A breath of fresh air
January brought some of the most brutal weather conditions we have seen in recent years. From heavy rain to snow and frost, it has taken some monumental...
in Football - 2 days, 23 hours ago
January brought some of the most brutal weather conditions we have seen in recent years. From heavy rain to snow and frost, it has taken some monumental...
in Football - 2 days, 23 hours ago
Mansfield Town Football Club was formed in 1897 and, since the end of the First World War, have played their football at the 9,186 capacity One Call Stadium....
in Football - 3 days, 10 hours ago
Head Groundsman, Richard Lord has served Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club for many years. Lee Williams met up with him to have a socially distanced chat...
in Tennis - 1 week, 2 days ago
Situated a stone’s throw from Cornwall’s beautiful south coast, St Austell Golf Club is a private undulating parkland/heathland course designed by...
in Golf - on 18/12/20
Leicester Grammar School is an independent co-educated day school situated in Great Glen. Before its development in 2007, the school had no playing fields...
in Schools & Colleges - on 7/12/20
Perranporth Golf Club is situated on the beautiful North Coast of Cornwall, overlooking the glorious Perran Sands beach. It sits on top of a disused tin...
in Golf - on 3/12/20
On the A91, which concludes at St Andrews, and just a few miles east of Stirling, sits Dollar Academy, one of Scotland’s finest private schools. Catering...
in Cricket - on 27/11/20
Set in 180 acres of exquisite countryside, on the cusp of Devon and Cornwall, China Fleet Country Club in Saltash is one of the south west’s leading...
in Golf - on 24/11/20
Elmwood Golf is one of the premier golf and greenkeeping training facilities in the UK, owned and managed by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Elmwood...
in Golf - on 18/11/20
To get an idea of what the new normal is like working for a top Super League rugby club and the challenges a groundsman now faces getting a pitch ready...
in Rugby - on 6/11/20
Norman Robertson - he wouldn’t let you off lightly if he was a judge!
in Cricket - on 3/11/20
Clackmannanshire is the smallest county in the UK and is often referred to as ‘The Wee County’. Clackmannan County Cricket Club was established in...
in Cricket - on 3/11/20
My experience of Danny a fellow Lobby Gobbler from Leigh, over the last few years was that of a kind man who was always up for a laugh and would put a...
in Obituary - on 12/10/20
A rather excitable Lee Williams headed to the village of Cranfield, a few miles east of Milton Keynes, for his first face-to-face site visit since lockdown...
in Football - on 12/10/20
What do Westhoughton Cricket Club, Farnworth Cricket Club (in the Bolton League) and Littleborough Cricket Club (in the Lancashire League) all have in...
in Cricket - on 7/10/20
The small town of St Blazey lies on the south coast of Cornwall, just a mile or so inland from the popular Par Sands. This is grockle country ‘par’...
in Football - on 5/10/20
After a delayed meeting due to the Covid-19 crisis, Lee Williams, finally caught up with Mark Goddard, the club’s Head Groundsman and his right-hand...
in Cricket - on 28/9/20
In the first week of the return of golf after Covid-19 lockdown, on what was a perfect day for a round of golf, Lee Williams headed to Northamptonshire...
in Golf - on 19/9/20
Loughborough University is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England. It covers...
in Training & Education - on 14/9/20
Looe Golf Club in Cornwall featured in issue 85 of Pitchcare magazine. In the article, Mat Edwards told us of his desire to replace the club's thirty-five-year-old...
in Golf - on 18/8/20