Articles By Dave Saltman (Page 5)

Thaw's for thought!

Hopefully, we are now seeing the back end of this winter's weather. It has been the harshest ever, certainly in my working lifetime. Golf clubs and sports...

in Industry News - on 15/3/10

A bright future

Long before I gave up my day job as a Groundsman to embark on the Pitchcare adventure, discussions about trade shows, raising Industry profile and a unified...

in Editorial - on 10/3/10

2009 will be remembered for a number of different reasons, the main one being our failed economy pushing many to the edge of financial crisis.

in Industry News - on 14/1/10

During a recent trip to Germany, Pitchcare’s Dave Saltman and Laurence Gale had the opportunity to look around the new stadium of Bayer Leverkusen with...

in Football - on 14/12/09

For those of you who can remember the late sixties (I don’t, my Granddad told me about them!) there was a band doing the rounds called ‘Family’...

in Editorial - on 30/11/09

Event Survey Responses

Since Pitchcare started over eight years ago, we have been in the fortunate position to work very closely with both the trade and the practioners. During...

in Industry News - on 31/10/09

Bullfighting

For most of us, if and when we have any spare time, it is spent with the family, getting on with that overdue DIY project or the real chore of cutting...

in Industry News - on 21/9/09

Well, it appears that the gloves are off, the cards are on the table, or any other phrase you care to mention, with regard to the ‘state of play’ within...

in Editorial - on 29/8/09

The 'WHY' Factor

Having pondered for a while as to whether I should have published my ‘X Factor’ editorial comment in the last issue, I have been both amazed and delighted...

in Editorial - on 29/6/09

X factor?

Finding an online dictionary definition of X-Factor is almost impossible due to a certain mindless TV programme of the same name. However, an extensive...

in Editorial - on 1/5/09

Alex Millar - Obituary

It is with sadness that I pass on the news that Alex Millar passed away last week. A great many people in the Industry will have worked with him and all...

in Industry News - on 24/2/09

With the rush of Christmas and an early print run, this editorial is being written at the end of November and in the midst of financial doom and gloom....

in Editorial - on 15/12/08

Bad Press

It seems that our industry has a penchant for attracting bad press. A recent example would be the unfortunate greenkeeper at Haywards Heath Golf Club who...

in Editorial - on 24/8/08

Go Dutch

Thanks to Campey Turfcare, members of the press were invited on a two-day trip to Holland visiting the company premises and machinery of both Imants and...

in Industry News - on 10/7/08

With a bias towards winter sport, forgive me for talking, again, about the high quality of the majority of the pitches that our Groundsmen produce. The...

in Editorial - on 17/5/08

Attack of the clones!

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...

in Editorial - on 29/1/08

The Richter Scale

They had stopped en route to relieve themselves and were surprised at how sandy and free draining the local soil was!

in Industry News - on 26/12/07

At the end of August Pitchcare and the ECB invited cricket groundsmen from across the UK, whose pitches had been affected by the Summer flooding, to attend...

in Cricket - on 14/12/07

Renovating Wolves

For the second year running the Groundstaff (Terry, Wayne and Ken) undertook much of the renovation works themselves.

in Football - on 22/7/07

Bespoke Blending and Bagging (BBB) launched this January at BTME, is the first customised service for precision blended top dressings, rootzone and soil...

in Industry News - on 8/3/07