Magazine - Issue 40 - December / January 2011 / 2012

Uttoxeter Racecourse able to weather the storms
6 hours ago - Racing - Jane Carley - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
With vastly experienced Senior Clerk of the Course, Charlie Moore, at the helm, and a dedicated team of groundsmen, Uttoxeter Racecourse is in great shape to weather any coming storms

Pride and Passion shines through at Dunaverty Golf Club
2 Days ago - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
During his visit to Machrihanish Dunes, our editor took the opportunity to visit some other venues. Jimmy Kidd was insistent that he should see Dunaverty Golf Club, a small, but beautiful, members club set on the most southern tip of the Mull of Kintyre peninsula, in the village of Southend

Gosforth RFC - top level rugby on a 3G artificial surface
4 Days ago - Rugby - Rob Stewart - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Rob Stewart visits Gosforth Rugby Union Club, one of the first clubs playing top level rugby on an artificial pitch. As he discovers, the arguments for using the surface appear to outway the negatives

Five quick tips for jobseekers
6 Days ago - Consultancy - Frank Newberry - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
With the overall unemployment rate (at the time of writing) standing at one in twelve people in the UK - its highest level for sixteen years - and youth unemployment standing at one in five of young people and rising, Trainer and Motivational Speaker, Frank Newberry, offers a few quick tips for job seekers

Pitch-Line 3G is relaunching the concept of inserting artificial lines into natural turf sports pitches
1 Week ago - General Sports - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Laurence Gale MSc investigates the relaunch of a permanent linemarking system, and discovers that the improvements made are proving successful

Brighton & Hove Albion's new Amex Stadium
1 Week ago - Football - Editor - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Steve Winterburn, Head Groundsman at Brighton & Hove Albion’s new Amex Stadium, explains the reasoning behind his choice of surface

Bowls - not fast enough, high enough, strong enough … not rich enough!
2 Weeks ago - Bowls - Neville Johnson - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Neville Johnson looks at how one of Britain’s most popular fine turf sports gets support from its governing body, as local authority cash dries up and the International Olympic Committee cold shoulder goes on.

Machrihanish Dunes Golf Course - lovingly crafted out of the natural landscape
2 Weeks ago - Golf - Laurence Gale MSc - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Scotland is renowned for having some of the best links golf courses in the world, and now it can add another to its impressive portfolio. Machrihanish Dunes Golf Course has been lovingly crafted out of the natural landscape by designer, David McLay Kidd, and the highly experienced team assembled to create the course, including father, Jimmy

A new challenge for David Withers
2 Weeks ago - People - Dave Saltman - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Dave Saltman talks to David Withers, the new President of Jacobsen, about his career to date and his ambitions for the company

The soil food web - undoing the myth
2 Weeks ago - Consultancy - Paul Lowe - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012 - 37 comments
Seaweed, humic, fulvic acid, molasses and organics are all biostimulants, but what biology are you stimulating? What biology do you desire? And how can you ensure you are creating the biology for your needs? In this article, I will explain the functions of different microorganisms, how the ‘soil food web’ works, how this can be encouraged, how you can ensure biology is present and how to get the best out of your soil by utilising soil biology.

Is playing surface quality a trade-off?
3 Weeks ago - Football - David Ormsby - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
David Ormsby, Sports Turf Agronomist at the NZ Sports Turf Institute, asks if winter playing quality is a trade-off between investment and expectations

ICC developing cricket in Ireland and Romania
3 Weeks ago - Cricket - Andrew Mcleod - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Dr Andrew McLeod MSc F, Inst G., Technical Consultant at Total Turf Solutions (TTS), ICC Europe’s sole technical partner for the design and specification of playing surfaces for its Pepsi ICC European Development Programme, updates us on progress in Ireland and Romania

Penn Cricket Club square improved by young groundsman
3 Weeks ago - Cricket - Tom Nutting - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Twenty-two year old Tom Nutting explains his route into the industry and the success he has had with the square at Penn Cricket Club

An update on the work at Robin Hood Golf Club
3 Weeks ago - Golf - Andy Wood - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Robin Hood Golf Club’s Head Greenkeeper, Andy Wood, provides an update on the recent course work

Mild weather leads to worst algal blooms ever seen on artificial surfaces
3 Weeks ago - Synthetics - Sam Breeden - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
This autumn’s weather conditions, with near record high temperatures, a lack of frost, lots of rain in parts of the country and plenty of sunlight, have given rise to the worst algal bloom on courts and pitches I have seen since I became involved in the industry. Sweepfast’s Sam Breeden explains

The benefits of seaweed on sports surfaces
3 Weeks ago - General Sports - Duncan Gray - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
Duncan Gray offers an insight into the use of seaweed, both as a raw product and in liquid or granular form

Llanymynech Golf Club - a gem on the Wales/England border
4 Weeks ago - Golf - Neil Hancock - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
How many courses offer the golfer the opportunity to play in two different countries during one round, pay a visit to Offa’s Dyke, meet the professional who taught Ian Woosnam as a junior member, and a greenkeeper who, in 2012, will have devoted forty years of his life to maintaining the place he loves?