CONTENTS Contents SUMMER SPORTS
Spitfires grounded Cricket is our summer game; just not this summer. The frustration is most apparent at county level, where all 18 clubs are without income, yet having to keep ticking over. 2020 is the year Kent Cricket celebrates 150 years, but so far, it’s a party with no guests. Neville Johnson, spoke to the club’s head groundsman Adrian Llong to see how things were at pitch level. P78
Passing down the skills
It’s had a long innings and moved a few times over the years but Holywood Cricket Club sure excels in the sport. Chris McCullough speaks to main groundsman Philip McCormick who is following in his father’s footsteps. P84
Coronavirus: the impact
The journey Grounds Manager David Lawrence and Assistant Grounds Manager John Lawrence at The Edgbaston Priory Club have had to navigate the last few months has seen the team having to overcome massive challenges, alter their methods to fit a changing picture and, ultimately, allowed them the chance to attain some of the highest job satisfaction they’ve ever known. P90
ARTIFICIAL SURFACES
Maintenance is essential GKB’s Tom Shinkins discusses the importance of maintaining 3G artificial football pitches to compy with exacting standards and to ensure the full-life of the surface. P102
EQUESTRIAN
Adapting to the ‘new normal’ Equestrian sports have been as hard hit as any with major championships cancelled and racing and polo seasons put on hold. But turfcare regimes have continued and are now stepping up a pace to ensure perfect footing when resumption is allowed. Managing groundstaff, participants and would-be spectators - who may be excluded for much of the year - is another challenge. P108
CONSERVATION Dead wood is dead good
There’s a saying amongst ecologists and entomologists that ‘dead wood is dead good’, which refers to the importance to wildlife placed on seemingly decaying and redundant areas of woodlands. Peter Britton looks at that ‘ugly’ bunch of insects that provide an important role in local habitats far beyond their size. P116
TECHNICAL The facts of science
Nearly two years ago, back when the world still felt relatively normal, new Assistant Technical Manager at Agrovista Amenity, Abigail Graceson, decided to leave the world of academia and research and step into commerce. To use a term that has now become part of everyday language, her learning curve was exponential as she found that the commercial world works at a far quicker pace than anything she had experienced in academia. P120
Grounds maintenance inputs
In this article, Daniel Ratling, BSc Hons. PCert TSC, Head Groundsman at Whitgift School in London, considers plant-soil interactions and how we turf managers might improve this vital region of the turfgrass ecosystem. P124
Batteries: The basics
Vince Brauns, European Product Manager at cordless outdoor power equipment specialist EGO Power Plus, explains the evolution of battery technology, the technology’s basic principles and why there is no better time than the present to adopt battery power. P130
It costs less than you think
In this article, Reesink Turfcare’s Service Manager Lee Rowbotham says that total cost of ownership (TCO) is a vital part of the decision- making process when looking to invest in a new machinery fleet, but certainly never before has the concept had such weight P136
TRAINING Are You Putting People Off?
Grounds Training Instructor and Conference Speaker Frank Newberry looks at how our interpersonal skills, or lack of, might be putting people off. Our off-putting behaviour might be limiting the potential of key working relationships, i.e. with colleagues, peers and bosses. P140
Dan Connor, Stanningley RFC Andrew Johnston, Sentosa Golf Club
Graeme Farmer, Leicester City FC
Adrian Llong, Kent CCC
Also in this issue Editorial
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Overseeding - chitting & sheeting 142 Understanding what is going on 144 Setting the record straight Product News Offside
146 Diary and Quotes Andy Jackson, Stoke City FC PC June/July 2020 3
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