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Puckrup getting better

Richard Jones, 37, is the Golf Course Manager at Hilton Puckrup Hall Hotel in Tewkesbury. Here, he talks Iprodione, drainage, fairway renovation and more...

in Golf - on 28/1/19

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Teamwork pays off

On the Wrexham road out of the beautiful city of Chester lies The King’s School. The school motto is “The King gave it, may God bless it”. Jake Barrow...

in Football - on 15/12/18

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Pitch Perfect Southport

Situated on the ‘windy’ bit of the north-west coast of England, Southport Football Club is but a stone’s throw from many more famous clubs, yet has...

in Football - on 29/11/18

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Bigger sand wedge

41-year-old Matthew Robbins manages golf at the Telford Hotel and Golf Resort, which sits atop the valley sometimes considered the spiritual birthplace...

in Golf - on 12/11/18

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A whole lot of Patchwork

With the help of a strong squad, Dave Harvey and ALS Contracts, ambitious Gary ‘Patch’ Patchett, 57, hopes to contribute to a swift promotion for Halesowen...

in Cricket - on 9/11/18

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Willesley Park Golf Club

A year ago, Willesley Park Golf Club sought a course shake-up, so it made a familiar greenkeeper acting head, and he began reformatting its treelines,...

in Golf - on 5/11/18

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If It Ain’t Broke

Regarded as one of the finest courses in the northwest, Manchester Golf Club’s Course Manager Matt Shimwell and his team have their work cut out to manage...

in Golf - on 24/10/18

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Robson’s Footsteps

Abingdon School and its campus are an integral part of the Oxfordshire town. Jake Barrow caught up with Head Groundsman Richard Hagar to discuss the logistics...

in Cricket - on 22/10/18

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Everything accounted for

Sixty-seven year old ex-accountant Stephen Daniels has been involved with Feckenham Cricket Club for fifty-five years, just four years fewer than the club...

in Cricket - on 17/10/18

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Not So Common

Minchinhampton Golf Club has grown considerably in recent decades, having begun on a single common land site and, with such an ideal location, it shows...

in Golf - on 8/10/18

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Not Breaking the Bank

Astwood Bank Cricket Club’s Brad Jefferies is a young man. In fact, he’s only recently become a man. He’s maintained Astwood for the last few months...

in Cricket - on 5/10/18

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Tied up in Notts

The John Fretwell Sporting Complex is managed by The Warsop Sporting Trust which is operated by volunteer trustees from the organisations who use the complex....

in Cricket - on 24/9/18

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University’s challenge

Bath Spa University’s main campus is a safe-haven for perhaps the UK’s most treasured and iconic amphibian group: the smooth, palmate and great crested...

in Schools & Colleges - on 14/9/18

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AJ Bell - Binary Codes

Hosting two professional rugby clubs at AJ Bell Stadium, one of the 13-man code and one of the 15-, Dan Huffman, 50, has studs and scrums on his surface...

in Rugby - on 12/9/18

RTM-Award

Royal Warrant for RTM

RT Machinery’s annual open day came with a real difference this year: the company was presented with a coveted Royal Warrant for services to the Royal...

in Industry News - on 10/9/18

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Monmouthshire good job

Sixty-three-year-old David Winter is only the fourth head greenkeeper at Monmouthshire Golf Club since 1892. To understate, the position’s turnover rate...

in Golf - on 5/9/18

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Renovation (only cheaper)

We’ve had a couple of requests for autumn renovation advice from those cricket clubs on the tightest budgets, and thought we’d put a little something...

in Cricket - on 22/8/18

Welshpool-Sunrise

On the roof of the world

This is how Welshpool Golf Club describes itself; “so unexpected, so unlike anything else”, its website proudly states. Jake Barrow headed to the mid-Wales...

in Golf - on 20/8/18

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Maturing nicely!

Originally designed to be demolished after the games, the Olympic Stadium is now providing a modern home for West Ham United. Renamed the London Stadium,...

in Football - on 11/8/18

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Renovate Your Renovation

The Dennis/SISIS Cricket Renovation Day 2018 threw up some challenges the groundspersons present: ‘are you missing out on vital modern techniques?’...

in Cricket - on 8/8/18


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