Also in this issue:
News .............................. 4 A good thing going on .. 52
Stuart Webber, Whitgift School
Schools & Colleges Webber, intrigued by cricket!
Whitgift School in South Croydon is an independent school for boys and has a strong sporting pedigree. The pitches within the school’s forty acres of grounds are immaculately prepared by young Head Groundsman, StuartWebber, and his team. Pg82
Investing in Education
When one of our members met up with our editor at BTME Harrogate, the discussion led to grounds maintenance in an educational environment, so another trip up the M6 was required to meet Martin Grayshon, the newly installed Grounds Manager at Liverpool’s Edge Hill University. Pg88
In Dixie Land he’ll take his stand
After nearly twenty-five years working in top-flight professional football, Stephen Green has become the new Head Groundsman at the Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth. And he’s also taken on an apprentice to help him maintain the ten hectare site. Pg94
Equestrian Flat out at Newmarket
As winners of The Best Flat Raceourse category in the 2011 Neil Wyatt Racecourse Groundstaff Awards, Clerk of the Course and Director of Racing, Michael Prosser, knows only too well that a well trained, dedicated groundstaff and the latest, most productive machinery are the key to running a racing enterprise. Pg102
Going concerns
We last featured Clerk of the Course, Ed Arkell, in charge of the National Hunt course at Fontwell Park. For over half the year, his attention - or at least some of it - switches to the flat racing at Brighton. This year’s ‘drought’ conditions have meant there has been going concerns! Pg106
Winter Sports Right Royal Progress
The Royals, so named after the Royal County of Berkshire, already have the stadium and infrastructure for the top flight, and now have a new Head Groundsman in Greg Bolton, ready to provide a playing surface fit for the game’s elite. Pg112
Nigel Gray, Hampshire CCC Summer Sports
A twenty year makeover Neil Bakes is one of a handful of volunteer groundsmen looking after the recreation ground facilities in the Shropshire village of Norton in Hales. Here he talks about his twenty year plan to bring the grass tennis courts back into play. Pg54
The ups and downs of
Hampshire’s groundsman Nigel Gray has been at Hampshire County Cricket Club for over twenty years. This year, the club have given him a testimonial, only the third groundsman in their long history to be awarded the honour. Pg56
The Luck of the draw?
Former England and Middlesex opener, Ed Smith, talks about how his career was formulated on the wickets of Tonbridge School, bemoans the lack of sportsfields in the state school system and suggests that a rethink is in order by the Government. Pg62
Three men want to mow...
Mumbles Cricket Ground, on Wales’ beautiful Gower Coast, is maintained by three very willing part-time groundsmen. As Mike Bird discovered on a recent visit, they are very proud of their club and its achievements, which is due, in no small part to their commitment and dedication. Pg68
Baptism of fire ... and water
Worcestershire County Cricket Club’s New Road ground is no stranger to flooding and, when the Environment Agency issued a flood alert for the area, Head Groundsman, Tim Packwood knew what was heading his way. Unfortunately, Kidderminster CC’s Head groundsman, Damon Willetts didn’t! Pg74
Treasured Island
As one of the oldest bowls clubs in the country and sitting, as it has done since 1884, on an island in the middle of the River Seven at Bridgnorth, ‘The Bylet’ is perhaps unique within the world of Crown Green Bowling. Pg78
Training & Education Funding for work based learners
Andrew Wight, Head of Work Based Learning for Land Based Industries at Oaklands College, offers a guide to the complicated world of funding for work based learners. Pg130
Grogan’s Run .............. 138 It’s a bug’s life ............ 140 What is a weed? .......... 142 Grass side up .............. 144
Pond life ...................... 134 From grass to artificial .. 136
Winter, spring, summer .. 98 Grasscutter .................. 111 Bolton Wanderers ........ 118
Poppycock .................... 122 Monthly Diaries ............ 124 Training ........................ 128 Frank Newberry .......... 129 Green Speed ................ 132
Greg Bolton, Reading FC
Steve Green, Dixie Grammar School
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