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Under current and forthcoming legislation, stemming from the European Water Framework Directive, every industry will be forced to look at how water is used and disposed of. Golf courses and sports stadia are no exception.
The European Water Framework Directive recognises that clean water is a precious resource that is finite. Water quality must be protected and improved for life on this planet to be sustainable. Water quality has deteriorated significantly in the last century and will continue to decline without intervention.
Is your sports venue ready for the major changes which will occur between now and 2015? Likely changes to the way water is used include:
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A Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club pitch in County Dublin has been successfully re-constructed using specialist grass seed breeder Barenbrug’s BAR 9 sports mixture.
The Páirc Mearnóg ground in Portmarnock is home to Naomh Mearnóg CLG, one of the largest GAA clubs in north Dublin. Keen to improve the playing quality of its adult and juvenile football pitches – together totalling 12,750sq m – the club turned to one of its members to carry out the wholesale stripping of the existing pitches and construction of an all-new playing surface.
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Adrian McCullough Student Greenkeeper in Kilkeel Golf Club Co. Down provides us with his experience on one of the many Mourne County Golf Clubs.
Having been born into a golfing family it was inevitable that I too would take up the game of golf. I have been playing golf since the age of 10 though more recently I have become more interested in how the golf course is managed and maintained. So after I finished my A-levels I decided that I wanted to pursue a career in greenkeeping.![]()
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Environment Ireland 2010
September 14, 2010
6th Environment Ireland Conference
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by James Francis Moore
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Following the decision of the International Football board in 2004 to introduce Synthetic turf into the rules of the game of FIFA, it has no longer just allowed their competitions to be only played on grass only.
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SIS completed the reconstruction of a fourth training pitch for Real Madrid at their training centre in Madrid in August. SIS were required to remove the existing pitch, increase the height of the pitch by 11cm and install 7,500m2 of natural grass. A total of 1,300m2 of SIS synthetic turf was installed around the side of the pitches, and new goals!
The timeline give to SIS was 7 days for the whole operation as Real Madrid would be away for this time and the work had to be completed within the this window.
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Autumn renovations is such an important part of cricket pitch management and will lay the foundations and platform for the following season and how good your cricket pitches will be. It is important not to scrimp and scrape on materials and practices.
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