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• Greenkeeper International is pleased to subject of my personal criticism learn that the ever-cheerful Andy Cole has in the July issue of Greenkeeper M rejoined the STRI advisory staff as an International, was not designed agronomist, serving an area South of the by any member of the BIGCA. In Midlands and extending toward the Home truth, I never for a moment Counties. believed that it was. Andy, recently turfgrass lecturer at War- • Chris Mardon, wickshire College, will be amongst the first of STRI's région- course manager at alisée! personnel, a policy of régionalisation being a recent Kent's West • - STRI commitment. Mailing GC., is • Martin Galvin, formerly at East Sussex now wearing an National and well known as one of David altogether differ- Blackmur's award winning turfgrass students ent bonnet, that of at Plumpton College, has crossed the Irish West Mailing's 1992 club captain. Sea to take up his first head greenkeeping Not that he has deserted his post at the new Botha GC in Cork. The greenkeeping duties for a single recently completed course was designed moment, for Kent's cognocenti jointly by Peter McEvoy, the Amateur Champion of tell me that despite horrific water 1977/78, and Christy O'Connor Jnr, the current British Mas- bans 'imposed' upon that county ters Champion. and its golf courses, West Mailing Martin Galvin was a popular finalist in the 1989 is held as an impressive example TORO/PGA European Tour Student Greenkeeper of the of good husbandry. Commented Year awards. one observer, 'West Mailing? It's • Jimmy Richardson has been busy combing the grapevine, a bloomin' picture!'. telling of a gaggle of promotions and movements in the • Ian McMillan, course manager North-East: Russ Black makes a promotional move from for Hankley Common GC, is pic- Ponteland to Westerhope, becoming their new head green- tured below explaining finer keeper, John Rippon, latterly assistant at Whickham also points of conserving heathland takes promotion to Birtley GC, again as head greenkeeper. through stripping and replanting Internal promotion comes to Malcolm Latham, who has heather turf to experts who attended the recent 'Heathland • Colin Geddes, earned his spurs by moving from assistant to head green- Conference 1992'. The conference brought together heath- latterly at Hanbury land managers and scientists from as far afield as Aberdeen Manor and now oper- keeper at Hexham GC. Two other moves are Derek Cruddas, ating as an indepen- latterly head man at Birtley, who goes to Garesfield GC as and the Netherlands. Delegates were also informed of other dent consultant under head greenkeeper; and Craig Parkinson, assistant at Tyne- techniques used by Hankley Common GC to conserve this the CPG Associates side GC, who has moved to Ponteland GC - good luck to internationally important habitat, including the collection of banner, rang to broad- heather seed for re-seeding through use of a Litamisa. cast the good news them all! concerning one of our • David Norton, who as an assistant greenkeeper at Bev- Hankley Common GC has recently been included within lady members, Tracy erly and East Riding won the 1990 TORO/PGA European the Thursley, Hankley and Frensham Commons SSSI, due to Ruane of Wortley. Tour Student Greenkeeper of the Year award, has pulled off the high quality of its lowland heathland - the habitat now Tracy, pictured, hit the headlines in something of a coup in gaining the post of head green- described in a new English Nature poster as Surrey's last Leeds newspapers keeper at The Belfry, site of the 1993 Ryder Cup. David wilderness. Further information on conservation of heath- recently by gaining rang me and sounded overjoyed at the thought of working land and other habitats on golf courses may be found in the promotion to head with course manager, Derek Ganning MBE, and in being English Nature publication 'On Course Conservation', avail- greenkeeper- yes, head greenkeeper- launched on a major event from the very start. His first able by post from English Nature, Northminster House, at Oulton Hall Golf exposure to 'the big one' is the staging at The Belfry this Peterborough, PEl, price £7.50. Course, an 18 hole facility designed by month of the English Open. We all wish him well. • Photograph by Nick Baxter/Surrey County Council. Dave Thomas, with a • Kubota (UK) Ltd. has appointed Tony further nine sched- Fujak as engine sales co-ordinator. Based at uled to open in 1993. the company's Thame headquarters in This must be some- Oxfordshire he will be responsible for han- thing of a coup for the likeable lass, who dling all engine specification and sales began her greenkeep- enquiries and will provide administrative and ing career as an information support to the sales team. apprentice with Prior to joining Kubota, Tony worked both in the engine Leeds City Council some 12 years ago, sales sector and in the hire industry. progressing via the • Anthony Davies, course manager at Prestbury GC and Temple Newsum and winner of the 1990 ICI Greenkeeper of the Year award, has Gotts Park courses been involved in an unfortunate motor accident which I and gaining C&G Hor- ticulture Stages l-lll understand gave him a nasty blow on the head. Also travel- and C&G Manage- ling in the car were Anthony's wife and youngster, his wife ment Stage IV along receiving superficial though painful injuries. Anthony is out the way. Without of hospital now and is on the mend, albeit slowly. We at wishing to start an avalanche of replies, I Greenkeeper International send him our best wishes for a am curious - is Tracy full and speedy recovery. the first female head • The chairman of the British Institute of Golf Course greenkeeper in the country? Architects, Joan Dudok Van Heel, has brought it to my attention that the golf course at Nunspeet in Holland, the