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Continue to Learn
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at BTME 2018
General Session
Education
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Programme
Conferences
Sunday 21 – Wednesday 24 January 2018
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK
Focus OnWorkshops
Sessions
Career Development
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Seminars
Organised by Supported by:
Partner Events
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General
Welcome from BIGGA
Welcome to Continue to Learn at BTME 2018
The popularity of the Continue to Learn at BTME education
The education ‘Streams’ will help in the
programme is increasing. Last year, more than 50% of the available
selection of education:
General Session
education places were sold within five weeks of its launch.
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• Ecology • Personal & Career
The ambition to deliver education, that has been selected by
• Management Skills Development
BIGGA members, through the Members Choice Initiative, has
proved to be a successful formula. Engaging BIGGA members in • Technical Skills
the decision making process has significantly increased the
The Quick Guide lists all of the education events in a simple format
success of Continue to Learn at BTME.
(see page 8). The BTME website (www.btme.org.uk) education
Continue to Learn at BTME 2018 will be featuring over 240 hours of pages, feature a “Justification to Attend” area, providing an event
education that will be presented by more than 75 speakers. overview and a draft letter that can be adapted to send to your Club
decision makers.
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A varied and valuable learning experience, Continue to
Learn at BTME 2018 provides education for: Don’t forget, we have BIGGA member only benefits:
• Greenkeepers/Assistants • Golf Club Owners, • Seminar pre-booking
• First Assistants/Deputies Managers and Committee • Bundle Discounts (Booked all at once) – based on the number
Members of hours booked for you and your colleagues
• Course Manager/Head
Greenkeeper ICL and Syngenta Turf Reward vouchers can be used to pay for
Continue to Learn bookings. The BTME 2018 App will be updated
The programme has once again been split into differing
regularly and feature the full education programme, provide
types of education offerings:
Workshops
speaker profiles and full information on the exhibitors. Download
• Two, one and half day • Career Development the App and keep up to date with all things BTME.
Workshops • Seminars With more than 3,000 attendees expected to stream through
• Conferences • Partner Events the doors of Continue to Learn at BTME 2018, we recommend
• Focus On sessions • General Session booking early!
NEW for 2018 We look forward to welcoming you to Harrogate!
• Young Greenkeepers • Mock Interviews
Conference • Careers Clinic
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Sessions
• 4 hour Workshops
Sami Strutt
Head of Member Development
Contents
Career Development
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Essential Information .................................................. 4 Career Development Sessions ................................ 34
Continue to Learn Registration .................................. 7 Seminars ..................................................................... 38
Quick Guide ................................................................. 8 Golf Business and Industry ...................................... 46
Convention (GolfBIC)
Welcome Celebration ............................................... 12
Partner Events ............................................................ 48
General Session ......................................................... 13
Seminars
Learning and Development Opportunities ........... 50
Turf Managers’ Conference ...................................... 14
Education Credits and Certificates ......................... 52
Young Greenkeepers’ Conference .......................... 16
Plan Your Visit ............................................................ 53
Workshops ................................................................... 17
Partner Events
Focus On Session ...................................................... 26
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Information
General
Essential Information
Event Timings
Sunday 21 January Venue Time
General Session
Continue to Learn Workshop QS 09.00 – 09.30
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Registration
Continue to Learn Workshops QS 09.30 – 17.30
GCMA – Principles of Golf Club MH 10.00 – 17.00
Management
Monday 22 January Venue Time
Continue to Learn Workshop QS 08.30 – 09.00
Conferences
Registration
Continue to Learn Workshops QS 09.00 – 17.00
Turf Managers’ Conference MH 08.15 – 08.55
Registration
Turf Managers’ Conference MH 09.00 – 17.00
GCMA – Principles of Golf Club MH 08.30 – 17.30
Management
Tuesday 23 January Venue Time
Workshops
Continue to Learn Education QS 09.00 – 17.00
Programme
BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition EH 09.00 – 17.00
BIGGA AGM QS 14.30 – 15.45
GCMA – Principles of Golf Club MH 09.00 – 17.00
Management
STRI/England Golf Workshop MH 09.30 – 15.00
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Welcome Celebration RH 17.15 – 18.30
ICL Continue to Learn Scholars 2017
Wednesday 24 January Venue Time
BIGGA General Session RH 08.30 – 09.30 Member Discounts
R&A Scholars Meeting CH 09.15 Members of the following Associations are eligible to pay the
Continue to Learn Education QS 09.00 – 17.00 ‘Member’ rates shown in this brochure for all events except
Partner Events:
Career Development
Programme
GolfBIC - Golf Business and RH 10.30 – 16.45 British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association Ltd (BIGGA)
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Industry Convention
Golf Course Superintendents Association of Ireland (GCSAI)
BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition EH 09.00 – 17.00
Club Managers’ Association of Europe (CMAE)
Golf Club Managers’ Association (GCMA)
Thursday 25 January Venue Time
Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA)
BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition EH 09.00 – 14.30
Golf Club Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA)
Canadian Golf Superintendents Association (CGSA)
Venue Addresses Australian Golf Course Superintendents Association (AGCSA)
Seminars
Exhibition Halls (EH) Federation of European Golf Greenkeepers Association (FEGGA)
Harrogate Convention Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, HG1 5LA
Queen’s Suite (QS), Turf Rewards
Harrogate Convention Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, HG1 5LA
Royal Hall (RH), Did you know that you can use
Harrogate Convention Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, HG1 5LA Turf Rewards points for your Continue
to Learn bookings? Simply claim your
The Majestic Hotel (MH)
Turf Rewards Continue to Learn
Ripon Road, Harrogate, HG1 2HU
vouchers and use them to pay for your
Partner Events
The Crown Hotel (CH) education at BTME 2018
Crown Place, Harrogate, HG1 2RZ
Turf Rewards can be used to purchase Bundles.
