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Articles By Jake Barrow (Page 3)

Myerscough JohnBerryPortrait

School for Groundrels

At Myerscough College in Preston, John Berry leads the way. Not many Head Groundsmen are also Head Greenkeepers. And not many Head Greenkeepers get the...

in Football - on 12/2/18

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Best of Pitchcare 2017-18

This is a round-up of the Pitchcare pages – technical, news or opinion – which you’ve read most often since this time last year.

in Editorial - on 7/2/18

BarnsleyFC HiveOfActivity

Out of the darkness...

David Anderson joined Barnsley Football Club’s groundstaff because he was ‘handy with spanners’. He has now risen to the role of Head Groundsman...

in Football - on 31/1/18

CharnockRichard Water

Charnock Richard GC

Ryan Donnellan is the young Head Greenkeeper tasked with turning a few dozen acres of grassland into a phoenix reborn from the ashes of once-successful...

in Golf - on 29/1/18

Montgomery MichaelBeloe

Beloe; above and beyond

Montgomery is a town in the Welsh Marches, administratively in the Welsh county of Powys. It is the traditional county town of the historic county of Montgomeryshire,...

in Bowls - on 24/1/18

BrancepethCastle GeneralMain

The hardest 9th in Golf

Situated on the ‘back roads’ between the City of Durham and Bishop Auckland, Brancepeth Castle Golf Club occupies an undulating and picturesque setting...

in Golf - on 17/1/18

GrahamOsbourne Landscape

It takes two to tango!

Dual-use, council-run stadium ‘The Shay’ sits in the famous Calderdale Valley, and the quirks of its turfcare requirements derive from an oddly varied...

in Football - on 15/1/18

BirminghamUni MarkRoche2

Hockey tournament prep

With Birmingham’s 2022 Commonwealth Games bid successful, the city’s university has invested heavily in new synthetic surfaces to allow it to host...

in Synthetics - on 12/1/18

LibertyNational Crowds

Golf in the land of liber

As part of Pitchcare’s series on the Ohio State University’s ‘TOP’ Program for the international transfer of student greenkeepers, youngster Gavin...

in Golf - on 18/12/17

Ashton GC hole

Ashton-in-Makerfield GC

Rick Sinker, Head Greenkeeper at Ashton-in-Makerfield Golf Club, told us about his mission to completely redevelop his course's bunker setup. He hopes...

in Golf - on 8/12/17

Queensway StevenPay

Freedom Crusaders

Queensway Stadium is home to north Wales’ only paid rugby league team. The multi-sport venue is operated by Freedom Leisure and is run on a tight budget....

in Rugby - on 6/12/17

Portchester Castle

The end of castle cricket

Portchester Cricket Club, on England’s south coast, now has two senior teams instead of three. This seemingly trivial piece of grassroots team news is...

in Cricket - on 27/11/17

Bury Gaz&MikeMain

Technicality and tenacity

Two years ago, Bury Football Club brought in experienced turfcare specialist Gareth Lester as Grounds Manager, to complement the work of existing Head...

in Football - on 15/11/17

Bolton GC Richard Banning

Bolton Golf Club

At well over 1,000ft above sea level, Bolton Golf Club should be a hotbed of extreme weather phenomena and accompanying difficult turf conditions. But...

in Golf - on 13/11/17

ColwynBay DaveWallace

Slittin’ on the dock ...

Annually, Glamorgan County Cricket Club head to the tourist-heavy northern shore of Wales and hang their hats at grassroots club Colwyn Bay. This year,...

in Cricket - on 10/11/17

PeteFlewitt Main

A Leaf History of Pine

When Pete Flewitt, Head of Gardens and Grounds at Trent College, sends his team for their morning rounds, it’s very often to blow or collect leaves....

in People - on 3/11/17

Magdalen College Merton field

Magdalen College School

Known as ‘Commem’ (short for ‘Commemoration Day’), the leavers’ celebration at Magdalen College School, Oxford was a predictable success. Contrary...

in Training & Education - on 20/10/17

GaudetLuce AndrewLaing

Hats off to Gaudet Luce

Built on little more than barren farmland, a shoestring budget and one man’s unfulfilled hopes of owning an M5 service station, Gaudet Luce Golf Club...

in Golf - on 16/10/17

Walsall FC Pitch 1

Walsall Football Club

At Walsall Football Club, a team of just three men maintain six professional pitches. Jake Barrow’s report includes that team’s preparations for...

in Football - on 4/10/17

LiverpoolCC TerryGlover3

Liverpool Cricket Club

Teams of tired people have been shifting portable grandstands across Liverpool Cricket Club’s home turf, Aigburth Cricket Ground, in preparation for...

in Cricket - on 29/9/17


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