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honour here that it is just over thirty years since a 1st team match was called off due to the pitch being unplayable. We intend to maintain that tradition!” LEE JACKSON
Deputy Head Groundsman Manchester City
Match Day Countdown .......... 26 UEFA Venue Directors ............ 30 Toffee Delight .......................... 32 The Gingerbread Men ............ 34 Paul on a mission .................. 40 Snakes & Ladders .................. 46 Going to extremes .................. 64 Game, set and match ............ 72 A spoonful of sugar ................ 82 Chemical safety and IPM ...... 84 Don’t let the weeds win ........ 94 Wicket Prep .......................... 100 Flood SOS .............................. 104
PLUS: Thatch, your friend for fine grass; Astro Physics; What irrigation system?; Managing water in the soil; Funding; Urban Sportsfield Drainage; The Tender Trap; A Pioneering Approach; Crossing over for Jordan; Worms that do a good turn; MJ Abbotts
“It is a point of
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Ever wondered where the most extreme sporting venues are in the British Isles? From grass catching fire to chartered aircraft halting play, you might be surprised at the answers
Going to EXTREMES....... 8
WESTCHESTER TO WIMBLEDON David Proctor’s current position at the All England Lawn
Tennis Club has seen him move from greenkeeping to groundsmanship. It has been an interesting career path.
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It’s been over thirty years since Manchester City have had to call off a home fixture, a record the club are justly proud of. Head Groundsman, Roy Rigby, and his deputy, Lee Jackson, aim to extend that record.
THE AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS Former Head of Corporate Grounds at Fulham FC, Frank
Bohene, talks about the trials and tribulations of preparing pitches in Ghana for a watching world audience.
GOING OUT ON A LYMM Stuart Yarwood, Head Greenkeeper at Lymm Golf Club in
Cheshire, talks about the ‘Gingerbread Men’ and his sustainable approach to maintaining the course.
AUGUSTA NATIONAL Jeff Foulger confesses to being ‘gob smacked’ when told that
his Ohio State University placement would be at Augusta National, the home of the Masters.
LACROSSE ROADS A sport sidelined for decades is enjoying a groundswell of
interest but is still battling a shortfall of adequate facilities. Tom James looks at the issues facing lacrosse.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN Pitchcare’s Laurence Gale joins Bernhard’s sales and
demonstration team as they travel around Ireland on a demonstration tour organised by Brodericks Grass Machinery.
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RICHARD NORTON Bolton Wanderers FC
Manchester City FC ROY RIGBY
DAVID PROCTOR All England Lawn Tennis Club
Bromborough Golf Club PAUL LOWE
STUART YARWOOD Lymm Golf Club
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