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Watford Pitch Wins Award

Watford Pitch Wins Award: The Premier League Grounds Team of the Season award for the 2017/18 campaign has gone to Watford. The club’s head groundsman, Scott Tingley, and his team won the award for the pitch at Vicarage Road after assessment from the Premier League’s Playing Surfaces Committee and the independent assessor Dr Stephen Baker from […]

EFL Award Winners Announced

EFL Award Winners Announced: The EFL has confirmed the winners of the Grounds Team of the Season award for 2017/18 in each of the three divisions. The awards recognise the importance of the quality of pitches for professional football and acknowledge the clubs and their ground staff who consistently produce the best playing surfaces in the […]

Groundsman Nets County Award

Groundsman Nets County Award: A football groundsman involved in the sport for over 60 years has won a county award. Gerry Williams, head groundsman at Collingham’s Station Road base, received several nominations for Nottinghamshire FA Groundsman Of The Year. He has now been put forward for the national title. “Reading comments about how people appreciate […]

A Rigby Taylor Cover-Up

A Rigby Taylor Cover-Up: Following the marking out of lines on pitches, training grids and the application of coloured sponsor logos on or around the perimeter of grass surfaces, a fast cover up or concealment is often required when the surface is required for another purpose. New Green-Out paint is an advanced technology green paint […]

Wessex Joins Forces With RFU

Wessex Joins Forces With RFU: Wessex International, one of Britain’s leaders in groundcare equipment, has become a partner in Rugby Groundsmen Connected. The rugby club pitch maintenance equipment package, devised by the Rugby Football Union’s head groundsman, Keith Kent, is the RFU’s easy access, two-way communication network between the RFU and rugby union groundsmen. Working with […]