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DAVE SALTMAN Managing Director
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JOHN RICHARDS Operations Director
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john@pitchcare.com Gordon Moir, St Andrews Links Trust
LAURENCE GALE Editor
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KERRY HAYWOOD Features Editor
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kerry@pitchcare.com Cover Story - 12 Gordon Moir - the Keynote Interview
Becoming the Director of Greenkeeping at ‘The Home of Golf’ can only mean one thing; you are at the very top of your game. It is a position that Gordon Moir has held since the turn of the century and, in our keynote interview, he discusses how he came to be working at the world’s most iconic golf venue.
Golf PETER BRITTON
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peter@pitchcare.com CHRIS JOHNSON
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chris@pitchcare.com Naturally hospitable Blythe Spirit! The Augusta of the Dales
ALASTAIR BATTRICK IT Manager
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18 Chris Mitchell, Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club 50 Andy Mackay, Sussex County Cricket Club 18
Chris Mitchell explains how the environmentally sensitive Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club is carefully managed to give Mother Nature a helping hand.
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With the River Blythe forming a major feature on the course, the Manor Golf Club has grown from humble beginnings to become a popular venue for members and visitors alike.
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Just two greenkeepers and an apprentice maintain the 18-hole Bentham Golf Club. Set in the beautiful Three Peaks region of the Yorkshire Dales, the club’s Head Greenkeeper, Alan Kellett, certainly has a lot to contend with.
Burnham Beeches 36
Course Manager Lee Bishop, talks to Kerry Haywood about the maintenance regimes at the club, and she was pleased to hear of an important ladies presence.
Summer Sports A touch of the Blarney!
Strait Talking Cut corners at your peril Going mobile - at the double
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Cricket Ireland’s stated aim is to introduce a First Class structure into the game, with Test status as the ultimate goal, and Cork County Cricket Club’s Head Groundsman, Matt Reed, would like to be part of it.
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Serving the small town of Menai Bridge, the local cricket club has a willing team of volunteers led by Keith Hughes.
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When we asked a few cricket groundsmen at all levels of the game for their take on end of season renovations, the replies came flooding in.
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Michael Bird reports on a move that has seen the majority of Carmarthenshire’s bowling greens and cricket grounds lose their resident groundsman to be replaced by two dedicated and skilled mobile teams run by the County Council.
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