Turf Matters May / June 2018

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We know you care Don’t forget Sport…

I’ve often said it in the past, but it bears repeating. I don’t think that turf professionals getmonths the credit they deserve for beingfor themany custodians land The last two have been a nightmare peopleofinthe certain under their stewardship. parts of the country and my heart goes out to everyone dealing with the aftermath of unprecedented and devastating erosion. With attention again turning to theflooding appalling state of our oceans and seas, The best scenario for many islitter months of temporary living.by For highways and case byways, with plastics and inadvertently scattered the others, lives will neverby return towho what theydon’t were.care or believe that it’s wind or casually dropped people either While the job fatetoofpick sports grounds golf clubs might someone else’s it up, it’s goodand to know that you menseem and women inconsequential incourses, the faceparks, of such hardship, weschool at Turf Matters have looking after our golf university and playing fields a particular empathy everyone has seen years agronomic take it upon yourselves towith ensure they arewho as good as they canof possibly be. husbandry literally washed away in the space of a few weeks. You can be sure that budgets are being cut to an almost impossibly low It must be hoped that banks – the financial institutions, not the level and morale is low but you would never walk past a can, bottle or plastic things which edge overflown rivers – take an understanding approach bag without picking it up and either taking it back to base or putting into an to sporting facilities which have been unable to service loans as a appropriate bin. result of them being unplayable and so unable to bring in revenue. People within industry care about the environment, manyhas of you As we haveour seen with the recent Winter Olympics, sport such a aregalvanising part of nature andon conservation your spare for time, want to effect society andgroups can bein the catalyst soand much good, ensure the land under your care is maintained and preserved to the highest that it is imperative sporting facilities are not forgotten when the possible standard. promised assistance is being allocated. Onasthe of improving sporting facilities, we have been If you take golf anissue example. Every week there are golf courses celebrating their centenaries – some courses have got 200involved years under their invited by Briggs & Stratton to become in its Pitch belts. Now think to about These golf courses may haveahad the makeover odd changefor Winit. competition, which provides £3,000 – a tweak here and there, new bunker, a redirected – but,pitch in theinmain, what is ajudged to be the Under 18shole football most they have remained virtually they opened. need – find unchanged out more onsince pages 16-17. I am on the judging panel and will be madesome to a rightfully shortlist of Now golf does get a bad rapvisits for many things, so,deserving but how pitches soon. We will be looking not so much at the many other parts of our country would be unchanged for that length of DESSO but the desperate! time? The greenkeepers who look after them care. You don’t want your final want note, them I am thrilled by theupon reception that the courses spoiled,On youa don’t so dependant chemicals first they issueare of the Turf Matters received. Many people have to stay alive that agronomic equivalent of a drug addict taken timehit. to say how much they liked the look of the desperate for the next magazine and how they enjoyed the articles. We’re all You care and the sooner the rest of society starts to appreciate that pleased you found it to your liking and we will work hard fact the better. to maintain the high standards. Thank you all very much.

Distributed every two months to sports turf professionals, independent schools, universities, local authorities and buyers of turfcare machinery and products. Editor: Scott MacCallum Distributed every two months to sports scott@turfmatters.co.uk turf professionals, local authorities MSc MBPR Executive Laurence Gale and and buyersEditor: of turfcare machinery products. laurence@turfmatters.co.uk DesignScott and Production Editor: MacCallumEditor: Tim Moat tim@turfmatters.co.uk scott@turfmatters.co.uk Customer Manager: Design andRelations Production Editor: Tim Moat Sinead Finnin tim@turfmatters.co.uk sinead@turfmatters.co.uk Sales Manager: Pauline Thompson Sales Executive: To advertise in Turf Matters, Marie Anderson call Pauline on 07720 055676 or marie@turfmatters.co.uk

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Inside Inside this thisissue issue News..........................................................4-13 News .........................................................4-15 Synthetic surfaces...........................14-17 Pitch to Win........................................16-17 Tea Break Teaser.......................................18 Mowing .................................19-22, 24-27 Carnoustie...........................................20-26 Tea Break Teaser ......................................29 World Cup............................................28-32 Gleneagles..........................................30-35 Aeration. ........................................................35 BTME review ......................................36-41 Irrigation...............................................36-37 Diary of a Golfing Nobody.................42 Mowers..................................................38-41 As seen on Twitter..................................43 The Lakes..............................................42-47 Stadium ..............................48-51 Check outlighting. our website: The majesty of Gleneagles, pages 30-35 LET THERE BE LIGHT: Stadium lighting in focus – pages 48-51 Subscribe FREE to our e-zine: Details at www.turfmatters.co.uk

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