Todmorden groundsmen Nevil Sutcliffe and Richard Crossland had seen nothing like it as a violent thunderstorm flooded their ground to a depth of more than...
in Cricket - on 9/8/06
Bradford Golf Club have solved a drainage problem on their three wettest greens by using a mole ploughing machine as part of a gravel banding...
in Golf - on 28/10/05
Groundsman Andrew Mackay is pleased that his newly laid pitch won general approval following Lancashire's four day championship game against Worcestershire...
in Cricket - on 13/9/05
When Scarborough Cricket Club decided to renew their outfield for the first time for nearly 140 years it turned out to be a bigger, more difficult and...
in Cricket - on 10/8/05
Scarborough Cricket Club will start next season with a new outfield following a £20,000 renewal scheme.
in Cricket - on 4/4/05
Roll your square before the ground dries out. That is the advice to cricket groundsman at this time of the year from Headingley groundsman Keith Boyce,...
in Cricket - on 3/4/05
Footballers in Keighley are enjoying the benefits one of the most up to date pitches thanks to a £295,000 investment by their local authority – Bradford...
in Synthetics - on 25/1/05
Branshaw Golf Club, high on the hills above the West Yorkshire town of Keighley, are proud of their heather and want to keep it in tip top condition.
in Golf - on 25/1/05
Some 12 years ago sheep grazed on farm land above the village of Addingham in the lovely Wharfe valley. There is nothing remarkable about that you might...
in Golf - on 22/12/04
Horsforth Golf Club has a noisy neighbour. The course adjoins Leeds-Bradford airport and golfers are used to the noise of low flying aircraft as planes...
in Golf - on 7/12/04
A year to forget at Queensbury Golf Club - bad weather and stolen machinery.
in Golf - on 3/12/04
Newly promoted Bradford and & Bingley have spent some £31,000 on a new pitch this summer-full article inside
in Rugby - on 11/9/04
Hartlepool United’s pitch is in tip top condition for the start of the Coca Cola League season after it was stripped and re-seeded during the summer....
in Football - on 25/8/04
Kirkstall Educational are reaping the benefits of a radical drainage scheme they undertook last winter. The club celebrated their 150th anniversary with...
in Cricket - on 23/8/04
Kevin Byrne has a wide sporting portfolio as chief Groundsman at Giggleswick School – an independent school set in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales....
in Industry News - on 12/8/04
A change of loam has brought tangible drainage benefits to Eldwick and Gilstead Cricket Club in a damp summer. Groundsman Garvin Clarke has used Ongar...
in Cricket - on 6/8/04
Robert Clare took on a big job when he became Course Manager at Skipton Golf Club last June after a year as Head Greenkeeper.For, the picturesque course...
in Golf - on 22/7/04
Head Greenkeeper, Richard Hartley, has been in his new position for just three months. However, he is keen to introduce practices to minimise fusarium...
in Golf - on 1/7/04