Astbury Hall Golf Club
It’s not very often, if at all, that visitors to a golf club’s website are blasted with heavy metal, but that’s the case when you visit www.astburygolfclub.com,...
in Golf - on 2/1/12
It’s not very often, if at all, that visitors to a golf club’s website are blasted with heavy metal, but that’s the case when you visit www.astburygolfclub.com,...
in Golf - on 2/1/12
At seventy-three years young, Doug New came to groundsmanship late in life, following a career in Fleet Street. Here, he tells Tom James about the mistakes...
in Cricket - on 28/12/11
When Stuart Yarwood went to Lymm Golf Club at the turn of the century, he found a course maintenance regime that was both unsustainable and costly. Now,...
in Golf - on 26/12/11
Having talked about how undervalued he and his staff feel, our anonymous football league head groundsman, Mr AKA Grasscutter, talks about the lack of communication...
in Football - on 25/12/11
Lindum Turf and Barenbrug have created a new turf to meet the needs of a complex park project in the London borough of Islington. Here, Carol Dutton explains...
in Local Authority - on 24/12/11
The bunker within a golf course provides many functions. It is principally a hazard and the clearest dictator of the strategy of a golf hole, but it can...
in Golf - on 23/12/11
Coming up to seventy, in groundcare work all his life, and as competitive as it comes, that’s John Crouch the greenkeeper at Queenborough Bowling Club...
in Bowls - on 21/12/11
Adrian Kay has been Head Groundsman at York Racecourse for a little over five years. In that time, he has not only changed the maintenance regimes, bringing...
in Equestrian - on 19/12/11
Scott Gibson - would like to have less arrogance, but is sociable and caring
in People - on 17/12/11
‘All things draw towards St. Enodoc’, so said the late Poet Laureate, Sir John Betjeman CBE. He felt compelled to write about the Cornish Links course,...
in Golf - on 17/12/11
Keith Porter - A highly motivated workaholic - although his wife might not agree with that analogy!
in People - on 15/12/11
When Keith Porter became Head Groundsman at Leigh Sports Village, he inherited a few problems with the winter sports pitches. Now, after much remedial...
in Industry News - on 15/12/11
Neville Johnson sees how an Aussie with a Lord’s pedigree looks after a cricket ground with a showbiz link, yet village feel, in the heart of London
in Cricket - on 13/12/11
It’s grim up north - and it certainly was the day John Richards attended the Waterloo Championships Finals at Blackpool in September. He found a venue...
in Bowls - on 11/12/11
Andrew Turnbull, Technical Director of The Great Turf Company, discusses the importance of a carbon/nitrogen balance in the soil and how various organisms...
in Consultancy - on 10/12/11
Port Sunlight is unique, and is considered to be one of the finest surviving examples of early urban planning in the UK. The late 19th Century village...
in Local Authority - on 9/12/11
Bill Clutterbuck has just completed his sixteenth season at the Guildford Cricket Club’s Woodbridge Road ground, and he is one of the stalwarts of the...
in Cricket - on 7/12/11
During the last two winters there has been lots of talk about snow on greens. Should you remove it or leave it where it is?
in Golf - on 5/12/11
John Edwards - numb on a sandy beach with a beer and an apple pie seems like a good plan!
in People - on 3/12/11
St Helens RLFC are nearing the completion of their new St Helens Stadium, which will officially open next January in time for the 2012 Super League season....
in Rugby - on 3/12/11