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DAVE SALTMAN Managing Director
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JOHN RICHARDS Operations Director
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john@pitchcare.com Chris Furneaux, Minthis Hills Golf Club
LAURENCE GALE Editor
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KERRY HAYWOOD Features Editor
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kerry@pitchcare.com Oh island in the sun...
Minthis Hills was the first golf course to be built on Cyprus. Originally known as Tsada Golf Club, this year it celebrates its twentieth birthday. Its reincarnation to become one of the best courses on the island, in the face of stiff competition, has been led by English head greenkeeper, Chris Furneaux, with the redesign and build undertaken by a number of UK based companies.
Golf PETER BRITTON
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peter@pitchcare.com CHRIS JOHNSON
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chris@pitchcare.com Far away in time! A tightly-knit Cardigan Serving his Pennance!
ALASTAIR BATTRICK IT Manager
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www.pitchcare.com 2 I PC APRIL/MAY 2014 30 Robert Clark, Cardigan Golf Club 42 Alan Ferguson, St George’s Park Digger for victory ... 20
Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful golf courses in the world, Pebble Beach Golf Links hugs the rugged Californian coastline and has wide open views of Carmel Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
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Perched on a coastal hilltop in the far west of west Wales, Cardigan Golf Club is one of a small, yet growing number of golf clubs to take a close look at its course management strategy.
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Falmouth Golf Club’s Head Greenkeeper, Simon Johnson, reckons there is no better place to be on a lovely summer’s day.
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When a golf club can count leading golf course architect, Jonathan Gaunt, amongst its members, they have high quality advice on tap. So, when the Cavendish Golf Club began its course improvement programme ahead of its centenary year in 2025, Jonathan was on hand to offer advice.
Winter Sports The Keynote Interview
Cover Story - 12
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It seems hard to believe that Alan Ferguson has been at the FA’s St George’s Park for well over two years. Considered to be one of the finest groundsmen working in football, for many years he was at Portman Road, the home of Ipswich Town FC, and he was considered the obvious choice for the Burton upon Trent facility.
The appliance of science ... 50
When John Heyworth began hearing diverse opinions on why Aspatria RUFC’s pitch suffered from standing water and muddy conditions, he volunteered to get himself trained in the art of groundsmanship, and he has had some serious help along the way from the RFU’s Keith Kent and a steady stream of funding.
Arena Corinthians 54
Renata Mundim Ribeiro, GlobalTurf Network Biologist, reports on how the new stadium project at The Arena Corinthians is progressing ahead of the World Cup 2014 in Brazil and how it will help to regenerate the east side of São Paulo.
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