CONTENTS Meet the
Pitchcare team
DAVE SALTMAN Managing Director
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JOHN RICHARDS Operations Director
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Issue 82 December/January 2019 Alan Ferguson, Senior Pitch Management Manager, FIFA COVER STORY: It’s Fergie Time
KERRY HAYWOOD Editor
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When FIFA were looking for an experienced groundsman to undertake the newly created position of Senior Pitch Management Manager, they needed to look no further than Alan Ferguson. In this exclusive interview, the genial Scot explains what his role will involve heading up to the 2022 Qatar World Cup. P12
GOLF Feeling chipper! CAROL SMITH
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LEE WILLIAMS Editorial
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A once-bunkered club is rising from a perilous lie as the new owners sink the right investment into the right provision, indoors and out. Greg Rhodes talks to Course Manager Sam Bethell and new owners, Raman and Suba Sandhu, to find out more. P20
Getting better all the time
Richard Jones, 37, is the Golf Course Manager at Hilton Puckrup Hall Hotel in Tewkesbury. Here, he talks Iprodione, drainage, fairway renovation and more. P30
Towers above the rest
ALASTAIR BATTRICK IT Manager
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Niall Hazlehurst, Rochdale AFC
Founded in 1897, Chorley Golf Club has developed a reputation of being one of the finest golf courses in the area, and recent improvements to both the course and clubhouse have further enhanced its standing. P36
Danish hygge!
Andrew Dadge is the Deputy Head Greenkeeper at Søllerød Golfklub in Denmark, a role he took up in March 2018. In this question and answer session, he tells us more about his work in one of the most economically and socially developed countries in the world. P44
SCHOOLS & COLLEGES Dutch Master
Dutchman Tom Hooijenga began his career with the Parks Department of his native country, before working for the National Trust and English Heritage. Blair Ferguson chats with him to find out what drew him to work at one of the UK’s premier educational facilities. P52
300 glorious acres ‐ Lee’s hold
Looking after the vast grounds at one of the country’s foremost independent schools for girls is a truly challenging task. Neville Johnson went there to meet the man on the spot charged with the job of keeping presentation in top order, everywhere. P62
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