Also in this issue:
News .............................. 4 Is Golf Sustainable ........ 10 Action Areas .................. 30 The Lion Tour ................ 34
Robby Sukhdeo, Albert Road Rec Public Places Working gang man style!
From a gangland site has risen a community sports gem that has been nationally recognised, thanks to one man turning his dream into a reality. Pg82
Sporting legacy - by Royal decree
One of Britain’s ‘greenest’ villages has created sport and leisure provision newly recognised at national level. Pg86
Jumpers for goalposts...
Dr Tim Lodge argues that, by making sites more attractive to non-sporting people, those very people might, seeing the sport that is taking place nearby, become interested anyway and take it up on a more organised basis. Pg90
Summer Sports Profile Regeneration & Recycling
Regeneration may have become a development buzzword, but, when it comes to the improvement of sports pitches, both are relatively new concepts. Pg70
We can’t take another summer like last year!
A leading regional newspaper investigated how the wretched summer of 2012 affected Yorkshire’s cricket clubs. Pg74
Is it time that bowls woke up?
A succesful bowls club is not just about its clubhouse, membership or hanging baskets but, most importantly, its playing surface; that patch of green that some bloke mows occasionally! Pg78
Equestrian A Grand day out!
At Chepstow Racecourse, ten inches of rain fell in the last two weeks of December, resulting in the postponement of the Welsh Grand National. Pg100
Gordon Jaaback, Turfgrass Agronomist Technical What’s all the fuzz about?
Phosphite has become very much a buzzword and much has been said and claimed for it. John Dempsey, Course Superintendent at the Curragh Golf Club in County Clare, has been conducting his own trials. Pg108
Agronomic Investigation
There were many angry greenkeepers out there shouting “he can’t sustain it” and “they will be dead in three years!” when Greg Evans announced his 2mm method. Pg110
Moisture Content
Through a combination of extensive organic matter and moisture content testing, strong relationships between organic matter levels and volumetric moisture content have been clearly shown in cool season grasses. Pg114
Where do we begin?
In the first in a series of articles Richard Comely and Lee Kristensen of Ransomes Jacobsen detail the birth of a commercial mower. Pg118
Why are there still failures?
Even with the highest annual rainfall ever recorded, the failure in sports pitch drainage must give concern. Gordon Jaaback, offers his views on the subject. Pg122
Granular fertilisers - the inside story!
We are all familiar with fine-turf fertiliser granules, and they look so simple; there are about three million of them in a 20kg bag, but let’s have a closer look inside. Pg126
Schools & Colleges All sports in all seasons
With one or more sports surfaces in daily use for all but two weeks of the year, regular scheduled grounds maintenance remains top priority for the three groundstaff working at Swansea University. Pg94
Winter Blues ................ 138 Malta’s Stadium ............140
A Matter of Breeding .... 134 Expert Assistance .......... 136
Pitchcare Training ........ 130 A Field With Flags ........ 132
Grasscutter .................... 58 Fungicide Essentials ...... 126 Myerscough College .... 128
Keith Ottesen, Chepstow Racecourse
John Courtney, Swansea University
Turf Side Up ................ 144
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