Contents Ian Maddocks, Knowle & Dorridge Cricket Club Cricket New kids on the block ...
Two new volunteer cricket groundsmen are learning their skills with the help of Pitchcare training courses and ‘on the job’ experience. The Club Chairman, Chris Clynes, explains all to our editor. Pg98
Keeping his own council!
Head Groundsman, Liberty Stadium
Cover Story -D Dan Duffy, ISSUE
Dan Duffy, Head Groundsman at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, is renowned for his early starts, as our editor found out to his cost!
On the night shift...
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DAVE SALTMAN Managing Director
important issues ... now where did he put that yacht varnish?
Dave recently jetted off to Mallorca - to get away from it all, no doubt! Now back and refreshed, he is, once again, turning his attention to the
fishing boats, caravans and fishing tackle -
Having filled the UK with rubbish - old
JOHN RICHARDS Operations Director
(probably wearing his slippers and string back gloves Ed.). Old age creeping up, methinks!
tempted John back out onto the golf course. Despite his former sporting heritage, he refuses to play in the cold or rain and, when he does venture out, he uses a buggy to get round the course
The fine weather has
Inside THIS
John Pallister, Head Groundsman at Ilminster Cricket Club, has become a town councillor to try and stop a development that threatens the future of both the cricket and football clubs. Pg102
General This is against the law!
Tim Earley, of ESD Waste2Water, talks about the new powers granted to the Environment Agency and warns that fines for non-compliance can be as high as £250,000. Pg40
Death by a thousand cuts!
Is the sport of bowls in terminal decline? The picture’s a mixed one, as Tom James discovered on a recent investigation in the North-West, where he finds contrasting fortunes for the region’s clubs. Pg42
A Grand Day Out
Peter Britton accepts an invitation to visit the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff for the first day of England’s summer campaign against Sri Lanka and India. Pg110
Was the IGCEMA’s tradeshow Service makes success
The key factors to running a successful machinery dealership would have to include the right location, the right product and the right people. Pg122
a virtual success? 19th to 21st April this year, the IGCEMA staged its second virtual tradeshow. Ellie Tait spoke to those involved to gauge the success of the event. Pg120
Keeping Tracks
A phone call from Ian Maddocks, Head Groundsman at Knowle & Dorridge Cricket Club, prompted a visit to see preparations for a County Select XI game between Warwickshire and Yorkshire. Pg106
Golf Blake’s Heaven!
As projects go, twenty-three years seems a long time, but this is Kim Blake’s ongoing commitment to the ecology and economy at Fulford Heath Golf Club. Pg12
St Ives - Cracking up!
The vagaries of the English weather are playing havoc with the growing in process at one of the country’s newest courses, St Ives in Cambridgeshire. Pg18
Blagg’s Blog
Simon Blagg’s greenkeeping career has taken him eight years, across seven golf courses, six tournaments and three continents, all courtesy of the Ohio State University intern programme. Pg24
Mark earns respect
Mark Smith, the new Course Manager at Olton Golf Club, explains to our editor how he is making important changes to the maintenance regimes at the club. Pg32
LAURENCE GALE Editor
Within two seconds of notification that an email has landed in your inbox, Loz will phone to tell you he has sent one, thereby negating the system’s usefulness at a stroke! However, each phone call usually comes with a new Lozism for the back of the mag, so there is some merit in letting him continue!
PETER BRITTON Sales & Production
his former svelt self are being thwarted by frequent visits to the biscuit barrel, local
takeaway, off licence ... you get the picture. Not even a second
grandchild is helping!
As the golf handicap continues to creep up, in direct proportion to his waistline (that high? Ed.), Peter’s attempts to return to
PR and Marketing
outfits and all manner of girlie things, much of which leaves us fellahs totally non-plussed! However, with the
wedding set for 5th November, Ellie is at least guaranteed fireworks on the wedding night!
With her nuptials fast approaching, Ellie has been pondering shoes, flowers, going away
ELLIE TAIT
ALASTAIR BATTRICK Web Monkey
With the Nerd Centre full to bursting,
were a prerequisite - the only ‘sun’ he saw was on his paper round.
new appointments, the sauna like working conditions mean that Alastair dons shorts and t-shirts most days. It’s a far cry from his native Oswaldtwistle where waterproofs
following a couple of
DAN HUGHES Sales Manager
explanation is a certain mademoiselle in the south of France - Dan is currently helping low cost airlines profits by frequently jetting
across the channel. Mange Tout Dan.
Deadline Dan promised to write an article for the April/May issue - we are still waiting - maybe he meant 2012? A possible
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