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. 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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? BTME speaker Eddie Bullock writes 36 Join the Support Team at Wentworth A1 Agronomic Services A28 Amenity Sales A59 Soil Harmony B19 Britrisk Safety Ltd B48 Charterhouse Turf C12 Turfkeeper.com C48 Complete Weed Control M9 Ransomes Jacobsen A2 Vitax A29 Aquarille A60 Countrywide B23 British & International Golf Machinery Ltd C14 JUB Holland C49 Verde Sports Ltd M10 Better Billy Bunker A5 DENNIS & SISIS A30 Cleveland Sitesafe Ltd A61 Gambetti UK Greenkeepers Association B50 Eagle C15 Highspeed Group Ltd C50 Profusion Environmental Ltd M11 Barcham Trees Plc A6 MTS Golf & Utility Vehicles A31 Ultra Soil Solutions Ltd A63 Green-Tech Ltd B29 Greenkeepers Training B52 Syngenta C21 BMS C51 Aqua-Terra Europe M12 Durabunker Ltd Apply to be a volunteer greenkeeper A9 Rain Bird Europe SNC A32 Hurrells Seeds B1 Grillo Agrigarden Ltd Committee (The) B54 Everris Limited C22 GCOA & GRN-OGRO C52 Sibelco M14 GCSAA A10 Ecosolve Ltd A34 Tarmac Topsport B2 Perrot B30 Delta-T Devices B56 Lloyds / Hunters C23 Barenbrug UK Ltd C53 KUHN Amenity Pro M15 Golf Club Managers Association A11 Nomix Enviro A35 The Grass Group B5 Maxstim B31 HDK Electric Vehicles B58 Campey Turf Care Systems C27 Hunter Industries C54 Bailoy Irrigation Controls M16 Toro - Lely (UK) Limited at the BMW PGA Championship A12 Custom Agronomics A45 Germinal Seeds GB B7 Symbio B32 Tines Direct B59 Trimax Mowing Systems C28 Talbot Farm C55 Lastec UK M17 Sports Metals Ltd A16 Blec Global Ltd A46 Bayer B9 Lindum Turf B34 Sherriff Amenity B78 Baroness Mowers C30 Headland Amenity Ltd C56 Double A / Tru-Turf M18 True-Bot.com A17 GREENACRES Artificial Grass A49 MJ Abbott Ltd B10 Humber Palmers Fertilisers B36 STRI C1 Huxley Golf C34 Netafim UK C58 Wiedenmann UK Ltd M19 Sports Maintenance A18 Farmura Ltd A51 Tillers Turf B11 Sheltons Sportsturf Drainage B37 Ground2Control FEATC2UR SoutersE Sports Ltd C35 GBR Technology Limited C61 Wessex International M20 John Deere A19 Aquatrols A52 Spectrum Technologies Solutions B38 Engo Group PREVIEWC4 Border Sports Services Ltd C37 Askham Bryan College C62 Rigby Taylor Ltd M28 GGM Groundscare A20 Johnsons Sports Seed A54 EnviroMonitors B12 Merrist Wood College B39 Bradshaw Golf Buggies C5 Ecobunker Ltd C38 TurfCare M4 Bywater M29 Gianni Ferrari s.r.l. A22 European Turfgrass A55 Aitkens Sportsturf Ltd B13 Myerscough College B42 Garfitts International Ltd C6 Yamaha Motor (UK) Ltd C39 Limagrain UK M5 Turfdry 38 Finance your fleet Laboratories A56 Groundsman Industries Ltd B17 Compo Expert UK Ltd B43 Indigrow Ltd C8 County Sport Surfaces C41 True Surface by Turfline M6 Perennial A23 CRL - Clive Richardson Ltd A57 Inturf B18 Scotland’s Rural B44 Bernhard & Co Ltd C10 Green-Tech Ltd C42 Global Turf Equipment UK Ltd M7 Institute of Groundsmanship X A27 Maxicrop UK A58 Greentech Sportsturf Ltd College, Elmwood Campus B46 Waste2Water Europe Ltd C11 KAR UK Limited C47 XL Horticulture Ltd M8 Belchim Crop Protection Ltd 46 Machinery tips from John Deere 22 GI JANUARY 2015 @BIGGALtd 22-23@BIGGALtd JANUARY 2015 GI 23 40 Back to School How a two-man greenkeeping team REGULARS 2 weeks to BTME 2015 are scoring top marks GREENKEEPER 42 A Greenkeeping 3 Welcome from BIGGA INTERNATIONAL 20-22 Published by the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association Remedy 6 Chairman’s Word GI £5.50 JANUARY 2015 JANUARY 2015 News from Remedy Oak Golf Club 8 Newsdesk on their greens replacement project 14 Membership News 18857aF15725 Car Park DL _Layout 1 07/03/2011 10:39 Page 1 46 Moment of Truth 16 L&D News Henry Bechelet and Dr Andy Owen 60 Around the Green from Everris - trials on your course 68 Greenkeepers 48 Get with the Training Committee 18-21 Programme XX XX X 70 Buyers Guide JANUARY 2015 Welcome Celebration 20-30 32 46 We’re delighted toHeadland announce Amenity that this year’s advises you how Driving & Parking in Harrogate How to find us 72 Recruitment Welcome Celebrationto plan keynote a fertiliser speaker programme is BBC sports broadcaster Andrew Cotter.