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Biodegradable Pegs
18 Dec 2001 -
Industry -
Mike Bird
New from turfmech is a biodegradable bank reinforcement system using pegs and netting that break down harmlessly within five years.
December, without the Merriment!
6 Dec 2001 -
Football -
Steve Patrick
It’s been a while since I last let you all know how we were doing up here in sunny Blackburn. (Well it was on August 15th anyway). When I last wrote we had just staged the England U 21’s international match against Greece at Ewood Park. It all went quite well, but it now seems such a long time ago.
That’s enough of all that, because the month of December is
Being bold at Brentford
29 Nov 2001 -
Football -
Tom Stobbart
Tom Stobbart the Head Groundsman (seen on the left), was only appointed at Brentford Football Club in August, but has had to make some very quick and bold decisions to help alleviate the mounting problems on the Griffin Park surface.When Tom left school he first attended Sparsholt College
Darren's Diary
29 Nov 2001 -
Football -
Darren Baldwin
The training facility at Chigwell saw the construction of three root zone pitches in 1998, which provide the first team squad with top quality surfaces to train on. We are currently mowing these pitches three times per week using a five unit fairways mower and also a 36” Ransomes Mastiff, dependant on the weather, usage and time. All of the training ground pitches are cut at 28mm.
Membership, Disease, Wages and readers letters
23 Nov 2001 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
Membership, Disease, Wages and readers letters
The word from Wimbledon
19 Nov 2001 -
Tennis -
Eddie Seaward
The visitors that come to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Wimbledon out of season often remark about the quantity and scale of the works in progress. For the last ten years there has been ongoing development that will continue, probably for another ten years.As soon as the last tennis has been played for the year,
Whitaker's Wisley
14 Nov 2001 -
Golf -
Dave Whitaker
Wisley Golf Course is an exclusive members golf club set alongside the Royal Horticultural gardens in Surrey, The course was constructed in 1989 at which point I became the Course Manager. This purpose built Robert Trent Jones Jnr. championship course boasts three independent nine-hole courses that are all inter-usable, giving me the unique opportunity and luxury of being able to close one of the courses for works at any time if required.
Final renovations at Edgebaston
12 Nov 2001 -
Cricket -
Steve Rouse
Over the last two weeks the square at Edgebaston has been top dressed again, with about four tonnes of Ongar loam being hand spread on eighteen of the wickets. We worked this latest top dressing in to the new grasses with lutes to finish readdressing our levels for this year.
Wages- do they justify the responsibility?
12 Nov 2001 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
Wages- do they justify the responsibility?
Never ending at Northampton
6 Nov 2001 -
Football -
Paul Courier
If there was ever a stadium used to its maximum potential then Sixfields stadium has to be it. Since the community stadium was built and opened in 1994, the pitch has endured on average; one hundred and sixty uses each season. The home of Northampton Town football club, the stadium has also seen It’s a knockout,
Tee renovations at Patshull Park
5 Nov 2001 -
Golf -
Geoff Allinson
Nestling on the edge of the Shropshire border, is a well-maintained eighteen-hole championship course. The Head Greenkeeper, Geoff Allinson, has been at the Golf and Country Club for nine years and since he arrived has put into place a number of short and longer-term projects for renovation.
Rats and Mice
30 Oct 2001 -
H & S -
Pitchcare's Independent Advisor
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Why Worry?
Rats and mice pose a major threat to health. A recent article in the Public Health Journal described rats as Public Enemy Number 1!
New worship at St Mary's
30 Oct 2001 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
With four league games, two reserve matches, a friendly international and a pre-season friendly under our belt, I feel that the new pitch has made a good start this season. It is of course early days, but the signs are encouraging. Mind you it helps to have 32,000 experts in the stadium at every game!
Workout at Worthing
30 Oct 2001 -
Bowls -
Tony Patching
With a wet autumn, we have had to pick the times when we can get on to do the end of season remedial works required, so as to get the greens prepared ready for next season.We have been cutting the greens through the summer at 3mm, but as the autumn drew in, the height of cut was set to 4mm with a once weekly cutting routine. We scarify all of the greens regularly throughout the season, but as the season finished we gave them a final scarify with two diagonal passes.
October-that was the month that was!
29 Oct 2001 -
Football -
Keith Kent
Well here we are at the end of October in what has been one of the busiest months that I can ever remember. We started with the England training session on the 5th and seem not to have stopped since.I told all my staff to put their
For one year only.
29 Oct 2001 -
Football -
Frank Boahene
It has to be said that as a life long supporter of Fulham FC, I was more than happy to take a trip down to London to meet Frank Boahene, the man in charge at the Cottage. The pitch was originally constructed in 1987 using a little known type of pitch construction called the ‘cell system’.
The Lords Progression
23 Oct 2001 -
Cricket -
Mick Hunt
The entire field of play at the MCC is sat on thick, virtually impermeable London clay and for many years has caused heartache and headaches for myself and my team. The old clay pipe drainage system has long since silted up so over the last few years some additional plastic perforated drainage pipes have been added.
The melting pot.
23 Oct 2001 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
The melting pot.
Adjustment of Sand Levels
22 Oct 2001 -
Synthetics -
Technical Surfaces
To ensure the maximum life expectancy of a synthetic pitch is achieved it is vital that correct sand levels are maintained. Too much or too little sand will accelerate the wear rate of the carpet pile (normally 1 mm per year).
All Weather Surfaces
22 Oct 2001 -
Synthetics -
Technical Surfaces
With the worst Autumn weather for over 200 years it is little wonder that there has been a change in peoples perception of synthetic surfaces as being ‘all weather’.
