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Groundsman spreads the word
General Sports -
By Lynn Hilton (10 Oct 02 0:00)
Several years ago Mr. Tommy Seymour of the Larne Bowls Club in Northern Ireland, visited the San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club.
Mr. Seymour, a retired Groundsman, discussed the slow pace of the greens with Bill Ryan the Greens Committee Chairman
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Machine pleasantly surprises at British Airways
Cricket -
By Lynn Hilton (10 Oct 02 0:00)
Shortly after the appointment of Andy Richards as Head Groundsman at the British Airways Concorde Club in Middlesex, the annual STRI visit indicated excessive thatch and compaction on all the fine turf surfaces – bowling green, six grass tennis courts, two cricket squares. - Read Article
New era at the Addington
Golf -
By Lynn Hilton (10 Oct 02 0:00)
Since 1913 The Addington Golf Club has been a privately owned and run golf club with a fine reputation, nestling in the hills above Croydon – an oasis of individuality. - Read Article
Pitch holding up well at Valley Parade
Rugby -
By David Markham (10 Oct 02 0:00)
It has been a difficult few months for Valley Parade Stadium Manager Allan Gilliver.
His pitch is used by First Division Bradford City for eight to nine months of the year in a long English football season, but, for the last two years, there has been no close season
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'In house' changes at the Bristol and Clifton G.C.
Golf -
By Matthew Hawker (07 Oct 02 0:00)
The club are looking to continually up grade the course, with an emphasis on practice facilities. We have an eight bay practice range and a separate 250-yard long driving range. We have very recently opened a new chipping green to complement our existing pitching green - Read Article
Volunteer help just the tonic
Bowls -
By Brian Ball (27 Sep 02 0:00)
Our bowls club is part of the overall facilities of St Francis Hospital down in Sussex. The hospital grounds and buildings were originally built on a farm and the institution was self sufficient in terms of water supply, food and facilities. - Read Article
Edgbaston under renovation
Cricket -
By Steve Rouse (26 Sep 02 0:00)
The whole square was renovated a week last Monday with the Graden. We used this heavy duty scarifier to remove a huge amount of thatch from the surface of the square. The machine was used in - Read Article
Testing ground hardness
Football -
By Lee Jackson (25 Sep 02 0:00)
Our pitch is now constructed with a concentrated fibre sand mix incorporated with our existing soils to see us through our last season at Maine Road The fibre sand was supplied by Mansfield Sands and today Russell Latham has come over to the main ground to do his latest random testing
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The end of an era
Football -
By Keith Kent (20 Sep 02 0:00)
fter 15 years at Manchester United, tomorrow sees my last game in charge as the lads step out to play Spurs.I started work here in August 1987, having moved from Leicester City
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Woodhouse Grove School
Cricket -
By David Markham (12 Sep 02 0:00)
Bill Davis has enjoyed a successful cricket season after re-laying his square at Woodhouse Grove School. Bill is head Groundsman at the school, an independent co-educational day and boarding school situated north of Bradford and Leeds on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. - Read Article
Groundsman sow seeds for victory
Football -
By Alex Stone (12 Sep 02 0:00)
Who are football’s unsung heroes?Whilst footballers and managers reap princely sums for their part in the beautiful game, those silent artists whose work goes unseen behind the scenes in all weathers were last week acknowledged
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Easier management of rain covers
Football -
By Dave Saltman (10 Sep 02 0:00)
From the early days of the 'Brum umbrella', systems have been designed to keep precipitation from getting onto the playing surface. While providing some piece of mind, during inclement weather, these systems have been extremely labour intensive and only employed when disaster was imminent. - Read Article
New courts complete stern test
Tennis -
By Eddie Seaward (08 Sep 02 0:00)
After the tournament last year we decided to invest in a Koro machine, albeit a smaller version so that it would work snugly on our courts. We Koro'd off five of the courts to a depth of 6mm, which removed all of the visible vegetation - Read Article
Renovation and summer problems
Football -
By Andy Cole (06 Sep 02 0:00)
The PSD(NW)Ltd consultant notes for the renovation and subsequent problem solving exercise at Villa Park - Read Article
Now for the quiet time of the year!
Football -
By Lee Jackson (02 Sep 02 0:00)
After a hectic summer which has seen us renovating most of our existing sites and maintaining them all. Our work has also included overseeing the new construction of an existing soil pitch into a fibresand area, having the drill and fill work at Maine Road - Read Article
Blackpool hope for new wickets
Cricket -
By David Markham (31 Aug 02 0:00)
It has been a busy season at Blackpool CC with three county matches on top of a hectic club campaign with senior and junior teams using the Stanley Park ground most days a week.
Blackpool staged a Lancashire second team three-day match early in the season
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Free days seminar and demo
Bowls -
By Lynn Hilton (31 Aug 02 0:00)
Three free days of seminar and machine demonstrations with SISIS-dates, venues and details inside - Read Article
Flooding in August!
Cricket -
By Paul Markham (30 Aug 02 0:00)
August has been an eventful month for Bradford & Bingley Groundsman Paul Markham, who has seen his ground under water twice as well as preparing a pitch for the Bradford League showpiece, the Priestley Cup final. Here is his latest report. - Read Article
Experimenting at Warwickshire
Cricket -
By Steve Rouse (23 Aug 02 0:00)
t the moment we're planning to do some work on the No 1 practice area. We've relayed 20 new wickets.The old bowling ends where the bowler lands were originally the former outfield; it is very soft and has taken some hammering from these heavyweight bowlers.
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Winter care at Wasps and Rosslyn Park
Rugby -
By Dave Saltman (22 Aug 02 0:00)
The two clubs are these days world's apart. Rosslyn Park opted to remain an amateur club when the other RFU clubs became professional, - Read Article