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General Session
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Focus OnConferences
Workshops
Sessions
Continue to Learn booking Seminar Pre Booking for BIGGA Members
Bundle Discounts BIGGA members can pre-book a place for any of the listed Continue
to Learn Seminars. 70 seminar places will be available for each of
Available to BIGGA Members only the sessions held on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 January.
Career Development
To help make training budgets stretch further and to provide • Your pre-booked seminar tickets will be printed with your
Sessions
greater flexibility, we offer Continue to Learn booking “Bundle” badge, on arrival at Harrogate Convention Centre
discounts. These Bundles provide a discount when booking
• If you do not have your ticket there is no guarantee of a place
multiple hours of education for an individual or multiple delegates
from the same golf club. Bundle Discounts are only available to • If pre-booked ticket holders have not arrived 5 minutes before
BIGGA Members. All of the eligible education events have an hour the start of the seminar, there is no guarantee of a place or a seat
value listed in this brochure and on the booking form. • If you arrive after the seminar start time, you may be denied entry
The Bundle Discounts are designed for individuals or several N.B. Pre-booking can only be made for BIGGA Members
members of staff from the same golf club, to benefit from discount
The remaining 40-50 places in the seminar room will be available,
for booking multiple education events at the same time.
Seminars
on a first come, first serve basis, to all visitors
Bundles cannot be used for Partner events.
Continue to Learn 15-23 hours Bundle = 5% discount
Continue to Learn 24-32 hours Bundle = 10% discount
Continue to Learn 33+ hours Bundle = 15% discount
Partner Events
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Information
Essential Information
General
Dress Code R&A Scholars Meeting
BIGGA continues to promote the professional image of those Wednesday 24 January 2018, 09.15
General Session
working in the sportsturf industry throughout the world and The Crown Hotel, Crown Place, Harrogate, HG1 2RZ
therefore respectfully requests that all those attending adhere to
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the following dress code: N.B. This is an invite only meeting
Conference, Workshops, Seminars and Exhibition Justification to Attend
Smart, casual attire (i.e. NO jeans, baseball caps, Do you need help to convince your manager or employer to attend
tee shirts or work wear) Continue to Learn at BTME 2018?
BIGGA AGM Your manager or employer needs to understand why you want to
attend Continue to Learn at BTME, how it will benefit you and how
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Smart, casual attire it will benefit them. They are looking for a return on their
investment in you.
Mock Interviews
Visit www.btme.org.uk/justification-to-attend
Tuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 January 2018
The Majestic Hotel, Ripon Road, Harrogate, HG1 2HU Want some more reasons to visit BTME? Look below
For further information see page 35
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Career Development
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Continue to Learn Registration
General
Continue to Learn Registration Royal Hall
The Continue to Learn Education Programme will be presented What’s taking place in the Royal Hall?
General Session
in three locations:
• General Session
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• Queen’s Suite, Harrogate Convention Centre (QS) • BIGGA Welcome Celebration
• The Royal Hall, Harrogate Convention Centre (RH) • GolfBIC
• The Majestic Hotel, Crown Place, Harrogate (MH)
Delegates booked on GolfBIC must register at the Registration
desk in the Royal Hall to collect their badge and delegate pack
Queen’s Suite before proceeding to the event.
