Contents Marcus Oakey, Moor Allerton Golf Club Golf The perfect partnership
A former greenkeeper at Wentworth and Sunningdale, Darren Lee, has taken over as Course Manager at Salisbury & South Wilts Golf Club. Pg14
Ménage à trois! Cover Story -P Groundsman, Burnley Football Club ISSUE
As a life long Burnley fan, the club’s head groundsman, Paul
Bradshaw, has landed his dream job. The club’s
return to the top flight looks like adding to his workload, but it’s a challenge he is looking forward to
A Drop of Claret ..... Pg70 THE PC TEAM
DAVE SALTMAN Managing Director
Performs more roles within the organisation than John Cleese in a Monty Python film. In fact, time pressures
extended to a Saturday watching Wolves vs Bolton. Now that is commitment above the call of duty!
have become that bad for Mr Saltman, that his corporate responsibilities
JOHN RICHARDS Operations Director
Was on serious ‘granddad’ duties over the Christmas break as the family descended on him from all corners of the globe. With the youngest having just learned to walk - better than some of the office staff on a Friday night - he is looking forward to passing on his considerable football skills to young Oscar.
Inside THIS
General
The Science of Compliance!
Pitchcare goes behind the scenes at Bayer CropScience in Monheim, Germany. Pg64
It’s a jungle out there!
Laurence Gale MSc meets Mark Hargreaves, Team Leader of Horticulture and Botany at Chester Zoo. Pg100
Oh Rats!
Excluding the ones you work with or are married to, experts reckon that, when you are outside, you are never more than eight feet from a rat! Pg108
Cricket Jabber from the Hut!
Alan Hamilton, Guernsey Cricket Board’s Head Groundsman, steps out of his hut to talk about cricket on the island. Pg104
Paul Bradshaw, Head
A new greens chairman, a dedicated course manager and a forward thinking chairman are recession busting at Moor Allerton Golf Club. Pg18
A Desert Oasis
The Director of Agronomy at The Royal Golf Club in Bahrain, Mark Hooker, shares his experiences of greenkeeping in the Middle East. Pg24
Sand and deliver...
Andy Cole, STRI agronomist for the Midlands region, looks at the quality of bunkers, the quality of the sand and how best to placate the members. Pg28
Penn Pals!
The Gingerbread Men descend on Paul Mills, Head Greenkeeper at Penn Golf Course to offer support and advice. Pg34
Three men went to mow!
In a series of three articles golf consultant, Kevin Munt, considers the golf green management options for three differing golf club operations. First up is maintaining Poa greens. Pg42
A partnership of interests
As turfcare grows more complex, greenkeepers and managers must rely for success not only on their own expertise but also on that of specialist service suppliers. Pg48
LAURENCE GALE Editor
Never one to miss a passing bandwagon (see ‘Lozisms’ at the back of the mag) our Laurence has joined the ‘let’s ignore deadlines’ scenario that seems rife within Pitchcare. So, ‘Late Loz’ supplied a 4 page article that “must go in this issue” just two days before press day - that he’d known about for two months!
PETER BRITTON Sales & Production
Victor Meldrew moments seem to becoming far more regular these days and, in true VM style, they are never Peter’s fault, just a case of
unfortunate timing! It is, of course, all to do with ‘not enough hours in a day’ syndrome’ - or, perhaps, a certain editor running round in ever decreasing circles!
PR and Marketing
Almost had a fit when one of her colleagues sat far too close to one of her ‘chic’ Radley
work bags! (It looked like something you’d buy from the market. Ed). If looks could kill we would be one staff member short by now. In truth, it was nothing more than ‘expensive’ handbags at ten paces - just!
ELLIE TAIT
ALASTAIR BATTRICK Web Monkey
With phone lines to install, laptops to set up and websites to maintain, Al has never been under more pressure. Luckily, this hasn’t affected his cheerful demeanour
around the office and he can often be heard humming tunes from Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang & The Sound of Music.
DAN HUGHES Sales Manager
Deadline Dan continues to smile, even though his team are languishing at the wrong end of the
Premiership ... and he’s even struggling to get shot of season tickets to Molineux. He’s actually resorted to helping out the head
groundsman on match days rather than shell out for a ticket!
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