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peter@pitchcare.com Our contributors Issue 94 December/January 2021 COVER STORY: Winging it!
Taking over the course manager’s role at Noordwijkse Golf Club in Holland recently has been Richard Wing. In this question and answer session, he charts his career journey thus far and highlights some of the pitfalls and pleasures of working abroad. P22
INDUSTRY JANE CARLEY BLAIR FERGUSON How was it for you? NEVILLE JOHNSON CHRIS McCULLOUGH
2020 has been an unprecedented year. The effects of Covid-19 will still be being felt in years to come, with the general economy struggling to return to something like normal. Unemployment is likely to rise and the way people work will, no doubt, change substantially. Through all this mayhem, and indeed considerable fear and anxiety, sport has been able to return after a period of lockdown. P12
GOLF Following the paper trail DAVE MEARS GREG RHODES
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Ingrebourne Links is situated in Rainham, Essex, just twenty minutes from Central London. Its futuristic clubhouse - more akin to a ‘Grand Designs’ construction - boasts more glass than is perhaps sensible at a golf course, yet offers visitors and members a striking welcome and stunning facilities. Lee Williams visited this new club to meet Course Manager Ben Adams to discover how the final work is progressing. P32
A strange time!
Since March 2020, the phrase ‘a strange time’ has been used constantly to describe the world we are all currently living in. However, for Thorpeness Golf Club and Hotel’s new Course Manager, Wallace Wilson, those three words could not ring more true. P40
PUBLIC PLACES A leisure and golfing feast
One of those much-visited jewels in the crown of historic country properties is Hever Castle in a corner of west Kent. It is best known as the home of Anne Boleyn, whose marriage to Henry VIII was a fulcrum moment in our history. There is much more that brings thousands of visitors there year after year and Neville Johnson looks at why its gardens and golf courses add hugely to the estate’s appeal. P42
A whole lot of games
It doesn’t take much working out that one hundred and fifty-two goalmouths are quite a lot for any team to maintain. Kerry Haywood met with Grounds Maintenance Officers; Andy Plant, David Wharrier and Karl Smith at Derby City Council to discuss how they manage the vast number of sites and the challenges they face. P54
GAELIC FOOTBALL A chance to breathe...
Covid-19 has certainly played havoc with sporting fixtures and the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Northern Ireland is also affected. With various lockdown regulations governing sporting venue closures, some heavily used pitches got a chance to breathe. Chris McCullough travelled to Liatroim Fontenoys GAC to view its newest pitch. P62
Richard Wing, Noordwijkse Golf Club
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