What’s taking place in the Queen’s Suite? Access to the Royal Hall on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 January
will be from the main entrance to the Royal Hall on Ripon Road.
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• Workshops
• Focus On Sessions
The Majestic Hotel
• Career Development Sessions
• Seminars What’s taking place at The Majestic Hotel?
• BIGGA Annual General Meeting
• Turf Managers’ Conference
Delegates booked on events being held in the Queen’s Suite on • Young Greenkeepers Conference
Sunday 21 and Monday 22 January must register at the BIGGA • Partner Events
Desk in the Queen’s Suite to collect their badge and delegate pack
Workshops
• Selected BIGGA workshops (delegates will be notified)
before proceeding to their pre-booked event.
• Mock Interviews
Access to the Queen’s Suite on Sunday 21 and Monday 22 January
will be from King’s Road, via Harrogate Convention Centre – Delegates booked on events being held in The Majestic Hotel on
Entrance 3 (Springfield House). Sunday 21, Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24
January must register at the BIGGA Desk in The Majestic Hotel
Access to the Queen’s Suite on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday before proceeding to their pre-booked event.
24 January will be via the escalator link between Exhibition
Halls B & C. The Majestic Hotel, Ripon Road, Harrogate, HG1 2HU. A map
showing the location of the Majestic Hotel is on page 52.
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Sessions
All delegate badges will provide access into the BTME exhibition
on Tuesday 23, Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 January.
BIGGA Annual General Meeting
Career Development
Tuesday 23 January 2018,
14.30, Queen’s Suite,
Sessions
Harrogate Convention Centre
The BIGGA AGM is open to all
Members of BIGGA, however only
Full Members are entitled to vote. A
current membership card MUST be
Seminars
produced to gain entry.
Access to the Queen’s Suite for the
AGM is from the escalator between
Halls B & C. Follow signs for the
Queen’s Suite.
Partner Events
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Partner Events Seminars Career Development Focus On Workshops Conferences General Session General
Sessions Sessions & Events Information
Quick Guide & Recommended Events
This quick guide shows all the education Stream CM/HGK – Courses recommended for Course Hour value of each event
events: In date and time order. Managers and Head Greenkeepers
E - Ecology Only events with an hour value are eligible for
M - Management Skills GC Mgt – Courses recommended for those Booking Bundle discounts.
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Key PD - Personal & Career Development involved in Golf Club Management or Committee
N.B. Partner events are not eligible for “Booking
T - Technical Skills Members
Bundle” discounts.
GS = General Session
Co = Conference Recommended events Cost Location
N.B. The recommendations are for guidance only. £ = there is a charge for this event
W = Workshop MH = Majestic Hotel, Ripon Road,
Any attendee can attend any of the listed events. Free* = the event is Free* of charge for Harrogate, HG1 2HU
F = Focus On
GK/Asst – Courses recommended for BIGGA members.
S = Seminar QS = Queen’s Suite, Harrogate Convention Centre
Greenkeepers and Assistant Greenkeepers N.B. It is suggested that bookings are made
CD = Career Development RH = Royal Hall, Harrogate Convention Centre
1st/Dep – Courses recommended for First for the Free* events. (A charge may apply for
P = Partner Events non-members) CH = Crown Hotel, Crown Place, Harrogate, HG1 2RZ
Assistants and Deputy Head Greenkeepers
