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Skyline view of the new 3G pitch and athletics track


Over in a quiet corner of the grounds stands the shed, where I’ll later meet Paul’s colleagues - assistants Rob Taggart and Stephen Brown. A contractor’s van stands outside, evidence that I’ve chosen the day when Paul’s supplier services the machinery. Another major challenge presented itself to further stymie the team’s efforts to keep pace with the university’s turfcare


programme. “It came to a head a few years ago,” says Paul. “I started to experience problems with my hands. I had it checked out and was diagnosed as suffering from white finger and carpel tunnel syndrome. I’m on medication now.” “We all use our hands so much in this job, including pushing mowers around. You have to be so careful as issues can build up over time, almost without you being aware of


them.”


Fortunately, the university acted swiftly to alleviate the problem, Paul notes. “They added vibration meters to the machinery, introducing a points system that imposed a threshold on how much time we spent using it.”


Fitted to mowers and hand-held kit, the meters allow the team to record accurately their exposure. “The national health and


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