The umpire strikes back!
Volunteer grounds professionals can tread a hard road, but a team of two can share the load, as Greg Rhodes discovered when he talked to Westgate-on-Sea...
in Cricket - on 25/5/20
Volunteer grounds professionals can tread a hard road, but a team of two can share the load, as Greg Rhodes discovered when he talked to Westgate-on-Sea...
in Cricket - on 25/5/20
St Bede’s’ partnership with its grounds team stretches back forty years and is still going strong. Greg Rhodes reports.
in Training & Education - on 11/3/20
Durham University ’s scale of participation in sport demands a highly regimented grounds team. Greg Rhodes met up with Paul Derrick, the facility’s...
in Cricket - on 15/2/20
A training ground in Wrexham has been transformed into a high-end football hub for the Welsh national squads and grassroots game
in Football - on 13/12/19
We should always celebrate when grassroots sport takes an upswing. It’s set to do just that in Worcester where an historic, though long-neglected, cricket...
in Cricket - on 15/11/19
One of cricket’s biggest hitters speaks out about the trials, tribulations and triumphs of running a World Cup venue. Greg Rhodes meets Vic Demain, the...
in Cricket - on 28/10/19
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) officially opened its £5m Colliers Park National Football Development Centre, near Wrexham, on 22 September, a...
in Football - on 11/10/19
There’s a destination to die for in the Cheshire countryside - with just a little golf on the side, as Greg Rhodes discovers.
in Golf - on 7/10/19
Howard Waters has enjoyed the best of both worlds, playing cricket at The Mote and tending its idyllic grounds, but his journey has proved to be a challenging...
in Cricket - on 5/8/19
Something`green`stirs amongst the ancient woodland of Epping Forest, as a popular multi-use golf club reaps the rewards of organically managed soil biology....
in Golf - on 20/6/19
Set in fifty acres of gardens in the Wye Valley, Holme Lacy is one of Herefordshire’s treasures and a hotspot for visitors all year round. Garden supervisor,...
in Public Places - on 3/6/19
On the outskirts of the North Yorkshire town of Harrogate, a huge project is coming to fruition to provide a ‘homeless’ junior football club with their...
in Football - on 15/4/19
A once-bunkered club is rising from a perilous lie as the new owners sink the right investment into the right provision, indoors and out. Greg Rhodes talks...
in Golf - on 18/2/19
A top golf venue has reduced greens rolling time by nearly a third after investing in leading-edge machinery.
in Golf - on 6/2/19
Pastoral care for prisoners plays a key part of Andy Flanagan’s day managing the gardens and grounds team in HMP Holme House, as Greg Rhodes reports
in Training & Education - on 3/1/19
Greenkeepers have a habit of returning to Slinfold Golf & Country Club; Head Greenkeeper Dan Saunders is one of them and, in its 25th year, Greg Rhodes...
in Golf - on 21/12/18
In a once quiet sporting corner of England, a Tier 7 football club is expanding into a thriving community hub. Greg Rhodes talks to Steve Dolphin, the...
in Football - on 7/11/18
Sports contracting, groundsworks and landscaping group Cleveland Land Services dug into its past recently to unearth key milestones to celebrate 50 years...
in Industry News - on 2/11/18