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Cover Story - Will Relf, Loughborouh University, and Chris Wood, ECB Pitches Consultant
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peter@pitchcare.com Cover Story Dull November brings the blast
November has been anything but dull for Loughborough University’s Head Cricket Groundsman, Will Relf, as he and ECB Pitches Consultant, Chris Wood, have pioneered natural turf cricket nets for the England Performance Programme and Lions squad. Pg36
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Scott Williams, Tenby Golf Club Golf Once more unto the breach!
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Alexander MacDonald and his team have managed to return Golspie Golf Club to its former glory, despite the considerable intrusion of Mother Nature! Pg12
Ringing the changes at the Belfry
Now under new American ownership, and with a new ‘ish’ Director of Golf at the helm, we headed off to the rural east of Birmingham to catch up with developments. Pg18
Qualifications: Out of Africa!
Silver Lakes has introduced an educational programme for prospective young golf professionals to ‘get into greenkeeping’. Pg24
Big shoes well filled
Scott Williams saw his fine-turf responsibilities extended following the untimely death of his colleague and friend, Chris Jenkins, Tenby’s head greenkeeper since 1988. Pg32
Phil Kime, Lincoln City FC
Winter Sports Impish behaviour
Phil Kime knows all about multi-tasking. The Lincoln City Head Groundsman's duties include washing the kit, litter picking and cleaning the toilets. Pg60
Arena Castellan
Renata Mundim Ribeiro conducts a Q&A session with one of the groundsmen responsible for football pitches in Brazil, Antônio Alves do Nascimento Filho. Pg64
High profile; high demands
Our editor caught up with two Rugby League Head Groundsmen to find out how they went about preparing for World Cup games. Pg66
Here come the girls
Our editor spends a day with Telford United’s Head Groundsman, Mick Conway, as he prepares for two matches in the UEFA Women’s U17 Championship. Pg70
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