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Advertisers' Index
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Making My Mark in the Rumour Mill
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[News]
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Education Update
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Broadway Star Heads for Vegas
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As I See It...: 'Amazing' Year Comes to an End
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A Greenkeeper's Diary: Enduring January...
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Trees: The Parkland Landscape
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Golden Oldie
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'The Learning Experience': Working Together: How to get the Message Across
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You Say
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-Professionals are Spoiled
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You can't Fight Nature
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BTME 97 Show Catalogue
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-Finding Your Way Around
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-Welcome to the Show
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-Speaker Profiles
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-Guide to Exhibitors
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Guess Who in BIGGA Staff Quiz!
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25 Years at the Same Club
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Lower Your Outgoings by Hiring What You Need...
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New Products
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Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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Buyers' Guide
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Classified
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Recruitment
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The Making of a Video
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Perfection is Just Down the Road...
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As I See It...
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[News]
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You Say
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Education Update
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BTME 97: That was the Week that was!
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-Reunion for Toro Winners
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-Pat Succeeds Dean as Chairman of the Association
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-Master Greenkeepers Collect Their Praise
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-Unveiled: New Products Seen for the First Time
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'The Learning Experience': Working Together: It's the Little Things that Count...
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Maintenance: A Well Maintained Sprayer is a Reliable Sprayer
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How to Crack Computers Without Cracking Up
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Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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Growth Industry
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At
One
with Nature
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Buyers' Guide
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Job Shop
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Recruitment
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Classified
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Employers or Intruders?
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March 1997
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April 1997
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Ten Years? Seems Like Yesterday
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As I See It...
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[News]
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-Night Working Keeps Rabbits Under Control
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'The Learning Experience': Working Together: Making Machinery Last
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Decade of Progress: How Far We've Come...
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Health and Safety at Work: As Greenkeepers What do You have a Right to Expect?
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Assistant Greenkeeper Profile: [Scott Corrigan, Greenburn GC, West Lothian]
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Your Computer as Your Business Partner
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What to Look for When Buying an Irrigation System
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'Fair Reekin' with History'
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Inside the STRI
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A Greenkeeper's Diary: Balbirnie Awakes
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New Products
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Education Update: Be a Winner
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Playing Performance and How It's Defined
40
Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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You Say
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-Green Card System could be Made to Work in the UK
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Removing Guesswork from Spraying System Selection
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Real World Test: Compact Tractors: Compact and Bijou
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Buyers' Guide
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Classified
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Job Shop
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Recruitment
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Viva Las Vegas!
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A Game of Golf in the Real World
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As I See It...
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[News]
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-Leatherjacket Damage a Real Risk to Turf This Spring - Report
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-Architects' Specifications to Bring More Washed Turf
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Education Update
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The
Quality
of Cultivated
Turf
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A Club that's Simply
Capital
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Computers: What to Buy and Where to Buy It
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'The Learning Experience': Working Together: Thinking
Electric
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'More Important Than Life Itself'
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Accessories Make All the Difference
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Amazone: A Growing Force in the Industry
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Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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BTME and the Environmental Management Plan: Two Integral Cogs in the Workings of Golf
48
Sprayer Pumps
50
New Products
54
Real World Test: Aerators
61
Health and Safety at Work: General Requirements for Golf Clubs and Greens Staff
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Assistant Greenkeeper Profile: [Robert Purll, Wildernesse Golf Club]
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Buyers' Guide
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Classified
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Recruitment
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Job Shop
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Only Top Quality Will Survive
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May 1997
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June 1997
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Wonderful Thing About Tiger...
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As I See It...
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[News]
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-Boost for Training as Turf Industry Achieves NVQ Accreditation
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New Products
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Education Update
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Health and Safety at Work: Requirements for Golf Clubs and Greenkeepers
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The American Way
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Mission Impossible
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Setting the Standards
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A Game of
Tag
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Centrifugal Pumps Explained
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Letters
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-Enthusiasm Will See Us Through
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-Allow Foxes to Eradicate Rabbits
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-Bad Attitudes on Display
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-Don't Knock the Educators
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Pointless Revolution or Just a Fad?
