Covid-19 - our industry
On Friday, I emailed some of our sports turf industry professionals in all sectors, to gain an oversite on their thoughts of Covid-19 at this present...
in Industry News - 1 week, 1 day ago
On Friday, I emailed some of our sports turf industry professionals in all sectors, to gain an oversite on their thoughts of Covid-19 at this present...
in Industry News - 1 week, 1 day ago
The recent FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Brazil was the eighteenth edition of the competition. For the restructured FIFA pitch team, led by their Pitch Management...
in Football - 1 week, 2 days ago
The organisations involved in running and maintaining golf clubs – BIGGA, the PGA and GCMA – have issued advice on how to deal with the public health...
in Industry News - 2 weeks, 1 day ago
On the edge of the northern extremes of the Peak District, Saddleworth Golf Club in Lancashire is an 18-hole, par 71, 6196 yards parkland/moorland course....
in Golf - 2 weeks, 3 days ago
St Bede’s’ partnership with its grounds team stretches back forty years and is still going strong. Greg Rhodes reports.
in Training & Education - 2 weeks, 4 days ago
The post construction period of an artificial pitch is generally a time when all club members can get stuck into enjoying a brand-new playing surface....
in Football - 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Meridian Sports & Social Club is a community-focused sports club based in Charlton, South-East London. The site lies just a stone’s throw across the...
in Football - 3 weeks ago
Just a few miles down the road from Belfast, Clandeboye Golf Club boasts two 18-hole courses situated in the idyllic surroundings of Lady Dufferin’s...
in Golf - 3 weeks ago
Why would anyone replace a key sustainable component of our living environment with a coal and oil-derived product, one of only limited life span and almost...
in Synthetics - 3 weeks, 5 days ago
In September 2019, Jim Buttar stepped into Twickenham for the first time as the Rugby Football Union’s Head Groundsperson – the man in charge of the...
in Rugby - 4 weeks ago
So that’s it; no more sitting on a roller in the Aberdeen sunshine. Kenny McCurdie is retiring after twenty years tending the Mannofield Park Cricket...
in Cricket - on 28/2/20
TurfCareBlog.com interviews Chris Hague; a man with passion for football since leaving school and currently working in Scandinavia
in Football - on 25/2/20
Are the USGA and R&A ready to change the game for everyone because of the .0001 percent? GCI Editor, Guy Cipriano, explores the damage a report produced...
in Golf - on 21/2/20
We all want our pitches to look and perform to the highest standard possible. However good we get them, we are secretly never satisfied and want to get...
in Football - on 19/2/20
Durham University ’s scale of participation in sport demands a highly regimented grounds team. Greg Rhodes met up with Paul Derrick, the facility’s...
in Cricket - on 15/2/20
Less than three miles from Harrogate in North Yorkshire, Rudding Park Golf Club was originally part of the Forest of Knaresborough and still retains some...
in Golf - on 12/2/20
EFL League One side Wycombe Wanderers are currently exceeding all expectations sitting top of the division, with hopes of promotion to the dizzy heights...
in Football - on 11/2/20
The key agronomic principle for February is to maximise recovery from winter damage whilst also protecting against inclement weather, at a time when the...
in Best of the Rest - on 1/2/20