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Raising funds is one of the biggest challenges faced by cricket clubs. Luckily, there are lots of options available for clubs in the form of grants to...
in Cricket - on 16/7/14
Raising funds is one of the biggest challenges faced by cricket clubs. Luckily, there are lots of options available for clubs in the form of grants to...
in Cricket - on 16/7/14
When The Rev Nathaniel Woodard embarked on his personal quest to provide first rate education to the less privileged in Sussex, little could he have known...
in Football - on 7/9/13
Kristinn V. Jóhannsson - check out Sigur Rós on YouTube - he may be right!
in People - on 3/9/13
Kristinn V. Jóhannsson is Head Groundsman at the National Stadium in Iceland, where he is working with a pitch that has changed little since its construction...
in Football - on 3/9/13
Dan McGrath, Course Manager at North Foreland Golf Club in Kent, became BIGGA’s 56th Master Greenkeeper in April 2011. Alongside his commitment to providing...
in Golf - on 2/9/13
There has been racing at Lingfield Park since 1890, when it was opened by the then Prince of Wales, later to be Edward VII. It started off as a jumps course...
in Equestrian - on 1/9/13
Formed in 1922, Pyle and Kenfig Golf Club, near Bridgend, south Wales, offers a great test of links golf on a course laid out in two nine-hole loops, each...
in Golf - on 30/8/13
Lifelong Bantams fan, Mick Doyle, must be pinching himself. Not only did his beloved Bradford City reach the final of the Capital One League Cup, but they...
in Football - on 28/8/13
In this, the third article in the series, Richard Comely and Lee Kristensen of Ransomes Jacobsen look, in detail, at the production of a Jacobsen GP400...
in Machinery & Mechanics - on 27/8/13
With the growing season now in full swing, all greenkeepers are at their busiest time of year keeping the course well manicured and maintained.
in Pests & Diseases - on 26/8/13
Dr Tim Lodge of Agrostis Sports Surface Consulting believes that, by thinking about natural and artificial sports surfaces in the same way, we are getting...
in Consultancy - on 25/8/13
Antony Wainwright, a previous winner of Conservation Greenkeeper of the Year and, until recently, one of the team at Turton Golf Club in Lancashire, begins...
in Golf - on 24/8/13
A financial legacy of millions put a ‘sleepy hollow’ cricket club on to the sport’s rich list, ensuring fine facilities for generations to come,...
in Cricket - on 22/8/13
Stuart Hogg - fetch out the barbie, pop open the champagne, this man is not a quitter!
in People - on 20/8/13
It took Stuart Hogg just sixteen years to rise from apprentice to become only the thirty-seventh Master Greenkeeper in 2004. Now, as Course Manager at...
in Golf - on 20/8/13
English Heritage are the governors of four historic sites of national importance on the Isle of Wight; Osborne House, Carisbrooke Castle, Yarmouth Castle...
in Public Places - on 19/8/13
The return of Crystal Palace to the Premiership will be welcomed by many, not least because their colourful manager and former player, Ian Holloway, will...
in Football - on 17/8/13
Tom James revisits his roots to gain an insight into groundcare at Lancing College, where the young grounds team, led by James Cowie, are providing high...
in Football - on 16/8/13
Jim Morley works above his contracted hours for the love of sport and to provide the best playing surface possible for his handful of customers. Our editor...
in Football - on 14/8/13
The reduction of organic matter remains a high priority for golf and bowls greenkeepers. Agronomist Charles Henderson explains that, as no two greens will...
in Golf - on 12/8/13