Steve Gibbs

The first of the three UK Green Flag Award Ceremonies took place recently at Port Sunlight.

Watch an exclusive video of Greg Jones from The Belfry GC near Birmingham, speak from Pebble Beach Golf Club and the wonderful opportunity that the Ohio State University internship programme offered him.

The Cricket World Cup finals, the Wimbledon Championships and the Women's Football World Cup have all offered wonderful drama this summer - all played on superb surfaces.

As we all draw breath after the unbelievable scenes at the Home of Cricket yesterday, we surely must celebrate team-work

I place a high regard for what golf courses have to offer, not only providing a changing game of golf, but also for the benefits they can bring to the wider community and local fauna, flora and wildlife.

Miles Todd saw an opportunity to provide a professional grounds maintenance and renovation service for both the golf and sports turf sectors, as he was acutely aware of clubs having less capital budgets for machinery.

The Director of Golf and Greenkeeping at Wentworth Club has spoken about his pride at the return of a greenkeeper support team to assist with course maintenance during the BMW PGA Championship this September.

Last week I attended the host venue for the PGA Championship tournament where they revealed a new course maintenance fleet consisting of over 140 machines - including the latest GPS sprayer technology.

Keith Kent's final day as head groundsman of Twickenham was June 30th 2019 - and I, along with some invited turf professionals and RFU staff, attended his leaving do, held pitch-side on Wednesday 26th June.

The organisers of October's event have promised that visitors will notice some notable improvements to the registration process this year, due to new registration specialist partners.