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January 2008   February 2008
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3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: The Future is Bright
4 News
8 -Merger Talks Examined
8 -Nine-Hole Course Helping to Inspire
9 GTC News: Happy New Year Greenkeepers
10 Industry Update
12 Membership
13 Learning & Development: [Harrogate Week]
14 Learning & Development: On-the-Job Training that Sticks
17 How to Make the Most of Harrogate Week
21 The Devil is in the Detail
24 BIGGA's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
30 Child Protection
32 What's Your Number?: [Martin Ward, Managing Director, Symbio]
32 Hobbies: [Rachael Duffy, Learning and Development Adiministrator, BIGGA]
34 Getting What You Want, No Sorry 'Need'
36 Preparing for a Rainy Day
42 The Chosen Ones: 10 Members of the BIGGA Delegation Will be Traveling to the GCSAA Golf Industry Show in Orlando, Thanks to Bernhard & Co.
45 Greener Outlook for Golf Course Machines
49 New Products
54 Human Resources: New Holiday Entitlement Regulations
55 In the Shed
57 Letters
58 News from the Chief Executive: [Looking Back at 2007]
58 Around the Green
66 Buyers' Guide
70 Recruitment
74 Chairman's Column: A Sad Goodbye
 
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3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: Lucky Number 13
4 News
6 -Are You in Control of Staff Training and Assessment?
8 -Basildon Golf Course Landfill Protest
9 GTC News: Attracting the Golfer
10 Industry Update
12 Membership
13 Learning & Development: [Review of Harrogate Week and Higher Education Information]
14 Learning & Development: Managing Turf Disease Through Effective ITM
17 Rotary Mowers: Evolution Improves the Breed
20 Meet the Chairman
24 Irrigation: A Technological Leap
27 Student Life: Career Progression
29 Hobbies
30 Wind Turbines are Vital for the Future of Our Planet
32 Employment Law and the Working Time Regulations
32 What's Your Number?: [John Nicholson, Principle, John Nicholson Associates]
33 In the Shed
34 Creeping South
38 All of Harrogate's a Stage, and All the Men and Women Mere Players...
48 New Products
52 News from the Chief Executive: [Harrogate Week of 2008 was a Benchmark Event, and the Golf Market is Experiencing Pressures for Higher Standards]
52 Around the Green
59 Letters: Prefer Migrants to Poor Quality British Graduates
60 Buyers' Guide
64 Recruitment
70 Chairman's Column: [New Board of Directors Members and Harrogate Week Highlights]
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March 2008   April 2008
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1 Cover
3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: A Greenkeeping Anachronism
4 News
4 -How can Golf Clubs Retain 'Nomadic' Golf Members?
9 GTC News: Awarding Bodies: [Why shouldn't Greenkeeping be Given the Authority to Award Their Own Certificates?]
10 Industry Update
12 Membership
13 Learning & Development: Sami Collins, Head of Learning and Development Provides an Update
14 Learning & Development: Waste Management on Golf Courses
16 Spreading Equipment: Spread Your Dressings Evenly
20 Done to a Tee
25 New Friends and New Knowledge
29 Don't Just Fertilise...Utilise!
32 Sustainability - the Way to Go
35 Infections as [at] Work
37 Hobbies: [Fliss Chaffer, Sales Executive, BIGGA]
39 Workshop Organisation
40 -Managing Mechanics
43 -Cutting Edge Training
45 -Top Tips for Setting Up a Workshop
47 In the Shed
50 New Products
53 The Greenkeeping Kid
54 News from the Chief Executive: [Environmental Issues Discussed at FEGGA Conference]
54 Around the Green
63 Buyers' Guide
67 Recruitment
70 Chairman's Column: Early Breakfasts and Heavy Rain
 
