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Welcome RID THE GAME OF SCOTTISH NATIONAL TOURNAMENT THIS MONKEY ON The 2006 Scottish National Tournament will be Entry forms are available at all Section Spring held at Leven Links, Leven, Fife on Thursday June Outings and from the Regional Administrator. OUR BACK 222006 by kind permission of the Leven Links Joint All entries with remittance must be sent to the When I wrote about the drought issues in last Committee. The cost of the event will be £22.00, Regional Administrator, Peter J.Boyd, 10 month's column one of the scenarios I certainly which includes coffee/tea, filled roll, evening meal Meadowburn Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow didn't envisage was the one which has affected and prizes. Apprentice fee will be £12.00. G77 6TA by Tuesday 13 June 2006. Cheques made five golf clubs in the Bath area. payable to BIGGA Scottish Region. An unnamed militant group has vandalised one of them and sent letters to four others demanding they carry out specified action with the threat of more vandalism if ignored. ALLISS IN SHEFFIELD Among the list of demands are a 25% reduction in The Sheffield Section welcomed special guest He then answered questions from the floor, water usage; that 10% of each hole be returned to Peter Alliss to Rotherham Golf Club at a recent nature and that anti wildlife policies be reversed. which included his favourite course - Ferndown - event. In this country freedom of speech is encouraged and best ever shot -a 4-wood to the 18th in the and everyone has a right to have their views heard, Sporting a cast on his right ankle having broken 1965 Ryder Cup at Royal Birkdale which clinched a but when it comes to criminal vandalism a line has it in Scotland the previous month, Peter was victory for he and Christy O'Connor over Arnold been crossed. accompanied by his daughter Sara, who acted as Palmer and Dave Marr. What concerns me, however, is that people who chauffeuse and general chaperone for the trip. He The day was sponsored by Bernhard and Co, obviously feel so passionately about a cause can be so spoke of his association with greenkeepers during who were represented by UK Sales Manager, Steve ignorant of the facts before they set out on a course of his time as a PGA Professional, attached to various Nixon, himself a former greenkeeper member of the drastic action. clubs in the UK and his admiration and respect he Sheffield Section, and Marketing and The cliché is that golf is a serial abuser of resource, had for the work that they achieved and for the Communications Manager, Gina Putnam. and unfortunately some people react on the back of progress that has been made by the profession. that hackneyed old cliché with nothing more than that to do on To highlight this point, ironically, one of the clubs targeted by this group is a multiple prize winner in BIGGA's Golf Environment Competition. I'm sure that if the members of this group were to have the courage of their convictions and make themselves known, their minds would be put at rest with a visit to the golf dub, not under cover of darkness wielding the tools of vandalism, but during the day carrying nothing more than an open mind. They wouldn't fail to be impressed by the knowledge, skill and dedication of the people who are the custodians of the land in their care. It is up to all of us to sell the positive message of the game of golf and rid the game of this monkey on our back. People working on the country's golf courses do some great work to enhance the environment, not drain it of valuable resources and it should be known about. That way we might prevent the faceless few picking up on the prejudices and baggage which is Peter Alliss with daughter Sara, Sheffield Section President Neil Maltby, far left, with Richard Kerrigan and Gordon attached to golf and going on to carry out the Brammah, right, with Gina Putnam and Steve Nixon of Bernhard mindless acts that these clubs are having to cope with. Our best wishes go to the staff and members of the clubs involved and in particular Park Golf Club where I hope the damage done can be rectified fairly ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY SERVICE quickly. Continued funding from English Nature, the Successful applicants will receive two ecological This magazine is the last one to which Assistant English Golf Union and the R&A means that the advisory visits with follow up reports. Clubs which Editor, Gareth Jones, has contributed. Gareth has been English Golf Environmental Advisory Service, successfully implement agreed environmental with BIGGA since 2004 and has decided to flex his created in 2002, can be extended for a fifth year. targets will receive a framed certificate to recognize vocal cords with a career in radio. He has done an excellent job in the time he has been with us and his All EGU affiliated golf clubs that have not taken their efforts. In addition all affiliated clubs will contribution has certainly enhanced the magazine. My part in the