Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Published 20th Dec 2011
Issue 41 -
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Pages: 100
Strike One
12 Nov 2006 -
Training -
Peter Hollingsworth
- Issue 8 - Aug / Sep 2006
THERE are, on average, about 1,800 thunderstorms in progress at any one time around the world with 100 lightning strikes every second. A lightning bolt travels at about 14,000mph and heats up the air around it to 30,000°C - five times hotter than the surface of the sun. The chance of being hit by lightning is about one in three million.
The 'F' Plan
11 Nov 2006 -
Football -
Laurence Gale MSc
- Issue 8 - Aug / Sep 2006 - 1 comment
Top class sport continues to demand ever improving playing surfaces as games become faster and more skillful. Many stadium pitches are being used more and more, not just for sport but also for events such as concerts and exhibitions. Another recent trend has seen stadiums used for duel sports with football and one of the two rugby codes pitch sharing. It is a scenario that has put extra pressure on the groundsmen at these venues.
A Budding Career
20 Oct 2006 -
Industry -
Laurence Gale MSc
- Issue 8 - Aug / Sep 2006
Always on the look out for a different story, I felt it would be interesting to find out what the Managing Director of a major international company got up to and the role he plays in running such a company. Having spent some time with David Withers at this year’s GCSAA show in Atlanta I decided he would be my ideal candidate.
Stressed Out!
15 Oct 2006 -
Consultancy -
Jayne Leyland
- Issue 8 - Aug / Sep 2006
SO FAR, 2006 has been a highly stressful year for grass - and for groundsmen and greenkeepers too! For most of the country spring was late and unseasonably cold, resulting in very slow spring recovery. There was frost in May and, unusually, sand rootzone temperatures in the south east of the UK struggled to reach 80OC. For most parts of Scotland there was little growth until June. From this we went straight into drought and heat stress from early June onwards.
Shifnal Expectations
12 Oct 2006 -
Golf -
Laurence Gale MSc
- Issue 8 - Aug / Sep 2006 - 1 comment
To find out for myself I made a visit to one of my local clubs, Shifnal in Shropshire, to meet up with Ian Fitzpatrick, their
current Greens Chairman. Ian has a twenty-year association with the club and, in that time, has served on several committees as well as being Club Captain.
Sands of Time
5 Oct 2006 -
General Sports -
Laurence Gale MSc
- Issue 8 - Aug / Sep 2006
We tend to take for granted the vast range of products available to our ever-demanding consumer market place, not realising how many of the materials used in these products have their origins in a quarry in Leighton Buzzard. Silica sand and gravel, for example is used in water filtration and found in many common place products such as adhesives, grouts, tiles, bricks and pet care products to name a few.
Be wary of using glue
8 Aug 2006 -
Cricket -
Peter Marron
- Issue 8 - Aug / Sep 2006 - 8 comments
There has been a lot of talk recently on the message boards about using glue to stabilise wickets, so I thought I’d clarify my use of PVA glue at Old Trafford-details inside
