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Award-winning magazine of the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association BIGGA December 2000 - £3.50 TORO FOR EXCELLENCE yN GREENKEEPEVG^ TORO STUDENT GREENKEEPER of the year AWARD Toro Awards Make the most of your Dealer BTME2001 Preview Money Making | See us C*r'°HAL SEMINÒ «t.* J mmm ' À THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE CONFERENCE SEMINARS The BTME 2001 event combines the National 22nd and 23rd January 2001, Majestic Wednesday 24 January 2001 Education Conference - 'The Learning Hotel, Harrogate Keynote speaker: Richard Noble of Thrust 2 Experience' - sponsored by Textron Turf Care Sessions include the following topics and World Landspeed Record fame with the BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition. speakers: The Law and the Golf Club, Health & Safety, The formal conference is supplemented with Growing Golf and the Environment - the US experience, practical Greenkeeping workshops and a David Lawson, STRI; Dennis Mortram, Erosion Control and Mulching Seminar programme which means there is Reaseheath; Dr. Paul Rieke, Michigan Univ plenty to interest everyone involved in the golf Thursday 25 January 2001 and fine turf industry from Master Human Resource Management Golfdom Magazine, Changes in Training Greenkeepers to Assistant Greenkeepers. Frank Newberry, Duncan McGilvray, Potters Provision, Topdressing - Material Standards, Bar GC; Brin Bendon, Vector Training The event attracts Golf Greenkeepers from all An overview of Australian Golf Courses - over the world, encouraging learning, debate Water Management problems and solutions and an exchange of ideas and experience. The Graeme Francis, Hydroscape; Junier Brown, NRA; Kneale Diamond, Hanbury Manor GC programme is available to both BIGGA mem- EXHIBITION bers and non-members, although members Environmental Management receive preferential rates. While the technical Martin Gunn and Malcolm Peake, Temple GC; The BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition has forums are primarily concerned with Golf Rob Witherspoon, Guelph Turfgrass Institute been held at Harrogate since 1 989 and is the Course maintenance and greenkeeping issues, Canada; Jonathan Smith, Scottish Wildlife Trust biggest indoor show of its kind in Europe. Over many of the sessions are equally relevant to 6,000 visitors and more than 200 Turfcare general turf maintenance and groundsman- Industry manufacturers and suppliers were ship, and would interest those working in Workshops run concurrently with the present at last year's show, and there will be other sportsturf sectors. The programme also Conference sessions and include: even more in 2001 with the addition of a new has a keynote speaker and seminars which Basic Machinery Maintenance, Computer exhibition hall. The exhibition is open from will be of particular interest for Chairmen of Skills, Golf Course Design and 9.00am to 5.30pm Wednesday and Thursday Green and Golf Club secretaries. Grasses/Soil Science and from 9.00am to 1.30pm on Friday. BANQUET The week's events are rounded off on the Thursday evening with a banquet the Harrogate International Centre. 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David Mclnroy, of Scottish Ocmis 01460 241939 TEXTRON Education & Training Manager Scotts UK Professional 01473 830492 Grass Machinery, explains just what a Ken Richardson ^Z-kt. Aearnlng ¿xpe/Uttce Textron Turf Care 01473 270000 dealer can offer to you, the customer E-mail: [email protected] The Toro Company (Lely UK) 01202 319987 Membership Services Officer Individual Members 26-30 Around the Green Tracey Maddison Mike Eastwood, J H Fry, J H Greasley, E-mail: [email protected] David S Robinson, Stuart Townsend 38 Features listing Silver Key Circle Company Members Helping you track down some of Greenkeeper Contact us Company Tel: Head Office International's previous articles Ernest Doe & Sons 01254 380311 You can contact The British and Heath Lambert Ltd 0113 246 1313 International Golf Greenkeepers 38 As I see it... Association in any number of ways: Sisis Equipment Ltd 01625 503030 BIGGA Chairman, Elliott Small, passes on his Supaturf Products Ltd 01455 639639 Post: BIGGA HOUSE, Aldwark, thought to those suffering in the floods, takes in the Alne, York, Y061 1UF Weed Free 07000 481011 Northern Ireland Education Conference and the final E-mail: [email protected] ~ Individual Members Clive A Archer, John Crawford, Bruce Cruickshank, of the Toro Awards Internet: www.bigga.org.uk ¡5f Douglas G Duguid, Alan Holmes, lain A MacLeod, Tel: 01347 833800 Robert Maibusch MG, Richard S Mullen, Elliott R Small, Steven Tierney, Raymond J Warrender, WJ F Fax: 01347 833801 INVESTOR IN PEOPLE Advertisers* Index Advertiser Page The 2000 The officiât monthly magazine Advanta Seeds 9 Toro Awards of the British & international Göll Greenkeepers Association Allen Power Equipment Ltd 11 & 13 The final judging of the Toro Editorial Editor: Scott MacCallum Award for Excellence in Amenity Land Services 20 Tel: 01347 833800 Fax: 01347 833801 Greenkeeping and the Toro E-mail: [email protected] Aventis 7 Student of the Year Award Advertising uncovered two wonderful Sales & Marketing Manager: Steve Hardy Barrelfield Golf Network 20 Tel: 0.1347 833800 Fax: 01347 833802 winners in lain Ritchie and E-mail: [email protected] Berkshire College iv STUDENT Jonathan Cleland. Sales & Marketing Department: GREENKEEPER Page 16 Cheryl Broomhead, Diane Bray, Meredith Foster British Seed Houses 9 & 39 of the year Tel: 01347 833800 Fax: 01347 833802 E-mail: [email protected] AWARD Eagle Promotions 15 Design Design & Production Editor: David Emery Elmwood College iv Tel: 01347 833800 ISDN: 01347 830020 E-mail: [email protected] Evergreens UK 30 Printing Features Hi-Tec Print, Units 9-10, Houghton Road, Fern House Marketing 40 North Anston Trading Estate, North Anston, 8 10 Good Men and True Sheffield S25 4JJ ISDN: 01909 550561 Tel: 01909 568533 Fax: 01909 568206 Flowtronex 20 Neil Thomas reports on the selection of the ten delegates who will represent the Association on the The advertising copy deadline for inclusion Golf Car 13 in the January 2001 edition of Greenkeeper Bernhard-sponsored trip to the CCSA Conference i International is Friday, December 8, 2000 Hunter Grinders 25 and Show in Vancouver, Canada, next year Greenkeeper International: Hydroscape 27 10 Budget Boosters Contents may not be reprinted or otherwise reproduced without written permission. 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