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GREENKEEPER INTERNATIONAL GI APRIL 2011 Inside... NOTInside... SO COMMON HankleyFocus Commonon GC is the venue ofFungicides this month’s Golf Course Feature Dr Terry Mabbut gets technical CATheN UnseenDID I N CAMERA AnIrrigation article by an anonymous writer System Irrigation matters uncovered Horses (and Tennis) for Courses Epsom and Wimbledon under the radar Picture X perfection Professional golf course photographer, Eric Hepworth, offers some advice ahead of the 2011 BIGGA Golf Photographic Competition GKI Eclipse 322 A4 New style:Layout 1 09/03/2011 15:31 Page 1 The Jacobsen Eclipse 322 the only 100% hydraulic-free greens mower available … anywhere! Other ‘hybrids’ still use hydraulic motors for propulsion, so when we say no hydraulics, we mean it. Traction, reel drive and lift/lower operations are all electrically driven using either a small petrol or diesel engine running a 48 volt generator. And now there’s an all- electric version using a battery pack. It’s stealth quiet and ideal for greens close to housing or hotel rooms. For greener operation on your greens, less maintenance and lower operating costs, it has to be the Jacobsen Eclipse 322. By the way, did we mention … no hydraulics. www.ransomesjacobsen.com Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd West Road, Ipswich, IP3 9TT UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 270000 Web: www.ransomesjacobsen.com Code: GKI/04/11/E322 Driving Environmental Performance WELCOME FROM THE EDITOR BIGGA President Sir Michael Bonallack, OBE Board of Management Chairman – Paul Worster AndrewVice Chairman Mellon ViceAndrew Chairman Mellon TonyPast SmithChairman PastPeter Chairman Todd Paul Worster Board Members Chris Sealey, Gary Cunningham, Archie Dunn, ArnoldIan Willett, Phipps-Jones, Tony Smith, Jeremy Elliott Small, Hughes, Mark Kenny Dobell MacKay, Mark Dobell Chief Executive ChiefJohn Pemberton Executive [email protected] Pemberton [email protected] Head of Learning & Development HeadSami Collinsof Learning & Development [email protected] Collins [email protected] Head of Membership Department HeadTracey of Maddison Membership Department [email protected] Maddison [email protected] Contact Us ContactBIGGA HOUSE, Us Aldwark, Alne, York, YO61 1UF [email protected] HOUSE, Aldwark, Alne, York, YO61 1UF [email protected] www.bigga.org.ukTel – 01347 833800 | Fax – 01347 833801 Tel – 01347 833800 | Fax – 01347 833801 GREENKEEPER INTGREEERNNKAEEPETIONALR INTERNATIONAL The official monthly magazine of the TheBritish official and International monthly magazine Golf Greenkeepers of the BritishAssociation and International Limited. 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Those brave people who, as I write, are working tirelessly to avoid catastrophic meltdown are putting their own lives at risk and Scott MacCallum some will be doing so while at the same time in ISSN: 0961– 6977 Editor ISS© 2010N: 0961– British 6977 and International Golf mourning for members of their own families. ©Greenkeepers 2011 British andAssociation International Limited Golf Greenkeepers Association Limited APRIL 2011 GI 3 CONTENTS GI A look at what’s inside the magazine this month APRIL 2011 COURSE FEA T URE FEATURES Not so common That it is called Hankley Common Golf Club is a bit of a misnomer. It is one of the finest examples of a heathland course in the country, and Scott MacCallum discovers, as a golf course, it is anything but common 18 Not so common Scott MacCallum meets up with 2010 BIGGA Photographic Competition winner, Gareth Roberts, at Hankley Common GC. 25 Gather no moss Dr Terry Mabbett offers some expert advice for dealing with moss. 30 Candid in camera A return of the occasional series offering a member the chance to be a little bit more forthright in his Heathland Splendour on the 6th hole GI APRIL 2011 18 18 or her views safe in the knowledge APRIL 2011 GI 19 that he or she will have their identity protected. Candid in camera C a n d i d a d j . frank, not hiding one’s thoughts I n c a m e r a adj. or adv. phrase. In private. There are many things you’d like to say, but can’t because of the potential consequences. Greenkeeper International is offering you the chance to be a little more free with what you say, safe in the knowledge that your identity will be protected... I went to a Section Meeting out to be not an isolated incident keepers in our group were well of golf, and how important it (Raucous laughter at this point,) what has happened, and what is the other day. The golf course, and we were soon talking about unimpressed. is that golf projects a positive Sounds pretty scary actually and being done to resolve it? for an inland course so early Green Committees in general, Another greenkeeper recalled feel to its local communities.