Rugby (page 1)

Power of deep aeration

Lack of rainfall to date across many parts of the country has resulted in grass areas on golf courses, sports pitches, parks, amenity areas and domestic...

in Rugby - on 17/6/17

Maintenance Diaries June

June 2017 Sports Pitch Maintenance Diaries

in Rugby - on 9/6/17

Carton Training Facility

On a beautiful Wednesday morning, I got down to Carton House to meet the grounds team behind one of the most prestigious resorts in the country. I wanted...

in Rugby - on 29/5/17

Spring Renovations Part 2

The new grass growing season is upon us, we are going through the processes involved with implementing your Spring Renovations. In part two of two articles,...

in Rugby - on 12/4/17

Moved from Sardis Road

The WRU have announced that day one of the 2017 U18 International Series will now be held at Taffs Well and the BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park rather than...

in Rugby - on 10/4/17

A marriage made in heaven

It is often said that wedded couples need to put in some hard work to avoid a divorce but, when two sports clubs in Northern Ireland merged to share their...

in Rugby - on 7/4/17

Man injured by rugby post

A father watching his son play rugby suffered head injuries when a post fell on his head

in Rugby - on 31/3/17

Spring Renovations Part 1

With the new grass growing season almost upon us, we will be going through the processes involved with implementing your Spring Renovations. There are...

in Rugby - on 13/3/17

5 weeks, 4 days, 3 hours

This was the time allowed from seeding the pitch to the starting whistle of the quarter final of the Rugby League Challenge Cup game against Wakefield...

in Rugby - on 26/11/16

November 2016 Diaries

Pitchcare November 2016 Sports Maintenance Diaries

in Rugby - on 1/11/16

€26M RDS Make-Over ok'd

Leinster’s home ground, The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) has been granted permission by Dublin City Council for a Euro 26 million (approx £23m) redevelopment...

in Rugby - on 13/10/16

October Pitch Diaries

October 2016 Sports Pitch Maintenance Diaries

in Rugby - on 1/10/16

New Rugby Golf events

Organisers of a new sport to the UK are hoping golf clubs will be hosting Rugby Golf events in the way they have embraced footgolf in the last few years....

in Rugby - on 4/9/16

If not rubber crumb ...

Rubber crumb - a controversial material - is just one of many infill options for synthetic turf athletic fields, Sportsfield Management looks at the alternatives...

in Rugby - on 2/8/16

The Ricoh Arena

Jane Carley reports on a new hybrid pitch that has stood up to a hard winter of rugby and football at the Ricoh Arena for Wasps and Coventry City

in Rugby - on 1/8/16

Building an indoor arena

A new vision for rugby in Connacht and Ireland could include a very different type of venue. This opinion piece argues that building an indoor arena should...

in Rugby - on 22/7/16

Dallaglio cuts first turf

World Cup winner and British and Irish Lions legend Lawrence Dallaglio, OBE, cut the first turf and officially marked the beginning of construction work...

in Rugby - on 13/7/16

Grassroots tour ends

The UK & Ireland Grassroots Pitch Renovation tour came to a close in Dublin at the end of May, as 875 groundsmen, club and council officials attended 13...

in Rugby - on 4/7/16