February 2002 (Page 1)

Watery Wolves

When we left the ground on Friday, the home game against Walsall was five days away and the pitch seemed to be holding up quite well with the recent rain...

in Football - on 26/2/02

Town training torment

The Northampton Town players have trained on the pitch this season 25 times already and this is added to the 29 first, reserve and youth team games played....

in Football - on 25/2/02

Shipley Golf Club

Shipley Golf Club is situated in the West Yorkshire town of Bingley, a parkland course set in the most beautiful part of the Aire Valley.

in Golf - on 22/2/02

Winter care at Wasps and Rosslyn Park

In the spring of last year the company who owned both Q.P.R FC and Wasps RFU were in receivership, leaving the contractor with a major dilemma

in Rugby - on 22/2/02

Irrigation Control sweep the Board

If awards give an indication of a company’s success then Irrigation Control Limited of Winsford must be the most successful irrigation contracting company...

in Industry News - on 18/2/02

Soil Analysis

Soil Analysis

Soil Analysis

in Editorial - on 18/2/02

The benefit of soil analysis

Benefit of soil analysis

The benefit of soil analysis

in Editorial - on 18/2/02

Returfing the Theatre of Dreams

Theatre of Dreams

Up until a few weeks ago, I had felt that the pitch was going to hold up and get us through another season of play, but the combination of games and the...

in Football - on 14/2/02

Filbert Street News

Filbert Street News

Well, the Christmas and New Year hasn’t been particularly kind to us here at Leicester, it started on the 21st December where we put our evergreen...

in Football - on 14/2/02

Nene Park Diary at Rushden

For my first article for this excellent website I thought I would share my diary with you covering the hectic week my team and I faced from Tuesday 29...

in Football - on 12/2/02

Thatch at Bradford PA

Groundstaff at Bradford Park Avenue cricket ground have declared war on thatch.

in Cricket - on 12/2/02

Valley Parade

The weather thwarted Bradford City’s hard working groundstaff on the second leg of their live TV sporting double at the weekend.

in Football - on 11/2/02

Old Trafford The Refit

You may have heard that we are once again re-turfing Old Trafford ....

in Football - on 11/2/02

Pitchcare in the USA

Pitchcare in the USA

in Editorial - on 8/2/02

Valley Parade, Bradford

Bradford City’s groundstaff face a busy and difficult few days to have the Valley Parade pitch ready for two live televised matches this...

in Football - on 6/2/02

Weather Woe

Weather Woe

Weather Woe

in Editorial - on 6/2/02

Rain stops play at Spurs

The game last Saturday against Bolton would probably have been played, had we had more grass on the pitch, but we were also extremely unlucky with the...

in Football - on 4/2/02

Burst banks at Bradford and Bingley

Just over 12 months ago Bradford and & Bingley’s sports complex was under water following the worst flooding in the Aire Valley for some 30 years. It...

in Cricket - on 2/2/02

Bradford park avenue

Groundsman Richard Robinson has been improving the state of the outfield at Bradford’s premier cricket ground. Richard is Groundsman at the former Yorkshire...

in Cricket - on 2/2/02

Keith Boyce makes welcome return

For more than 20 years Keith Boyce had one of the highest profile jobs of any cricket groundsman in England. Always, it seemed, his pitch at Headingley...

in Cricket - on 2/2/02