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3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: Strange but True
4 News
9 GTC News: Awarding Bodies
10 Industry Update
11 -First-Ever Barkoel Course
12 Membership
13 Learning & Development: [Information on the BIGGA Golf Environment Competition 2008]
14 Learning & Development: Nematodes in Turfgrass
16 A Heathland Crusade
20 Utility Vehicles: Take a Lateral Look at Utilities
24 Drip Drip Drop Little April Shower...
28 The Waller's Tale
30 Hobbies: [Brad Anderson, Membership Services Assistant, BIGGA]
30 What's Your Number?: [David Withers, Managing Director, Ransomes Jacobsen]
32 Mapped Out
36 The Evolution of Soil Wetting
39 Life as a Quail Hollow Intern
44 New Products
48 Letters
49 In the Shed
50 News from the Chief Executive: [It's All Change This Month at BIGGA House and the Canadian Conference and Exhibition in Calgary Review]
50 Around the Green
58 Plant Protection Products
59 Buyers' Guide
63 Recruitment
66 Chairman's Column: Canadian Golf Conference 2008
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May 2008   June 2008
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3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: Surviving the Downturn
4 News
6 -Northwick Park Opened by Football Legend
8 -Bert Cross 1934-2008
9 GTC News: That's Teamwork
10 Industry Update
12 Membership: [BIGGA Legal Helpline]
13 Learning & Development: [Toro Student of the Year Award 2008; The BIGGA Library; BIGGA Golf Environment Competition 2008]
14 Learning & Development: Geographical Information Systems can be Great Aid to Golf Course Management
16 Friendly Neighbours
20 Tractor Talk
24 Student Life: Career Progression
27 It can be Done!
31 What's Your Number?: [Peter Jones, Principal Consultant, PJA Ltd - Golf Course, Consultants & Agronomists]
33 More Effective Overseeding
36 Survive the Downturn
39 Letters
40 Seven Deadly Suns
42 In the Shed
43 Human Resources: When does a Warning Expire?
46 New Products
48 News from the Chief Executive: [BIGGA House is Making Progress and There's been Concern Involving the Association's Vulnerability Resulting in Strengthening the Roles of Head of Department]
48 Around the Green
55 Turning Japanese
58 Buyers' Guide
62 Recruitment
66 Chairman's Column: Augusta Syndrome - Greenkeeping in the Spring in the UK
 
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3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: Slow Boat to Golfing Stagnation
4 News
9 GTC News: Bite Size Learning
10 Industry Update
12 Membership
13 Learning & Development
14 Learning & Development: Management of Golf Course Bunkers
16 Protected Species Surveys - Knowing What You've Got
19 Tractors Through the Years
23 Diary of a Golf Course
24 New Products
26 Space Invaders
1 Flooding + Drought = Climate Change?
3 -Climate Change...A Closer Look: Climate Change is Happening and Humans are Contributing to It
4 -Climate Change: The Facts
4 -Temperatures are Continuing to Rise...
5 -The Current Climate Change is Not Just Part of a Natural Cycle...
6 -Wettest and Driest
7 -What the R&A Say - be Prepared for Change
9 -Saving the Environment ...Reducing Your Club's Carbon Footprint
11 -What an Independent Consultant Says...
12 -Disease Pressure Hots Up
14 -Advice on Saving Water from the Environment Agency
15 -Top Tips...
15 -Claim Some Recognition: 2008 BIGGA Golf Environment Competition
45 In the Shed
46 Hobbies
47 BIGGA's Golden and Silver Key Sponsors: To a Million and Beyond
51 Human Resources: Skin at Work: Outdoor Workers and Sun Exposure
52 Letters
53 What's Your Number?
54 News from the Chief Executive
54 Around the Green
64 Buyers' Guide
67 Recruitment
70 Chairman's Column: Whatever the Weather
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July 2008   August 2008
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3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: Miranda - the Truth Seeking Missile
4 News
9 GTC News: Manager Training
10 Industry Update
12 Membership
13 Learning & Development
14 Learning & Development: Grass Seed Selection and Seeding Preparations for New Cyprus Course
16 Pump Station: Simple Job, Complex Technology
19 Bunker Rakes: The Rake's Progress
23 Diary of a Golf Course: Stoney Ground
24 A Quiet Open...Please!
28 The Contractor Factor
31 Hobbies: [Jim Brown, Oulton Hall Golf Club (De Vere)]
31 Human Resources: Temporary and Agency Workers Get Full Time Rights
32 Don't See Red Over Diesel
36 The Lie of the Land
39 College Listing: Greenkeeper Training
43 In the Shed
44 The Appliance of Science
46 New Products
48 News from the Chief Executive: [How Changes in the Economy Effect BIGGA]
48 Around the Green
56 Letters
58 What's Your Number?: [Ian Howard, Dennis]
59 Buyers' Guide
63 Recruitment
66 Chairman's Column: Six Months to Go! Maybe Some Time Off for Good Behaviour?
 
