
Training - By Dan Hughes (18 Aug 06 16:00)
You would be hard pushed to find a sports club that would not benefit from an extra cash injection for machinery, equipment, and projects. So, when the grants have been spent and the kitty is left bare what options are there for clubs to gain further funding? - Read Article

Two Colleges added to GTC List
Training - By David Golding (18 Aug 06 11:55)
The Greenkeepers’ Training Committee (GTC) has added two new colleges to its list of centres which work with the sector and within the awarding bodies’ criterion to deliver sports turf qualifications. - Read Article

Noise
Training - By Sean Whitaker (16 Aug 06 13:00)
A Medical Research Council survey for 1997 to 1998 suggested that over half a million workers in the UK suffer some level of work-related hearing damage - Read Article

Three 'Best of both worlds' seminars
Training - By Lynn Hilton (04 Aug 06 12:00)
Natural turf or synthetic? Both have their place, and to prove the point, seven companies are jointly sponsoring Seminar/Demonstration Days in the South East of England, offering an opportunity to talk to the experts and learn the secrets of creating and maintaining quality playing surfaces - Read Article

The Full Motty
Training - By David Goodjohn (27 Jul 06 9:55)
The Adams and Stewart soil binding test (ASSB) or Motty test as it is commonly known is still a very good method for measuring soil strength. Particularly in that it can be simply done at home without the need to use specialist equipment. - Read Article

Badger damage- What can be done?
Training - By Editor (25 Jul 06 14:00)
Badgers and their setts are protected under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, which makes it illegal to kill, injure or take badgers or to interfere with a badger sett. Interference with a sett includes blocking tunnels or damaging the sett in any way. - Read Article

Charged water particles mimic Sun’s long wavelength energy
Training - By Dave Darragh (24 Jul 06 9:00)
Science continues to push the boundaries, providing another growth extension aid for Groundsmen and Greenkeepers. It is a unique, environmentally friendly process, which boosts the energy level of ordinary water, by using electro-magnetic (EM) energy. - Read Article

The 6th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association, the Conference of Ideas!
Training - By Andrew Mcleod (19 Jul 06 15:00)
Along with a number of colleagues from Cranfield University, I attended the 6th conference of the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA) located in the Olympia Park in Munich and organised by SportKreativWerkstatt. - Read Article