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Bradford and Bingley update 05/05/02
Cricket -
By David Markham (06 May 02 0:00)
In his latest report, Bradford & Bingley CC Groundsman Paul Markham describes how he prepared two pitches at the same time for big matches at Wagon Lane in a busy week of activity. - Read Article
Cricket pitch off critical list - Glamorgan CCC
Cricket -
By Maureen Keepin (01 May 02 0:00)
Gearing up to the new season, Len Smith, Head Groundsman of Glamorgan County Cricket Club, is putting the finishing touches to his pitches - which won considerable praise last year. They have been pulled back from the brink.
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The Famous Waterloo
Bowls -
By David Markham (01 May 02 0:00)
It has been dubbed the Wembley of crown green bowls. Up to 2,000 bowlers enter the open handicap at Blackpool’s famous Waterloo green, hundreds watch the final stages of the two-month long competition and the event has been shown on TV. - Read Article
Horrocks Bowls
Bowls -
By David Markham (01 May 02 0:00) - 1 comment
Have equipment will travel is Ray Horrocks’ motto as he travels around the Huddersfield and Wakefield areas maintaining bowling greens.It is unusual for someone to make a full-time living looking after bowling greens, but it is a business Ray has gradually built up since he left his job as an engineer.
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The End is in Sight
Football -
By Keith Kent (26 Apr 02 0:00)
Well, with the two finalists of the FA cup now known and the Nationwide league all but finished bar the play offs, it is nearly time to get down to the close season works. - Read Article
Bowls maintenance at the Warren
Bowls -
By Dave Bracey (25 Apr 02 0:00) - 1 comment
I recently sprayed the green to remove Clover and Parsley Piert, there were also a few patches of moss, not enough to warrant spraying the whole area, so I put some sulphate of Iron in a shaker container and hand treated the areas at about ¼ ounce per square yard. - Read Article
Lords Update (22/04/02)
Cricket -
By Mick Hunt (22 Apr 02 0:00) - 1 comment
With our first Championship game starting on Wednesday, it is very much all hands to the pump, doing our final preparations to the pitch.
As with the start of any new season, we have had the usual problems with machines that have been over wintered and then don’t want to work when you pull them out of the shed in the spring.
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Pitch Pounding at Rochdale
Rugby -
By Dave Saltman (20 Apr 02 0:00)
The Spotland stadium plays host to both Rochdale Football Club and The Hornets Rugby League team, since May last year the pitch has seen in excess of sixty games and virtually no close season.
The rugby league season started in November and continues until September,
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Wimbledon Update 13/04/02
Tennis -
By Eddie Seaward (20 Apr 02 0:00)
Very little mowing has been done this week because the temperatures have remained quite cold and growth has been slow.We had left the grass longer in the cooler areas on some of our courts where the ends are in permanent shade through the winter
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Summer works at Southampton
Football -
By Dave Roberts (19 Apr 02 0:00)
The current mood is very good within the club at the moment. There are no worries about relegation as we've had in the past. It's a great weight off everybody's mind. This is nearly the end of our first season here at St Mary's - Read Article
Shade Problems at the Reebok
Football -
By Richard Norton (19 Apr 02 0:00)
The design of the Reebok stadium is undoubtedly fascinating, but the problems that it creates for the ongoing management of the grass surface have been a learning curve for all of us.
The height of the television gantries in these new stadiums doesn’t help the cause of the Groundsman either. - Read Article
Lancashire CC Update (17/04/02)
Cricket -
By Pete Marron (18 Apr 02 0:00)
Well this pre-season year has been completely different to the last one. After coming out of the wettest winter on record, the ground was so unfit that we lost the first fourteen days of cricket. I have not had to endure a season like the last in my professional career - Read Article
The Colour of a Semi- Final
Football -
By Keith Kent (16 Apr 02 0:00)
We were privileged to host one of the F A Cup semi-finals here last Sunday - Read Article
Cleakheaton Bowls Club
Bowls -
By David Markham (14 Apr 02 0:00)
It is a busy bowling season at Cleckheaton’s two crown greens with 20 different teams playing every week as well as a host of special competitions. With a close season of only about four months on the main green, there is little time for John Hawksworth and his co-Groundsman Keith Johnston to do the winter work.
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Filbert Street Update
Football -
By Chris Parry (12 Apr 02 0:00)
This week we have had three games in the last week, starting with Manchester United last Saturday, Celtic in a friendly on Monday and a reserve match on Wednesday.Our new coach Mickey Adams has announced that he would now like to use the pitch for training purposes
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Feast of Football
Football -
By Keith Kent (12 Apr 02 0:00)
I really enjoy the big European games here at Old Trafford. At this time of the year and in wonderful spring weather there is nothing better than a good game of football.Deportivo trained here on Tuesday night
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Keith Boyce
Cricket -
By David Markham (12 Apr 02 0:00)
After battling to cope with excessive rain for nearly three months, suddenly Keith Boyce’s cricket pitch is too dry.
That is the verdict of the former Headingley Groundsman, who is now based at New Rover CC north of Leeds, which is the headquarters of the highly acclaimed Yorkshire Academy.
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Celebrities and Supporters to answer Sven's call
Football -
By Alex Stone (12 Apr 02 0:00)
What do celebrities such as Davina McCall, Bob Mortimer, Johnny Vaughan and Bobby Robson have in common? They have all answered England coach Sven Goran Eriksson’s call to action and offered David Beckham and the England team a message of support on the Come On England Flag. - Read Article
Ewood update
Football -
By Steve Patrick (12 Apr 02 0:00)
With the recent dry weather, we have had to spend a lot of our time keeping the ground moist. I have just fertilised Ewood Park, the training ground and the Academy ground pitches with a Spring/ summer fertiliser application - Read Article
Cricket update with Paul Markham
Cricket -
By Paul Markham (08 Apr 02 0:00)
‘Happy days are here again.’ What a difference a fortnight makes at Bradford & Bingley Cricket Club!
I am writing on Saturday, April 6 after our second outdoor practice, the first having taken place on April 3, the weather has been that good
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