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The observant amongst you will have spotted that Kerry Haywood’s lovely brown eyes are not staring out at you from the foreword in the Feb/Mar issue
in Editorial - on 26/2/22
The observant amongst you will have spotted that Kerry Haywood’s lovely brown eyes are not staring out at you from the foreword in the Feb/Mar issue
in Editorial - on 26/2/22
Peter Britton talks us through 100 issues of the Pitchcare magazine
in Editorial - on 7/1/22
Taking over the course manager’s role at Noordwijkse Golf Club in Holland recently has been Richard Wing. In this question and answer session, he charts...
in Golf - on 4/1/21
To borrow from the sixties satirical TV show TW3 (That Was The Week That Was), 2020 proved to be one hell of a year
in Editorial - on 21/12/20
They say that everyone has a book in them, but for Master Greenkeeper Phil Helmn, it was combination of Covid-19 lockdown, a distance learning degree course...
in Training & Education - on 1/9/20
There’s a saying amongst ecologists and entomologists that ‘dead wood is dead good’, which refers to the importance to wildlife placed on seemingly...
in Conservation & Ecology - on 21/8/20
So that’s it; no more sitting on a roller in the Aberdeen sunshine. Kenny McCurdie is retiring after twenty years tending the Mannofield Park Cricket...
in Cricket - on 28/2/20
Campey Turf Care’s Ambassador Ian (Poggy) Pogson is seen here with the BBC’s Naga Munchetty at the BTME Welcome Celebration. Clearly, one of the them...
in General Interest - on 27/1/20
Throughout 2019, Pitchcare brought you high quality articles across all sports disciplines; interviews with greenkeepers and groundsmen at some of the...
in People - on 8/1/20
The Blade Runner bowling green iron has been designed to smooth the playing surface without increasing compaction and bowlers will love the finish the...
in Bowls - on 5/11/19
There cannot be many more pleasurable things to do on a warm summer’s day than to visit the Isle of Wight albeit via, what is considered, the most expensive...
in Cricket - on 29/9/19
The EPA’s long awaited - and very overdue - study on rubber crumb was released in July; or at least Part 1 was. The 300+ page document is not exactly...
in Synthetics - on 30/8/19
With the move towards sustainability, wildlife encouragement and protection and membership enhancement, how many have considered planting an orchard? As...
in Golf - on 9/8/19
SCH (Supplies) Ltd founder and former managing director Andrew Rodwell has died age 80. Many will know Andrew from the company's 33 years of extensive...
in Industry News - on 21/5/19
The team at Pitchcare were saddened to hear the news that former Head Groundsman at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), Eddie Seaward MBE, has passed...
in Industry News - on 13/5/19
Despite breeding and reintroduction programmes, the UK’s birds of prey still face threats from unscrupulous individuals and syndicates out for personal...
in Conservation & Ecology - on 26/4/19
For many people, work related stress can become an unbearable burden. All too often we feel we must just keep our heads down and carry on with the job...
in Training & Education - on 2/11/18
Chafer grubs have struck again, with Epsom forced to cancel Thursday afternoon's meeting after an infestation affected areas of the racing surface. Salisbury...
in Industry News - on 12/9/18
The sad passing of twenty-year-old Lewis Maguire in March of this year has, yet again, triggered the debate surrounding the safety of rubber crumb infill...
in Football - on 3/9/18