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Greenkeeper International GI Published by the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association £5.50 JANUARY 2015 2 weeks to BTME 2015 GREENKEEPER INTERNATIONAL GI Published by the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association £5.50 JANUARY 2015 Inside... BTME 2015 - ARE YOU READY? THE BIGGA TURF MANAGEMENT EXHIBITION AT HARROGATE 18-22 JANUARY 2015 Also... EDDIE BULLOCK ALSO INSIDE... BACK TO SCHOOL : REMEDY OAK : FINANCE L&D NEWS WELCOME FROM BIGGA BIGGA BIGGA President Sir Michael Bonallack, OBE BIGGA Board of Management Chairman Chris Sealey Vice Chairman Thank you Les Howkins BIGGA Past Chairman Tony Smith BIGGA Board Members Rob Welford, Stuart Greenwood, Arnold Phipps-Jones, Jeremy Hughes, Kenny MacKay, George Barr, John Keenaghan see you in 2015 BIGGA Chief Executive Officer Jim Croxton The Association would like to thank all of our BIGGA Partners and BIGGA BIGGA General Manager Tracey Maddison Education Supporters for their fantastic support throughout last year. Your [email protected] invaluable backing underpins the Association’s considerable investment BIGGA Head of Member Development Sami Strutt in Continuing Professional Development and all our educational activity. [email protected] We urge members to support them in 2015 and beyond. Contact Us BIGGA House, Aldwark, Alne, York, YO61 1UF [email protected] www.bigga.org.uk Tel – 01347 833800 | Fax – 01347 833801 BIGGA Welcome Celebration at BTME 2014 GREENKEEPER INTERNATIONAL A big year for BIGGA The official monthly magazine of the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association Limited. A very Happy New Year to all our BTME is just around the corner and the Production members and friends, let us hope that signs are extremely good that we will Design & Brand Executive 2015 is a good one for the greenkeeping enjoy a fantastic conference, exhibition Tom Campbell and golf industries and builds on the and the various associated social and Tel – 01347 833800 reasonable progress of 2014. networking events that are part of our ext 513 [email protected] It is shaping up to be a big year for BIGGA; annual festival of greenkeeping. the proposed new Governance structure The Continue to Learn programme has been Editorial we hope the membership will adopt at the very well received, and I am delighted that the Communications Executive forthcoming AGM will help the Association to signs are pointing towards record numbers of Steve Castle be more coordinated and focused at all levels, delegates. Continue to Learn has had a Ryder Tel – 01347 833800 ext 510 and put succession plans in place to ensure Cup flavour to it recently and I’m pleased this steve.castle @bigga.co.uk our future. continues in 2015 with both Steve Chappell’s The Young Greenkeepers Committee, who review of the 2014 Gleneagles event and also Advertising meet formally for the first time later this month an insight into how Chris Tritabaugh plans on Business will provide both our team and board members preparing Hazeltine National for 2016. Development Manager with the insight to better serve the needs of Jill Rodham Tel – 01347 833800 the next generation of BIGGA members. We I am particularly looking forward to the ext 519 will also continue to provide further member Fax – 01347 833802 BIGGA Welcome Celebration on the [email protected] benefit opportunities and increase our Tuesday evening of BTME. Printing educational activity at Section, Region and The opportunity to celebrate all that is Warners Midlands Plc, The Maltings, Manor National levels. good in the greenkeeping industry amongst Lane, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 9PH Tel – 01778 391000 | Fax – 01778 394269 friends and colleagues is one to savour and I After a challenging few years BIGGA is am delighted that our guest speaker, Andrew Contents may not be reprinted or otherwise reproduced without written permission. now in a stable and positive business Cotter from the BBC, has agreed to share tales Return postage must accompany all situation - all aspects of our activity are in from the golfing industry. I know we will be materials submitted if return is requested. No responsibility can be assumed for unsolicited growth. royally entertained. materials. The right is reserved to edit submissions before publication. At their recent meeting, which took place at I look forward to seeing very many of you in Although every care will be taken, no Woodhall Spa, the headquarters of England Harrogate for BTME. responsibility is accepted for loss of manuscripts, photographs or artwork. Opinions Golf, the Board of Management commenced a Enjoy the read. expressed are not necessarily those of the formal Strategic Planning process, which will Association, and no responsibility is accepted for such content, advertising or product take shape over the next few months. information that may appear. Circulation is by The ambition is to produce a Strategic subscription. Subscription rate: UK £50 per year, Europe and Eire £65, Rest of the World Plan that will provide a clear direction for the £95. The magazine is also distributed to BIGGA members, golf clubs, local authorities, the turf Association and also detail very clearly to the industry, libraries and central government. wider golf industry the role BIGGA and its members intends to take to positively influence the sport. All members, as well as our industry partners and commercial clients, will be consulted to ensure the Plan is one that suits Individual Contributors: Steven Tierney MG, Chris Lomas MG, Andrew Campbell MG CGCS, W J Rogers, Sam the entire industry. I hope you are able to take Langrick, Espen Bergmann, Nick Gray, Steve Dixon, Richard McGlynn, Douglas Duguid, Jaey Goodchild, Michael ISSN: 0961– 6977 the time to give us your views and help shape Beaton, David Barker, Greg Evans, Frank Newberry © 2013 British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association Limited the Association’s future. Jim Croxton, BIGGA CEO @BIGGALtd JANUARY 2015 GI 3 CONTENTS GI A look at what’s inside the magazine this month JANUARY 2015 BIGGA TURF MANAGEMENT FEATURES EXHIBITION 20 BTME 2015 Preview The latest from the exhibitors, and Welcome Celebration news 32 Do you encourage the intimacy factor? 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