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WATER HAZARD Keeping track of the balance of available
water supply in the root zone seems logical yet vital - by Gordon Jaaback.
BALMER ARMY Family ties in Gloucester where Graeme
Balmer looks after King’s School whilst his brother David and nephew Gareth tend the turf at Gloucester RFC.
CUTTING THE CLOTH Dave Saltman takes us through the end of
season renovation work carried out at the home of Wolverhampton Wanderers, Molineux, and the club’s training ground.
WOMEN IN TURFCARE Rewarding jobs and ambitious career paths
await women in the sports turf industry but how can they be encouraged to join up?
THE FULL MOTTY Apart from discovering if John Motson can
drive any better than he commentates, what is a Motty Test? David Goodjohn of GSB Loams takes us through this intriguing little soil analysis.
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Maintaining third generation artificial football surfaces
that third generation artificial surfaces, whilst closer to natural turf, still require a high level of maintenance
The STRI’s John Lockyer explains 64
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