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Editorial News
Grasscutter
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Jamie Smart, Newtown Cricket Club
Schools & Colleges Colin is having a Ball!
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It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Arriving every day to absorb the sheer scale and spectacle of Ampleforth Abbey and College spurs a highly committed mixed‐skills team to excel. Greg Rhodes meets Colin Ball, the college’s new Head Groundsman.
Summer Sports James and the Giant Pitch
Stve Brocklehurtst, Harpenden Common
Conservation Climate change and birds
The Rugby League Bird
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Large scale monitoring programmes, such as those reviewed annually in ‘The State of the UK’s Birds’, have provided data for a number of cross‐species analyses to examine the impacts of climate change.
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Newtown is the largest town in Powys, but with a population hovering around 12,500. Surrounded by difficult to pronounce villages (unless you are Welsh), the town’s cricket ground lies just ten miles from the border with England, where they play their cricket in the Shropshire Premier League.
Good turf requires labour... 90
The Head Groundsman at Ealing Cricket Club has two jobs ‐ he is also a doctorate educated, elected Councillor for the Walpole ward. Gareth Shaw’s, wife laughed at him when he said he was going to become a groundsman ‐ he didn’t get her vote!
Equestrian Winners, whatever the weather 96
Wolverhampton Racecourse had eight inches of snow dumped on its ‘all weather’ track in mid December, seemingly making nonsense of that claim. Yet, just twenty‐four hours later, the course was made ready for racing.
Artificial Surfaces Things to consider
At Wigan Golf Club, there has been a long history of sustaining on‐site wildlife, and the grounds were recently flagged as a potential stronghold for one of the UK’s rarest birds, the willow tit. Wigan’s Head Greenkeeper Paul Walker tells us more.
Technical The benefits of soil biology 114
Rethinking course maintenance at Harpenden Common Golf Club to focus on soil biology has reaped rewards on the course and in the clubhouse, reports Greg Rhodes.
Iprodione loss the best thing 124
Maxwell Amenity Technical Manager John Handley discusses the loss of iprodione and suggests it is one of the best things that could have happened for the amenity sector.
Technology can cut costs 128
Robert Jackson, irrigation field sales manager for Reesink Turfcare, has witnessed a marked change in attitudes towards irrigation in the past decade.
More flexible than you think 132
Nigel Church, Product Trainer with Cutting Edge Training, an operating division of Ransomes Jacobsen, looks at common platforms and the benefits of this practice for both manufacturer and end user.
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The decision for a sports facility to invest in a synthetic turf pitch is considerable and is normally made by the highest levels of authority within an organisation. Curtis Allen discusses what needs to be considered before installation.
Training What’s the point? 136
Andy Wight, Head of Work‐based Training for Landbased Industries at Oaklands College offers his thoughts on education.
Product News Offside
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146 72
The five generations Social Media
Burnley FC irrigation Pre‐season rolling
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70 NatWest RugbyForce 72
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Paul Gosling, Wolverhampton Racecourse
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Andy Wight, Oaklands College
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