Steve Gibbs

Good Friday saw BBC Sport publish a major article focusing on Lord's head groundsman, Karl McDermott, and his current lock-in at the Home Of Cricket.

BIGGA CEO Jim Croxton has asked golf clubs and greenkeepers to consider their responsibilities to the wider industry and to the health of their staff if they disregard guidelines regarding essential maintenance.

The newly named Grounds Management Association have been working closely with various National Governing Bodies to offer advice and guidance on what works may be possible to be carried out throughout this period.

84% of members who voted supported the new direction and name.

The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) is giving one lucky reader the chance to visit GIE+EXPO, the international landscape, outdoor living, and equipment show in Kentucky, USA, in October 2020.

Following the Government’s announcement last week that “essential” maintenance was permitted on golf courses during the current outbreak, BIGGA and the R&A have issued some further guidance for what that means.

Information has been sent to all cricket boards from the ECB, offering advice during this outbreak.

Institute issue a statement saying they have been working hard on behalf of its members to answer their questions.

BIGGA, the PGA and GCMA have issued further advice for golf as a game to be enjoyed 'sensibly and safely' during the Coronavirus outbreak.

Institute now asking members to consider voting by post rather than by attending in person.