Magazine: Issue 29 - February / March 2010

A baptism of snow!
16 hours ago - Football - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
For many football club groundsmen the period between Christmas and the New Year is usually a busy time, with a glut of fixtures to accommodate at a time when their pitches are most vulnerable due to the poor weather and low light levels. This winter has been even more challenging.

Taking the Mickey!
4 days ago - Consultancy - Andy Bedoes - Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010 - 1 comment
Mice hold a special affection with us humans due, in the main, to Walt Disney’s Mickey and Minnie, MGM’s Tom and Jerry and the cute Stuart Little (no, not the golfer). The pesky little critters pop up all over children’s stories and are always portrayed as ‘the good guys’.

News from the world of trees
5 days ago - Consultancy - Phillip Ellis - Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
As an arboricultural consultant, I get asked all sorts of question whilst carrying out my varied work. The most common question this year is about problems with Horse Chestnuts.

Choosing the right irrigation system
7 days ago - Bowls - Jon Jinks - Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
Jon Jinks suggests that poor design skills and a desire to cut corners are what makes a system unreliable - not always the equipment that has been chosen

White Horse - White Snow ...
1 week ago - Cricket - Editor - Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010 - 1 comment
White Horse Contractors undertook the drainage and irrigation work at Durham CCC’s Riverside ground during the worst possible weather conditions