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improved facilities in schools, clubs and on local authority sites to deliver this National Game Strategy.”
THE NATIONAL GAME STRATEGY DOCUMENT The Football Association
Sweet FA .................................. 16 The winter pitch crisis ............ 18 Gearying up at Charlton.......... 23 Post drainage blues ................ 26 Bunkers .................................... 34 Tournament play .................... 44 Green keeping ........................ 56 Plant disease .......................... 71 Breaching plant defences ...... 74 Rubber Crumb migration ...... 96
PLUS: Fuller potential; Growth regulators; Robert Jones Diaries; Compare and contrast; A little bit of Dacorum: Frank Newberry; The Sisis Quadraplay; Brushing up on artificials; Time to change; New stadium, new groundsman, New Meadow
“We need to invest in new and
Inside THIS
Fine turf cylinder mowers put
through their paces at Donnington Wood Bowling Club in Shropshire
The REEL Deal........................... 8
CROSSING THE DIVIDE After two years in the UK with the STRI Megan Hood has
returned to her native New Zealand. Here she looks at how agronomy is approached in both countries .
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RACE DAY COUNTDOWN Laurence Gale spends the day with Adrian Kay, Head
Groundsman at York Racecourse, as he prepares for the first meeting of the season, the May Festival.
POST DRAINAGE BLUES The recent wet winters have produced problems on many
winter sports pitches. Often the first line of approach is to install an intensive pipe drainage scheme.
DE VEREING ON TO A NEW COURSE When the De Vere group purchased Oulton Park, just under
three years ago, some heavy investment was required to bring the golf course back up to championship quality.
KEEPING THE PENINSULA SHARP Carl Crocher, Head Greenkeeper at Caldy Golf Club on the
Wirral Peninsula, talks about his approach to sustainable golf and being a Gingerbread Man!
CRICKET FEATURE With the assistance of an ECB Pitch Advisor, the STRI and a
Head Groundsman we look at repairing wicket ends, ongoing maintenance and getting the best out of an artificial wicket.
LIGHTNING PROTECTION Tony Ware of Tonick Watering explains how to protect a
decoder based irrigation control system from the affects of a lightning strike.
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NZ Sports Turf Institute MEGAN HOOD
ADRIAN KAY York Racecourse
PAUL GEARY Charlton Athletic FC
CARL CROCHER Caldy Golf Club
De Vere Oulton Hall JIM BROWN
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