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TOP programme for career advancement OSU recruiting interns
THE Ohio Program, often referred to simply as TOP, is an intern programme offered by Ohio State University (OSU) designed for greenkeepers and groundsmen to gain valuable experience working in the USA.
Successful interns will be afforded the opportunity to work on one of the top one hundred golf courses in the USA and be part of the crew for a US PGA tour event.
Mike O’Keeffe, the TOP coordinator, says; “The programme is designed so that interns may gain valuable experience and knowledge, learning from some of the very best superintendents in the country.”
Internships last between six and eighteen months to suit individual circumstances, and help is provided with visas, travel plans, accommodation and insurance. Optional turf classes are offered by OSU in warm and cool season grasses.
Anyone interested should be single, aged between nineteen and twenty-eight, have a clean driving licence and drugs record, with at least NVQ Level 2 or one year of full-time turfgrass education.
“Most of all, though,” says Mike, “applicants must be enthusiastic and motivated.”
For more details email Mike O’Keeffe on
okeeffe.1@osu.edu
Hampden Park to close
Scotland’s national stadium is to be closed to football after US friendly in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games SCOTLAND’S last
international football match at Hampden Park before it is closed for a £14 million redevelopment in preparation for next year’s
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be against the United States on 15th November.
Using ground-breaking techniques, a 400m athletics track will be built that is six- and-a-half feet above the football pitch.
The first eight rows of seats at the National Stadium will disappear beneath the enormous steel structure and the capacity will be reduced from 52,000 in its football mode to 44,000 for athletics.
The work is due to be completed on 16th May 2014, just two months before the Games are due to open on 23rd July.
The track will then be
dismantled and the
stadium returned to football mode with a scheduled reopening date of 30th November, meaning it will be out of action for more than a year.
The work is due to be overseen by Suzanne McCormack, architectural technologist who was involved in the construction of the Velodrome on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for London 2012.
“This has never been done before,” she said. “Steel stilts have been used for temporary 110m straight tracks in Newcastle and Manchester, as well as the ice rink in George Square and the equestrian course at the London Olympics - but
it’s completely new for a 400m track.”
“It had to be approved by the International Association of Athletics Federation and we’ve carried out feasibility studies to make sure it works.”
“We’ve built prototypes, tested them and, although there are known risks, we have mitigation plans in place.”
There is also a legacy attached to Hampden. We are upgrading facilities in the north and west stands, whilst a permanent new clubhouse will be built at Lesser Hampden and revert to Queen’s Park. We’re also generally improving the whole area.”
Darren Baldwin, Grounds Manager at Tottenham Hotspur FC
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