RIPTA
Register of Independent Professional Turfgrass Agronomists
Those listed on the Register are able to consult regarding:
Feasibility Studies Turf maintenance programmes Agronomy Turfgrass disease problems Drainage advice
Soil analysis/interpretation Construction documentation Recruitment of staff Project management Training and education Expert witness work
For more information and contact details for the Consultant Agronomists on the RIPTA Register go to:
www.RIPTA.co.uk
Foreman / Contractor - Natural Sports Turf
Visit our website at
www.boughton.co.uk and download an analysis sheet to find out which of our three cricket loams are most suitable for your ground.
Boughton Kettering, Club, and County Loams are sourced locally and analysed to establish compatibility and conformity. They are then screened and can be supplied dried and sterilised or untreated for construction projects.
An Established Sports Turf Contractor now looking to expand with the appointment of an experienced ‘Natural Sports Turf Contractor’
The successful applicant will need to be
• Experienced and skilled in the construction and maintenance of natural sports surfaces
• Possess the ability to lead a team and organise projects on site
• Able to work from a midlands based company
You will ideally hold a CSCS card, a class two driving licence and have a good base knowledge of construction machinery and use of.
We would be interested to hear from individuals who are either currently in a similar role looking for a new challenge and progression or someone with a couple of years behind them who are ambitiously looking for the next step in their career and who are willing to take on extra training and development.
Salary is very much dependant on experience, range £20 - £30,000 + benefits
If you believe that you can demonstrate further knowledge, skills and experience then we would be happy to discuss salary on an individual basis.
Please apply by sending your CV to
oliver@greenoakrecruitment.co.uk
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“In the summer, we narrow the course right down and use the outside of the track which allows the boom to reach right across”
allowing Market Rasen to present good to soft
conditions in the winter when other courses are often soft to heavy. Producing consistent, good and good to firm going throughout the summer months is a constant challenge, Sulekha reports, especially as the last two seasons have seen a drop in rainfall.
The Market Rasen team
relies heavily on irrigation, with an abstraction licence allowing pumping of water into two reservoirs on the course twice a year from a beck running through the centre of the course. It is used to feed a Briggs boom system, supplemented with sprinklers on the bends. “In the summer, we narrow the course right down and use the outside of the track which allows the boom to reach right across,” Sulekha explains. “We spike and slit after
irrigating to help the water get into the ground, and our vertidrain has been a godsend,” she adds.
Intervals between meetings range from one week in the summer to six weeks at the end of October, and head groundsman, Steve Bakin,
and his team fork the track and add a standard sand, soil and seed divot mix provided by local supplier Lincsgreen to help the surface recover. “Steve has been at the course for thirty-six years and has been head groundsman for fifteen of those, so he has seen a lot of changes and developments,” says Sulekha, “His knowledge and experience is invaluable to me.”
Assistant head
groundsman, Tim Beebe, also has responsibility for the fences, and recently oversaw a programme to install seven portable chase fences supplied by Watt Fences. After much research and consultation, these were constructed on steel frames which are mounted on jacks, allowing them to be wheeled into position. “This allows us to move them into the compound for storage or renovation, to shift them around the course to rest take offs and landings, and to enable them to be used across the different sections of the course,” she explains. “The fences seem to jump well and the jockeys have been complimentary about them. They also look identical to traditional
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