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Contents Issue 64 December/January 2016
DAVE SALTMAN Managing Director
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JOHN RICHARDS Operations Director
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Stuart Griffiths, Blair Atholl & Pitlochry Golf Clubs
PETER BRITTON
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KERRY HAYWOOD Features Editor
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kerry@pitchcare.com The gateway to the Highlands
The Scottish Highlands are regarded as some of the most rugged and, at times, inhospitable areas of the UK. Plying his trade in all weathers is Stuart Griffiths, Course Manager for two of the region’s most delightful golf clubs - Blair Atholl and Pitlochry
Golf
ALICE NORTHROP News and Features
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alice@pitchcare.com CHRIS JOHNSON
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chris@pitchcare.com Moor’s the merrier ... 12
Moor Allerton Golf Club was once a regular stop on the European Tour and 2015 saw the PGA return to host a EuroPro event. The man charged with bringing the course back to its former glory is Course Manager Adam Matthews, and he has a clear vision of exactly what he wants to achieve.
In my Quail Hollow home 28
Ohio State University intern, David Blair, relates his experiences on the TOP Program, including an eighteen month stint at Quail Hollow Golf Club in North Carolina, the home of the PGA’s Wells Fargo Championship.
ALASTAIR BATTRICK IT Manager
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al@pitchcare.com DAN HUGHES
Sales &Marketing t: 01902 440 258
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12 Adam Matthews, Moor Allerton Golf Club 54 Peter Boviard, Methodist College Belfast The West Wales gem 36
Recently rated as the third best golf club in Wales, Aberdovey Golf Club occupies a stunning position on Wales’ west coast, and it is hard to imagine which two courses surpassed it for sheer beauty and location. Long serving Head Greenkeeper Meurig Lumley explains how Mother Nature continues to play a big role in the course’s life.
Comment Bewitched, bothered and ... 42
Just who is responsible for policing the mis-selling and misuse of pesticides? Alice Northrop tried to find out and, six months later and having been passed from pillar to post, she is none the wiser.
Schools & Colleges Girls will be boys, will be...
Methody fairs well ... Cover Story - 20
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An ambitious refurbishment programme has enabled the St James Senior Boys’ School to have its own sports pitches for the first time and, with the opening of the North Field Project in 2016, Head Groundsman Steve Fidler has plenty to occupy him.
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Chris McCullough talks to Head Groundsman Peter Boviard about the methods he employs at Methodist College Belfast where providing sport to the youngsters of the region is an important part of the curriculum.
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