Magazine - Issue 16 - December / January 2007 / 2008

Talk to me!
15 Feb 2008 - Consultancy - Kevin Munt - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008
In the second of his articles, Kevin Munt, Principle Consultant at KMgC says that asking your colleagues to “get those bl**dy greens cut faster” may not be the best approach!

The race that stops a Nation
9 Feb 2008 - Racing - Editor - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008
Standing at the entrance to Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia is a majestic bronze statue of one of the country’s greatest sporting icons. Indeed, there is a case for saying that he is the most famous sporting legend of all in a country that is awash with sports stars. For, as far as we know, he is the only one who has been stuffed and has become the main attraction at the city’s museum - and has been for the last seventy years.

Financing irrigation systems
7 Feb 2008 - Golf - Duncan McGilvray - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008
The second in a series of articles by Duncan McGilvray, Managing Director of Enviropro H2O Ltd, concentrates on financing the enormous cost of what is, potentially, a very large project. He also covers after project system care and, controversially, questions some of the long held beliefs which many hold as necessary to ensure system performance.

Bunkers or bonkers?
1 Feb 2008 - Golf - Jonathan Gaunt - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008 - 2 comments
The majority of golfers would consider a course without bunkers to be inferior to those with. But is this the case? Are modern courses being built with bunkers just because it’s the right thing to do rather than an important feature of the course? Jonathan Gaunt, Golf Course Architect and Senior Member of EIGCA, offers an insight into the history, design and maintenance of sand traps

Taking pride in Framlingham
30 Jan 2008 - Cricket - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008 - 1 comment
MIKE RUTTERFORD is Head Groundsman at Framlingham College, a position he took over from his brother. Set in beautiful Suffolk countryside the college is considered by many locals to have the best views in the county

Attack of the clones!
29 Jan 2008 - Editorial - Dave Saltman - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008 - 9 comments
It is six and a half years since Pitchcare was launched. In that time we have seen a steady growth in membership and, by the time you read this, we could well have busted the 30,000 members mark. No small feat for an idea that was considered, at best, ‘bonkers’ back in 2001.

Forest trumps!
23 Jan 2008 - Football - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008
When Nottingham Forest’s previous incumbent packed his bags and headed for the bright lights of the big city, in stepped Ewan Hunter to take on the role of Head Groundsman at the club made famous by Brian Clough

Mark’s time at Fulford
21 Jan 2008 - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008
It is the golf course where Bernhard Langer famously played a televised shot out of an ancient ash tree. It is also where seven crew members of a Halifax bomber lost their lives during take off on a bombing mission to France during the Second World War.

Tyrrells Wood
20 Jan 2008 - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008
Billy McMillan is one of five brothers who are all Greenkeepers. He is also the outgoing BIGGA Chairman and has worked tirelessly to improve the standing of all Greenkeepers during his tenure.

When autumn leaves start to fall
10 Jan 2008 - General News - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 16 - Dec / Jan 2008
Leaf collection has come a long way in a relatively short time. I well remember, back in the late seventies, the many hours spent raking leaves into piles and chucking them into a trailer with leaf boards.