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News ...................................... 3-6 Pond Life ..........................18-19 Finance and the Turf Industry .................... 24-25 Surface Interaction ........ 26-28 Spring Renovations ........ 29-33 Agua Issues .................... 46-48 Drought and summer stress ................................49-51 Riederalp Golf Club ........ 56-57 Sudden Oak Death ........ 58-60 Weed Control .................. 62-64 Bowled Over .................... 66-67 Under Cover
Operations ........................ 76-77 A Day with Hayter .......... 78-79
PLUS • Spring to mind! • My photo diary • Imants Feet of Clay • You cannot be Serious • Deal or No Deal III? • Fertilisers • Edwin’s Machinery Maintenance
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Spare a thought for two Worcester sporting venues where flooding is almost and annual event
STAYING IN TOON AT NEWCASTLE Like most Premiership football clubs Newcastle United have
had to move with the times and provide their players with quality surfaces to play and train on
KEEPING WITHIN THE BOUNDARY Oldham Athletic will host Coca Cola Division 1 games per
season plus Carling Cup, FA Cup, Reserve and Youth team cup fixtures and most home games of Oldham RLFC
ROLL ON! Pre-season rolling is one of the most important and
challenging processes used in the preparation of hard, fast and bouncy cricket wickets
BENEATH THE SURFACE Royal Holloway University of London have been conducting
research into the effects of using the Verti-Drain on the hidden habitat at the root zone
AUGUSTA SYNDROME Global warming is providing temperatures that are allowing
golf courses to be presented to much higher standards
TREE SELECTION ON GOLF COURSES Many golf clubs carry out extensive tree planting to improve
the aesthetic appeal of the course and define its character
TIMING MATTERS IN TURF CULTURE Professor Bill Adams says that, despite the advances in
specifications and maintenance machinery, many sportsfields are poorer quality than they could be
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