Reaching the Heights
Situated in an area known as Marsden Heights, midway between the Lancashire towns of Burnley and Colne, Nelson Golf Club is an Alister MacKenzie designed...
in Golf - on 22/4/21
Situated in an area known as Marsden Heights, midway between the Lancashire towns of Burnley and Colne, Nelson Golf Club is an Alister MacKenzie designed...
in Golf - on 22/4/21
In the winter, the number one problem at Ilkley Golf Club is flooding. The course, which nestles in the lovely Wharfe Valley, is situated in a flood plain....
in Golf - on 3/4/21
Timperley Sports Club in Altrincham, Cheshire, is one of the country’s oldest remaining community sports clubs. The large site includes two cricket outfields...
in Football - on 26/3/21
Marine Association Football Club recently encountered a once in a lifetime experience, reaching the FA Cup third-round, where they drew Premier League...
in Football - on 27/2/21
Ingrebourne Links is situated in Rainham, Essex, just twenty minutes from Central London. Its futuristic clubhouse - more akin to a ‘Grand Designs’...
in Golf - on 15/2/21
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 - on 25/1/21
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 - on 25/1/21
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 - on 19/1/21
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