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Plymouth WONDERER
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Jon Lawrence, Groundsman at
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News .......................................................................................... 3-8 Carbon, Climate, Us and Grass ............................................ 10-11 Drought v Turf Part II ............................................................ 16-17 The ‘F’ Plan ............................................................................ 24-26 Benefit of Grind .......................................................................... 32 Sands of Time ........................................................................ 37-39 Galway Bay ............................................................................ 40-41 Shifnal Expectations .............................................................. 44-46 Quality of cut .............................................................................. 47 Be wary of using glue ............................................................ 56-57 Partners in Productivity .......................................................... 74-75
+ Zeba Crossing Over; The best or worst?; Vale Royal Abbey GC; Sods Law; Gretna Green FC; Take That Again!; Time Management.
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STRESSED OUT! Barenbrug’s Jayne Leyland looks at how grass species
selection and forward planning can help beat the stress of drought.
VIBES AT WORK The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 require
employers to ensure their staff are protected from the risks of vibration at work.
IS TIME RUNNING OUT? When the Government introduced an aggregates levy in 2002
what was the impact on quarrying and are there any alternatives?
CRUMBS! According to Dunweedin’s Bob Jones there is now a viable
alternative to the solutions to compaction and drainage. Yes, your old tyre won’t let you down.
A BUDDING CAREER How did Ransomes Jacobsen MD David Withers turn a loss
making company into the profitable one it is today? Laurence Gale gets the low down.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? So just how long does it take to grind a cylinder? Ian Robson
of Hunter Grinders examines the variables.
A GROWING BUSINESS Cannon and Nelstrop; sounds like a firm of accountants but
is, in fact, the team behind Cannons Turf.
TOP DRESSING EXPLAINED Rufford’s Peter Jefford says that establishing consistency and
quality is the key to creating successful sports turf.
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