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BIGGA's Code of Ethics: Guiding Principles for Professionals
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Appointment Strengthens Toro Support
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Wait for the Weather, Urges Expert
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Test Passed
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A Greenkeeper's Diary: May in Florida
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Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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The Growth of SWT in Britain
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Real World Test: Shallow Aerators
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It could be You
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Assistant Greenkeeper Profile: [Gary Nimmo, Oundle]
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Buyers' Guide
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Classified
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Recruitment
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Job Shop
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The Grass isn't Always Greener
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Water Relief is Sure to be Temporary
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As I See It...
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[News]
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-Tribute to Gerald Haynes
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Fulfilling a Dream
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Book Reviews
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Education Update: Pace is Hotting Up
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Running Out of Water: Special Report
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-The Efficient Use of Water
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-The Future of Irrigation
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Research Surprises
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A Greenkeeper's Diary: June at the Oakwood Club
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Dealer Appointed
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Get the Low Down on Cooden Beach
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'The Learning Experience': Working Together: Monitoring the Weather
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Don't get My Drift...
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A Tour de Force
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CD Review: Into the Computer Age
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Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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Letters
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-Don't Fall Foul of Change in Law
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-Unauthorised Use of Name...
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-...Sorry for the Mistake
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-Please Contest This Proposal
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Health and Safety at Work: Requirements for Golf Clubs and Greenkeepers: [COSHH Hazardous Substance Regulations]
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Real World Test: Slitters
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Buyers' Guide
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Classified
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Recruitment
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Job Shop
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Wonder of Westurf
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July 1997
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August 1997
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Memories of Troon in the '89 Summer
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As I See It...
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[News]
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Top Seeds!
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Golf Day Makes Tenth Birthday Event a Swinging Success: Ten Out of Ten
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Health and Safety at Work: Taking Control of Events
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Previewing The Open Looking Back: Open Memories
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Previewing The Open Looking Forward: Dream Team Head into First Open with Confidence
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Factors Influencing the
Speed
of Putting Surfaces
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A Greenkeeper's Diary: Looking Back
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Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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Real World Test: Mowers
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Assistant Greenkeeper Profile: [Wyndham Potter, East Devon GC]
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Greenkeeper Training: The Colleges and the Courses Available
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Buyers' Guide
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Job Shop
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Classified
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Recruitment
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Education Update: On Course for a Brighter Future
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Advertisers' Index
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Presenting a Definitive A-Z of Our Industry...
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As I See It...
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[News]
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Hayter Challenge: Finalists Prepare for the Big Finish
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'The Learning Experience': Working Together: Sheds Heaven
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BIGGA at The Open
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Don't get too Isolated
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Real World Test: Bunker Rakes
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New Products
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1997 Supervisory Management Courses
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Education Update: BIGGA Courses are the Best Way to Boost Your Career
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Letters
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-Tee Makers: Rules don't Make Sense
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-NVQs have to be Made to Work
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All Part of the Service
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Health and Safety at Work: Protect Yourself
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Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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This Course is too Difficult!
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Watermation: A Company Reborn
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Saltex 97: Sports, Amenities, Landscaping: 2-4 September '97, Royal Windsor Racecourse: It's Showtime!
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Assistant Greenkeeper Profile: [Martin Kohler, Swanston GC]
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No Feet of Clay from Kedleston's Mr Sand Man
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Buyers' Guide
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Classified
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Job Shop
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Recruitment
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Ouch! You're Hurting Me: The Possible Agronomic Benefits of Banning Metal Spikes
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September 1997
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October 1997
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Table of Contents
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Advertisers' Index
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[News]
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-Golf by the Hour Hailed as 'Major Breakthrough'
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-Course First for College
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-Fairy Rings are Widespread Due to Weather
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There are Some Things Which Really get to You
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As I See It...
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From Mangles and Tights to Laptops and Bytes...
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Health and Safety at Work: Reporting an Accident
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Real World Test: Greens Mowers
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BIGGA National Tournament 1997 in Association with Miracle Professional: Winning in the Rain
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Rough: Where is Thy Sting?