scheme, will be contacted with details of continue to have access to the free golf thanks and good wishes go with him and I look the project, which is being administered by STRI. environmental support service run by STRI, forward to hearing his dulcet tones coming at me from So far 180 golf clubs have benefited from the including telephone contact and written advice in across the airwaves. scheme over the last four years and over 100 clubs the form of leaflets providing conservation have received a framed certificate, acknowledging information on issues ranging from pesticides to Scott MacCallum, Editor their commitment to ecological good practice. management of the rough. Email press releases and new product updates to; [email protected] News NEIL THOMAS MEMORIAL GOLF DAY GARSIDE SANDS Anyone wishing to enter a team at the annual BIGGA Neil Thomas Memorial Golf Day STRENGTHENS should contact Sarah Norris, at BIGGA HOUSE, Tel 01347 833800 email [email protected]. Closing date for entries (subject to available slots) will be Monday May 15. Following the acquisition of Aggregate This year the Chairman's Nomination will be split the money raised between testicular and Industries by Swiss company Holcim Ltd, Aggregate breast cancer charities. Industries' silica sand business, Garside Sands, and A team can be entered for £200 + VAT with the day comprising a bacon roll on arrival, 18 its Holcim counterpart, are working closely together holes of golf at Aldwark Manor Golf Club, a ploughman's lunch, half way house, a barbecue and to offer a wider product portfolio. The partnership the opportunity to win some spectacular prizes. also significantly increases the business' ability to Holes can also be sponsored for £200 + VAT which gives signage on the chosen tee and supply in volume within the UK, across Europe and recognition within the pages of Greenkeeper International. for international projects. The companies currently sponsoring the event are:- Rigby Taylor; Hunter Grinders; Premier Garside Sands, based in Bedfordshire, and Plan; Heath Lambert; Kubota; John Deere; Ransomes Jacobsen; Golf Finance; Toro; Hayter; Holcim France's silica sand business, located in Greentee Golf and the ""A" Group of Hotels. Nevers and Orléans, central France, have incorporated their product range to offer customers a greater variety of specialist graded silica sands for markets, including water filtration and industrial CWC FRANCHISEES GATHER FOR applications. ANNUAL CONFERENCE Complete Weed Control's head office staff and work, including new and changing legislation, franchisees headed to the Algarve recently for the product development and market trends. company's annual conference. They gathered at the "As well as being an enjoyable social occasion, Penina Golf Resort, a past venue for the Portugese the conference was hugely beneficial to me as a NEW SPONSORS Open, for three days of seminars, networking and, new franchisee. I can learn a great deal from the of course, golf- guys who have been operating successfully for FOR ENVIRONMENT Bringing the franchisees together outside their years. It was very motivational, sitting together and COMPETITION working environment enables them to pool their talking about business development and different knowledge and experiences, with the aim of raising work situations. I went back to Scotland with lots of The future of the • • ^ the standard of the services they provide to their new ideas and a great support network to help me prestigious BIGGA * diverse client base. It also provides them with the implement them," stated Keith Gallacher, owner of Golf Environment ® opportunity to discuss issues which affect their the Scotland South West. Competition has been secured for the next three years thanks to ^ the injection of ® sponsorship from two Goif Environment new industry Competition partners. Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd and Course Care will join the existing sponsoring companies of Scotts UK Professional and Syngenta Professional Products to ensure that the competition, which has helped to raise the profile of the outstanding environmental work done on the nation's golf courses, will continue to be the premier event of its kind in the game. "We are delighted that Ransomes Jacobsen and Course Care have recognised the importance of the competition to the game of golf and their NINE HOLE EXTENSION investment, together with that of the our Saddle Creek Resort - the gated, 900-acre Castle ranks as the No. 8 course in the state according to outstanding existing sponsors Scotts and Syngenta, Cooke community in the scenic California Foothills - Golfweek. will ensure that we can extend the reach of the has announced that Carter Morrish, architect of the "I am excited about the opportunity to team judging process, so more clubs can benefit from resort's existing 18-hole course, will design a new with Castle Cooke and Saddle Creek Resort to visits from our expert judges," said BIGGA National nine-hole layout on the property's northern reaches.