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3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: Better to Get On with the Job
4 News
9 GTC News: Quality Education
10 Industry Update
12 Membership
13 Learning & Development
14 Learning & Development: D-Day - Seeding "Seaspray" Seashore Paspalum
16 Have You Tried All Your Aeration and De-Compaction Options?
20 Uisge Beatha - the Water of Life
23 What's Your Number?: [Andrew Robinson, Rigby Taylor Limited]
25 Diary of a Golf Course: It Never Rains
26 Royal Birkdale 2008...What a Week!
32 Human Resources: Temperatures in the Workplace
33 A Day to Remember
38 Saltex 2008
41 Letters
42 New Products
45 In the Shed
46 Fine Weather and Fine Scores
48 News from the Chief Executive: [Acknowledgement for Beneficial Achievements]
48 Around the Green
56 Buyers Guide
61 Recruitment
62 Chairman's Column: A Week to Remember
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September 2008   October 2008
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3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: A Month of Ups and Downs
4 News
9 GTC News: Are You Up to Speed?
10 Industry Update
12 Membership
13 Learning & Development
14 Learning & Development: Improving Performance and Profit in a Changing Economic Climate
17 Your Green Green Grass of Hope
18 Creating Sustainable Parking Spaces
21 Drainage Problem? What to Expect When You Call in the Contractors...
24 Northern New Boys
28 What's Your Number?: [Alex Edward, Inturf]
28 Human Resources: Guidance on Redundancy Procedure
29 The Ryder Cup Challenge
33 Make Time for Trees
34 -Straight Talking with a Tree Surgeon
36 -Trees and Fun Golf
38 -Talking Heads: Make Time for Trees
40 -Tools for Trees
42 Why Three U. S. Superintendents are Studying for Master Greenkeeper...
44 Toro Student of the Year 2008 Preview
47 In the Shed
49 Saltex New Products
52 Plant Protection Products
54 Hobbies
55 Letters
56 News from the Chief Executive: [BIGGA and the GTC]
56 Around the Green
64 Buyers' Guide
69 Recruitment
70 Chairman's Column: Whatever the Weather
 
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3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: Thanks Nick!
4 News
5 -Askernish Old Course... Alive and Well
9 GTC News: Times are Changing
10 Industry Update
12 Membership
13 Learning & Development: [2008 Harrogate Week Workshops]
14 Learning & Development: Training and Development of Golf Course Staff
17 Scholarship Scheme
18 Making the "Appliance of Science" Simple
20 Yorkshire's Finest Take the Honours
24 Golf on a Huge Scale
29 Health & Safety Series: Hand Arm Vibration (HAVS): Raising Awareness for Greenkeepers
32 Picture This: Some Stunning Photographs Caught the Eye in the Latest Photographic Competition
37 Mowing Difficult Areas
41 In the Shed
42 Artificial Tees Winning Plaudits Across Essex
45 Saltex New Products
50 Human Resources: Your Skin and Work
51 Letters
51 -Ode (and Owed) to the Greenkeeper
52 News from the Chief Executive: [BIGGA Judged as an Investor in People]
52 Around the Green
60 Buyers' Guide
64 Recruitment
66 Chairman's Column: Weather Woes
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November 2008   December 2008
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3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: 10 Years On...
4 News
7 -A Course with a Difference
9 GTC News: It's All Money, Money, Money
10 Industry Update
12 Membership
13 Learning & Development
14 Learning & Development: Improving a Native Prairie Grass for Turf
16 Splish, Splash. I was...er, Playing Golf?
20 The Final: Toro Student of the Year 2008
22 -And the Winner is...
24 Moving with the Times
26 Team Work and Team Building
29 Health & Safety Series: Noise Induced Hearing Loss: Raising Awareness for Greenkeepers
32 Living on the Edge
36 Making the "Appliance of Science" Simple
38 Keeping the Bits You Don't Mow Trim
42 Your Drainage on Your Golf Course
46 New Products
49 What's Your Number?: [Stephen Bernhard, Bernhard & Co.]
50 Human Resources: Bullying and Harassment at Work
51 In the Shed
52 News from the Chief Executive: [A Decade Later, Changes to Come]
52 Around the Green
60 Buyers' Guide
64 Recruitment
66 Chairman's Column: Waiting for the Frost
 
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3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome: Golf Gets It in the Neck Again
4 News
9 GTC News: A Seasonal Message
10 Industry Update
12 Membership
13 Learning & Development
14 Learning & Development: The Greenkeeping Cycle
16 Competing for the Greener Good...
22 Take a Swing at Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
24 Dedication's What You Need: Drax Golf Club is on the Up Thanks to Their Dedicated Staff
26 Is Relief Grinding Essential to Achieving the Perfect Cut?
28 Rotary Blade Sharpening Need Not be a Grind
31 Harrogate Week 2009: Your Guide to Europe's Largest Annual Indoor Turf Exhibition
32 -BIGGA's Annual Groundscare Show
33 -Europe's Largest Indoor Turf Exhibition: Harrogate Week
37 -Exhibitor's List
38 -How to Get to Harrogate
40 -Come and Visit...
43 All I Want for Christmas is...
46 Recycling & Waste Management: The Link has Become Even More Important
48 Workplace Stress
49 In the Shed
50 Hobbies: [Mark Kelshall, Rotherham GC]
51 Disease Control by Numbers
53 What's Your Number?: [Stephen Fell, Lindum Turf]
54 New Products
56 It's Always Buzzing in Ipswich
58 Whole Body Vibration (WBV): Raising Awareness for Greenkeepers
60 News from the Chief Executive: [Rationale on Full Membership being Opened Up to Sports Turf Groundsmen]
60 Around the Green
68 Buyers' Guide
72 Recruitment
74 Chairman's Column: Doesn't Time Fly...
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