Sunday 21 January 2018 Type Stream GK/Assist 1st/Dep CM/HGK GC Mgt Cost Hours Location Page
09.30 – 15.00 Everything you Want to Know about Bunkers - And More! W T ü ü ü £ 4 QS 19
09.30 – 13.00 Organic Fertilisers W T ü ü £ 3 QS 20
09.30 – 13.00 A Practical Approach to Project Management for Greenkeepers W M ü ü £ 3 QS 20
09.30 – 17.30 Fertiliser Programmes from First Principles W T ü ü £ 6 QS 18
09.30 – 17.30 Fungicide Fundamentals W T ü ü ü £ 6 QS 18
09.30 – 17.30 Mathematics for Modern Greenkeeping W T ü ü ü £ 6 QS 19
09.30 – 17.30 Irrigation Design and Auditing (day 1 of 2) W T ü ü £ 6 MH 17
09.30 – 17.30 How to Think Differently for Improved Performance W M ü ü ü £ 6 QS 18
09.30 – 17.30 Turf Conditions and Optimal Efficiency W T ü ü £ 6 QS 19
09.30 – 17.30 How to Motivate Your Team W M ü ü ü £ 6 QS 18
09.30 – 17.30 How to Make Effective, Persuasive and Compelling Presentations (day 1 of 2) W PD ü ü ü ü £ 6 MH 17
10.00 – 17.30 GCMA - Principles of Golf Club Management (day 1 of 3) PD ü ü £ MH 48
14.00 – 17.30 Health & Safety for Beginners W T ü ü £ 3 QS 21
14.00 – 17.30 Chemical Properties of Soil W T ü ü £ 3 QS 20
Don’t forget the closing date for bookings is Friday 12th January 2018
Monday 22 January 2018 Type Stream GK/Assist 1st/Dep CM/HGK GC Mgt Cost Hours Location Page
09.00 – 12.30 Surveying Trees - Assessing Risk W T ü ü £ 3 QS 24
09.00 – 12.30 Report Writing W M ü ü ü £ 3 QS 24
09.00 – 17.00 Turf Managers’ Conference Co All ü £ 6 MH 14/15
09.00 – 17.00 An Introduction to Mindfulness W PD ü ü ü ü £ 6 MH 22
09.00 – 17.00 Sustainable Grass for Golf W T ü ü £ 6 QS 23
09.00 – 17.00 Budget Building for Golf Course Management W M ü ü £ 6 QS 22
09.00 – 17.00 Basic Golf Mechanics W T ü ü ü £ 6 QS 23
09.00 – 17.00 Irrigation Design and Auditing (day 2 of 2) W T ü ü £ 6 QS 17
09.00 – 17.00 Renovating Your Golf Course W T ü ü £ 6 QS 23
09.00 – 17.00 The Brilliant Manager W M ü ü ü £ 6 QS 23
09.00 – 17.00 How to Make Effective, Persuasive and Compelling Presentations (day 2 of 2) W PD ü ü ü ü £ 6 MH 17
09.00 – 17.00 GCMA - Principles of Golf Club Management (day 2 of 3) PD ü ü £ MH 48
12.30 – 17.00 Introduction to Soil Microbiology and Basic Microscopy W T ü ü ü £ 4 QS 24
13.30 – 17.00 Drainage: Designs and Installation W T ü ü £ 3 QS 25
13.30 – 17.00 Principles of Turfgrass Nutrition W T ü ü £ 3 QS 25
13.30 – 17.00 Dealing with Difficult People and Situations W M ü ü ü £ 3 QS 25
Programme may be subject to change – visit www.btme.org.uk or download the BTME 2018 app for the latest information
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Sessions Sessions & Events Information
Partner Events Seminars Career Development Focus On Workshops Conferences General Session General
Partner Events Seminars Career Development Focus On Workshops Conferences General Session General
Sessions Sessions & Events Information
Tuesday 23 January 2018 Type Stream GK/Assist 1st/Dep CM/HGK GC Mgt Cost Hours Location Page
09.00 – 17.00 GCMA - Principles of Golf Club Management (day 3 of 3) PD ü ü £ MH 46
09.25 – 11.25 Assertiveness F M ü ü ü £ 2 QS 26
09.25 – 11.25 Using and Understanding MLSN Guidelines for Nutrient Recommendations F T ü ü £ 2 QS 26
09.30 – 12.30 So You Want to Be Promoted - Essential Skills for Your Career Development CD PD ü Free* QS 34
09.30 – 12.45 The Identification and Selection of Amenity Grass Species and Cultivars for Golf F T ü ü £ 3 QS 27
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09.30 – 12.45 Soil Phosphorus F T ü ü £ 3 QS 27
10.00 – 10.45 1 - Disease Management: How Could This Look in the Future? S ü ü ü Free* QS 38
10.00 – 15.45 Practical Workshop for Chair of Green & Secretary/Manager - Learn, Share, Network P ü ü £ MH 49