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New Products
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Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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Preparing for the... Drama ...At Valderrama
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BTME 98 Show Space Expands to Accommodate Extra Exhibitors
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Links: The Perfect Terrain
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Education Update
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Letters
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-No Point
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Buyers' Guide
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Classified
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Job Shop
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Recruitment
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Ganton: A Fitting Venue for the Hayter Challenge Final
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Advertisers' Index
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A Tribute to David Spurden
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As I See It...
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[News]
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-BIGGA Cracks Down on Abuse of Courtesy Golf
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-Facility Helps Students Learn ins and Outs of Maintenance
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-Fusarium? Not on My Patch, Thank You
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-Laser Levelling Brought in to Fit New Root Zone
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-Appeal to Keep a Look-Out for Stolen Greenkeeping Kit
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An Environment for Golf
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Hayter Challenge: The Final Final
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-End of an Era
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-Humphries' Heroes
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-Alternative Awards
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-Results
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How
Not
to Hire an Idiot!
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Education Update: Supervisory Courses: Time for a Re-Think?
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Saltex 97 Revisited
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Assistant Greenkeeper Profile: [David Gillon, Tulliallan GC]
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Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year: Counting Down
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BIGGA Launches Two New Sections in Northern Ireland
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Surviving the Ultimate Sanction
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Caps Off to Course Care!
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Health and Safety at Work: Consultation with Employees
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Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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Real World Test: Rough Mowers
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Buyers' Guide
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Job Shop
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Classified
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Recruitment
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The Answer Lies in the Soil (or So They Say...)
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November 1997
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December 1997
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Advertisers' Index
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Gaining an Undeserved Reputation
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As I See It...
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[News]
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-Euro Campaign Backs Environment Pioneers
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The Bank Job
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The 1997 BIGGA Golf Environment Competition: The Search for a Winner
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Education Update
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Health and Safety at Work: Risk Assessment
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New Products
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More Belfry Blues in the Kubota
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Letters
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-Don't Believe the Hype
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1998: Salaries and Conditions - Recommendations
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Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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Pumps Technology - The Heart of the System
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Assistant Greenkeeper Profile: [Alan Buckley, Newark GC]
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Buyers' Guide
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Job Shop
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Classified
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Recruitment
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A Norwegian Experience
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It's Milk and Carrot Time Once Again
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As I See It...
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[News]
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-Environment Winners Score Double Success in Major Competitions
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-Greenkeeping Stalwart to Retire at End of the Year
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-Don't be Snookered by Your Bunkers
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-High on a Hill
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I Use Ritefeed Because
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Book Review: Eagerly Awaited
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'The Learning Experience': Working Together: Turfgrass Technology: Sowing the Seeds for the Future
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Education Update: Drawing Breath before BTME 98
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Assistant Greenkeeper Profile: [Steven Evans, St Enedoc GC]
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Letters
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-Put It Down to the Weather
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-Temporary Frustrations
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In at the Deep End
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BTME 98: A Decade of Success
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-Give Me a B! Give Me a T! Give Me a M! Give Me an E!: Four Letters Which, Joined Together, Herald the Week of the Year for Greenkeepers Everywhere
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-Facts You Need to Know...
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-Entertainment at BTME: We Thought Our Search was Over... It is Now!
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-Reservations?: Where Else would You Rather Spend a Week in the Middle of January Than Harrogate?
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-Guide to Harrogate: Plenty to See and Lots to do
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-Who to Look Out for at the Show
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New Products
29
Around the Green: Keeping in Touch with News and Comment from the Regions
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Greenkeeper Training: The Colleges and the Courses Available
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The Toros
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-The Toro Award for Excellence in Greenkeeping: Notes from a Small Island
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-The Toro Award for Excellence in Greenkeeping: Fanfare for the Common Man
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-Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year: The Best of Both Worlds
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Real World Test: Fertiliser Spreaders
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Buyers' Guide
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Classified
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Recruitment
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Job Shop
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Final Say: There is Nothing We cannot do
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