Tiers and tears
Ordinarily at this time of year, when the turkey has all been consumed and we start to look forward to 2021, our thoughts turn to BTME and our industry...
in Editorial - 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Ordinarily at this time of year, when the turkey has all been consumed and we start to look forward to 2021, our thoughts turn to BTME and our industry...
in Editorial - 3 weeks, 6 days ago
There is no Harry Potter bell tower, no sweeping driveway through undulating fields and the entrances are, frankly, unprepossessing. Despite the millions...
in Schools & Colleges - on 12/11/20
The current situation certainly feels as though we have moved from a ‘defeat Covid-19’ status to one where we must ‘live with it for the foreseeable...
in Editorial - on 28/10/20
With the recent Grounds Management Association (GMA) announcement that SALTEX has been moved from its new spring dates in March to the 3rd and 4th November...
in Industry News - on 26/10/20
When you hear of St. George’s Park, you immediately think of the home of England football – twenty-seven teams to be precise! It lies within 330-acres...
in Football - on 26/9/20
2020 continues to be an extraordinary year in every respect and, whilst it is now possible to visit sites and carry out inspections, demonstrations and...
in Editorial - on 27/8/20
Pitchcare were keen to get an insight into ‘The World’s Best Golf Club’; an accolade Sentosa Golf Club won at the World Golf Awards last year. Kerry...
in Golf - on 20/7/20
“You cannot put 30kg of fertiliser in a 20kg bag. Sooner or later it is going to spill out. I just did not know how much of a mess it was going to make.”...
in Football - on 3/7/20
The pandemic continues but, very slowly, the economy is starting to get going. Currently, we can visit a showroom to buy a new car, or pop to a shopping...
in Editorial - on 26/6/20
Looking after ourselves has never been more important than right now. The ‘new normal’ has changed the way we live, the way we work. We’re missing...
in General Interest - on 18/5/20
There aren’t many stadium images you see these days without a lighting rig in view! Kerry Haywood met with SGL founder Nico van Vuuren at their Netherlands...
in Football - on 6/5/20
Over the past couple of weeks, more and more tributes and signs of appreciation have emerged on social media. Ian Darler, Stadium Manager at Cambridge...
in Football - on 22/4/20
Whilst this is my first foreword for Pitchcare, many of you will know that I have been editor for a while - it’s merely part of the natural progression...
in Editorial - on 22/4/20
In his own words, Kenny Mackay ‘got lucky’, but it could only be through hard work and determination. He spoke to Kerry Haywood about his career path...
in Golf - on 10/1/20
Some of you may have read editor Kerry Haywood’s book review of Ian Darler’s Life’s a Pitch in the last issue. It’s in Chapter 11: Life Changing...
in Football - on 3/1/20
A question that’s been asked so much over the last couple of years and one, I think we would all agree that, as an industry, we need to approach school/college...
in Industry News - on 29/11/19
A fundraising bike ride was recently completed, which saw nine enthusiastic cyclists travel from Lord's, the home of cricket, to Haslingden Cricket Club...
in Cricket - on 24/11/19
The career of Paul Burgess started at Blackpool Football Club and now he’s the Director of Grounds and Environment at Real Madrid. In the latest of our...
in Football - on 8/11/19
Ian Darler has won just about every award the groundsperson industry has to offer, managed his stadium through tempestuous and terrific times and dealt...
in Football - on 1/11/19
The 19th show was held yesterday, at the RT Machinery premises in rural Buckinghamshire and received in excess of three hundred visitors - the largest...
in Industry News - on 5/9/19