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PAUL CAWOOD
News ...................................... 3-6 Bard Day at the office .... 32-33 In Festive Mood! .............. 34-37 Battle of Waterloo ................ 38 Honourable Artillery ...... 40-41 It’ll stunt your growth! .... 42-44 Under Threat! ........................ 46 Slit Drainage .................... 48-49 Bad Press ........................ 56-58 What’s your problem? .... 60-63 A Saint@Neots ................ 66-67 Yorkshire CCC Academy 90-91 Finance ............................ 94-95
PLUS • Ecology, the environment and grounds maintenance
• ECB County Pitch Advisors • Nature’s corridors • Facts about mowing • You cannot be serious • Forever flowing bubbles • Frank Newberry • Food for thought • Edwin’s Machinery Maintenance
•Sods Law •ROPS on?
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WHAT A STATE TO GET INTO! Englishman, David McGregor, talks about the Ohio State
University’s Turf Programme for young greenkeepers and what it has meant to his career.
IN THE GROVE! You want impressive? You got impressive? How The Grove has
become the leading ‘pay and play’ course in the country and received plaudits from Tiger Woods and Gary Player.
CREATING FUTURE CLASSICS Jonathan Gaunt has designed golf courses throughout Europe.
How does the mind of a golf course architect work and what criteria does he follow?
MANANA MENORCA? Working in Spain is a pleasure but you have to be prepared for
hard work. Jason O’Keefe explains how he got to work at Son Parc Golf Club on Menorca.
MEET THE ELLESMERIAN Ian Morris has worked at Ellesmere College for over 30 years.
Now he is Head Groundsman and loving every minute.
THE PERFECT CV How Tony Bolton, a former policeman, bus driver, pub
landlord and store manager, ended up looking after two high quality venues in Lancashire?
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It’s all too easy to reach for the chainsaw, but is that actually necessary?
DAVID McGREGOR Robert Trent-Jones GC
JASON O’KEEFE Golf Son Parc, Menorca
KATE ENTWISTLE Plant Pathologist
IAN MORRIS Ellesmere College
PHILLIP CHIVERTON The Grove GC
ANTHONY HOLMAN Cheltenham Racecourse
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