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“I cannot describe the smell that comes out of synthetic pitches”
MARK PASHLEY, PITCH & TRACK
Polkommet, it’s all mine ...... 26 A golfing crusade .................... 30 Fairy Rings - Fact and Fable .. 34 Sustainability anyone? .......... 38 Anthracnose update .............. 42 Why sandy soils don’t drain .. 52 Gray day at Saints .................. 68 A turn of fraise ........................ 70 A far cry from Fartown ............74 Lytham’s Dynamic Duo .......... 90 Back to Basics ........................ 96
PLUS: Growth Regulators, Space Invaders. Pitching in, Is your diesel safe?, Painting Weston Red, Frank Newberry, Staying ahead of legislation, Product News, You reap what you sow, Longer is not always better, Course manager tackles damage, Winter gains, Japanese Knotweed.
Languard’s Paul Cawood reckons that those deciding the fate of pesticide use is a little like vegetarians getting to vote on whether the general population should be allowed to eat meat!
TIME is running out ......... 8
CARBON SMART SPORTSFIELDS We hear a lot about sustainable golf course management but
the topic of sustainability is not widely discussed within sportsfield management circles.
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GAME, SET AND MATCH DAY Our editor heads for Wimbledon to see what preparations
are required to host the World Group Davis Cup match between Great Britain and Austria.
FREEMAN’S CATALOGUE Mark Freeman, Head Groundsman at Loughborough
University, looks after a 438 acre site with more artificial surfaces than you can shake the proverbial stick at!
DOUBLE VISION Twins, Roger and John Kerry have, jointly, spent sixty years
tending Royal St David’s Golf Course, one of the finest Links courses in the world.
TV TIMES
What is the impact on groundstaff when the television companies come calling? Premiership new boys Hull City FC and ‘survivors’ Fulham FC talk about TV times!
SO SOLID CREWE John Huxley has been Head Groundsman at Crewe
Alexandra for thirty years. He claims it is the ‘Best bloody job in the world!”
DUTCH COURAGE Andy Clarke is the man assisting the KNCB, the governing
body of cricket in the Netherlands, who have undertaken a three year programme to promote natural grass pitches.
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MARK FREEMAN Loughborough University
ANDY CLARKE VRA Cricket Club
JOHN HUXLEY Crewe Alexandra FC
ANDY GRAY Southampton FC
PHIL REDGWILL Huddersfield Town FC
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