It doesn’t take much working out that one hundred and fifty-two goalmouths are quite a lot for any team to maintain. Kerry Haywood met with Grounds Maintenance Officers to discuss how they manage the vast number of sites and the challenges they face.
Head Groundsman, Richard Lord has served Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club for many years. Lee Williams met up with him to have a socially distanced chat about the challenges he faces.
Covid-19 has certainly played havoc with sporting fixtures and the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Northern Ireland is also affected. With various lockdown regulations governing sporting venue closures, some heavily used pitches got a chance to breathe. Chris McCullough travelled to Liatroim Fontenoys GAC to view its newest pitch
Training Advisor Frank Newberry looks at the way we speak to people. He suggests that our choice of words and tone of voice can profoundly affect our relationships with others - not just our friends and family, but work colleagues, bosses and team members
2020 has been an unprecedented year. The effects of Covid-19 will still be being felt in years to come, with the general economy struggling to return to something like normal. Unemployment is likely to rise and the way people work will, no doubt, change substantially. In this ‘virtual roundtable discussion’, we seek the opinions of those struggling at the coalface of the industry.