EACH issue we’ll catch up with a leading turfgrass professional and ask him or her what’s going on in ..
Lives READERS
Who are you? Stuart Kerrison, Head Groundsman at Essex CCC.
How are you? Thinly stretched across most of Essex!!
Where are you? Based at Chelmsford but involved with several grounds around the County.
What are you on at the moment? I’m on....a mid- season plateau of calmness, fatigue, adrenalin rushes, nervous tension and pride!!
What’s bugging you? Poxy weather and covers!
What are you reading? The Golf Handbook, I’m trying to improve after having just taken golf up as a hobby, if that’s the right word for this bloody frustrating game!!
Favourite TV? The Simpsons
Favourite film? The Sound of Music, that Julie Andrews was a fox!
Best experience in the industry? Being in charge of a Test match at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Worst experience in the industry? Constant niggling pressure.
Why this industry? Working outdoors, being involved in professional sport and job satisfaction.
What would you be if you weren’t in this industry? I'd probably be in the Army, if my mum would have let me at 16!
Who (or what) would you take to a Caribbean island? My lovely wife Marion (I know its a bit corny but we’re still newly weds).
Trade Exhibitions - good, bad or ugly? Good
What will you do when you retire? See more of the world
Great gaffer or nightmare boss? Nightmare boss (control freak!).
Favourite bit of kit. Lloyds Paladin.
Who were your childhood heroes? Steve McQueen and Kenny Dalglish.
Musical taste - Live Aid or Live 8? Live Aid, U2 in their prime.
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