Schools & Colleges Flooded in history
Conservation 74
Known as ‘Commem’ (short for ‘Commemoration Day’), the leavers’ celebration at Magdalen College School, Oxford featured such special guests as Mark Ramprakash and Henry Blofeld. The day is the cherry on a three-week cake of celebration, and its scope provides a year-defining challenge for the ancient school’s eight-man team.
Winter Sports May the fourth be with you 82
The hybrid turf used in the Bet365 stadium has become a standard-bearer that represents the forward-thinking arm of pitch management, with some of the world’s premier stadia having invested in kitting out their primary surfaces with the pricey addition. Stoke City Football Club Grounds Manager Andy Jackson explains how they have opted to extend the luxury of Grassmaster to yet another of its training pitches.
Some guys have all the luck? 90
Dave Saltman, turf maintenance contractor for Shrewsbury Town Football Club and Managing Director of Pitchcare, spoke to us about his pitch- fixing following a recent Rod Stewart concert at the Montgomery Waters Meadow, and current work in the run-up to the new League One season.
Taking the Bescot 96
At Walsall Football Club, a team of just three men maintain six professional pitches. Jake Barrow headed to the Bescot Stadium to meet Head Groundsman Todd Harrison. His report includes the team’s preparations for a pre-season friendly against West Bromwich Albion, as well as a match report from the same game.
Equestrian A year round task
Managing trees and woodlands 112
Whilst this may seem a dry subject, it is really important that we all are aware of, and understand, the basics here. There are several areas of legislation that we may need to consider when managing the trees and woodlands we are responsible for.
Strong foundations 118
Derek Fullerton BSc (Hons), Murrayfield Golf Club, explores the possibilities that exist in recycling course materials, produced from general maintenance practices, and how this approach may promote benefits to improving sterile sand-based rootzones.
Well well well 124
With water now a valuable and increasingly expensive commodity, it makes perfect sense to review ways that savings may be made, especially where irrigation is a necessity. In this article, Iain Howley offers his thoughts on well drilling and why this may be the perfect solution for facilities looking to make savings.
Technical Spraying your money around? 130
Are we all doing enough to minimise water wastage? No matter what your surface, all turf professionals have water considerations at this time of year.
Dynamic disease control 134
Syngenta Turf Technical Manager, Marcela Munoz, highlights the challenges of dynamic disease populations within turf surfaces, and the role of the new Instrata Elite fungicide to tackle infection outside and in the leaf.
Always a sound investment 100
A busy programme with tight recovery windows means that Catterick Racecourse’s turf surfaces require plenty of tender loving care. Jane Carley headed to north Yorkshire to meet up with Clerk of the Course Fiona Needham and Head Groundsman Ed Fenwicke-Clennell.
Artificial Surfaces Making a sandwich
The war on weeds in water 138
Lee Kristensen, product manager at Ransomes Jacobsen, discusses the decline in cylinder municipal mowing, and why we shouldn’t abandon the concept altogether.
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Control of aquatic (in water) and riparian (adjacent to water) vegetation presents some additional challenges as the use of herbicide products for aquatic use is tightly controlled.
Training 106
“Sports-mad” Liverpool is bullish about its prospects for hosting the Commonwealth Games, a mood bolstered by its newly upgraded athletics centre of excellence. Greg Rhodes reports on how the city is on the ‘right track’ for the 2022 games.
At work but not working 146
Grounds Training Tutor and Careers Counsellor Frank Newberry reports on how much time is taken by staff doing non-work matters like checking personal emails, social media, taking private phone calls and doing online shopping during working hours.
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Páirc Uí Chaoimh Product news Offside
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There’s another way Vandalism in the UK
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Dealing with migration In Dublin’s fair city
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Editorial News
Grassroots Round Table
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Ed Fenwicke-Clennell, Catterick Racecourse
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Derek Fullerton, Murrayfield Golf Club
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