10.15 – 11.15 2 - Continued Research in Soil Microbial Biology S ü ü ü Free* QS 38
11.15 – 12.00 3 - Biostimulants for Managing Stressed Turf S ü ü ü Free* QS 38
11.45 – 12.45 4 - Managing Organic Matter in Putting Greens S ü ü ü Free* QS 39
12.10 – 14.10 Crucial Conversations F M ü ü ü £ 2 QS 27
12.10 – 14.10 Identifying and Understanding Fungi F E ü ü ü £ 2 QS 28
12.30 – 13.15 5 - Vertical Drainage - The Future S ü ü ü Free* QS 39
13.00 – 14.00 The Young Greenkeepers Committee - Different Routes Through the Industry CD PD ü ü Free* QS 34
13.00 – 14.00 6 - Sustainable Use and Development of Hybrid Reinforced Turf for Golf S ü ü ü Free* QS 40
13.30 – 16.45 Understanding the Maintenance and Management of Your Irrigation System F T ü ü £ 3 QS 28
13.30 – 16.45 What's in a Soil Analysis F T ü ü £ 3 QS 28
13.35 – 14.20 7 - Create Healthy Rootzones to Help Prevent Turf Diseases S ü ü ü Free* QS 40
14.30 – 15.45 BIGGA AGM AGM QS 7
14.30 – 16.30 Master Greenkeeper Certificate - Stages 1 & 2 CD PD ü Free* QS 34
14.45 – 16.45 Disciplinary Interviewing Skills F M ü ü ü £ 2 QS 29
14.45 – 16.45 Developing the Nature of Golf F E ü ü ü £ 2 QS 29
15.45 – 16.45 8 - Fairway Thatch Management in Preparation for Major Tournaments S ü ü ü Free* QS 41
16.00 – 16.45 9 - A Greener Golf Course S ü ü ü Free* QS 41
17.30 – 18.30 Welcome Celebration Free* RH 12
Wednesday 24 January 2018 Type Stream GK/Assist 1st/Dep CM/HGK GC Mgt Cost Hours Location Page
08.30 – 09.30 General Session GS ü ü ü ü RH
9.15 R&A Scholars Meeting Invite CH
09.25 – 11.25 Stop Telling Your Team - Start Transforming Your Team! F M ü ü ü £ 2 QS 30
09.25 – 11.25 Fungicides and Physiology F T ü ü £ 2 QS 30
09.25 – 11.25 Master Greenkeeper Certificate - Stage 3, The Examinations CD PD ü Free* QS 36
Type Stream GK/Assist 1st/Dep CM/HGK GC Mgt Cost Hours Location PageWednesday 24 January 2018
09.25 – 11.25 My Personal Career Benchmark - Am I Heading in the Right Direction? CD PD ü Free* QS 36
09.30 – 12.45 Getting Started with Excel 2013 F T ü ü ü ü £ 3 QS 30
10.00 – 10.45 10 - Fertiliser Choice - Quality, Cost and Performance S ü ü ü Free* QS 42
10.15 – 11.15 11 - Golf Course Management - From Aberdeen to Abu Dhabi and Beyond... S ü ü ü Free* QS 42
10.30 – 14.00 Young Greenkeepers Conference Co PD ü £ 2 MH 16
10.30 – 16.45 GolfBIC - Golf Business and Industry Convention Co All ü ü £ RH 42
11.15 – 12.00 12 - Can Certain Surfactants have Biostimulant-like Activity? S ü ü ü Free* QS 42
11.35 – 12.35 13 - Developing a Comprehensive Golf Course Master Plan S ü ü ü Free* QS 43
12.10 – 14.10 Appraising your Mates at Work F M ü ü £ 2 QS 31
12.10 – 14.10 An Integrated Approach to Golf Course Management F E ü ü ü £ 2 QS 31
12.10 – 14.10 Fairy Rings F T ü ü £ 2 QS 32
12.10 – 14.10 Getting the Course Managers Job CD PD ü Free* QS 36
12.30 – 13.15 14 - Recognising and Rectifying Drainage Problems on Fairways S ü ü ü Free* QS 43
13.05 – 14.05 15 - Turfgrass Disease - Alternative Means of Suppression S ü ü ü Free* QS 44
13.30 – 16.45 Beyond the Basics in Excel 2013 F T ü ü ü ü £ 3 QS 33
13.45 – 14.30 16 - Maximising Overseeding Success S ü ü ü Free* QS 44
14.25 – 15.25 17 - What's the Matter with Organic Matter S ü ü ü Free* QS 45
14.45 – 15.45 Volunteering - A Tool for Career Development CD PD ü ü Free* QS 37
14.45 – 16.45 Criticising and Correcting People at Work F M ü ü ü £ 2 QS 32
14.45 – 16.45 Drought - Doesn't Have to Mean a Brown Course! F T ü ü £ 2 QS 32
15.00 – 15.45 18 - Granular vs. Liquid Nutrition S ü ü ü Free* QS 45
15.45 – 16.45 The Benefits of Becoming an R&A Scholar CD PD ü ü ü Free* QS 37
15.45 – 16.45 19 - It's Not All About Bees! S ü ü ü Free* QS 45
16.00 – 16.45 20 - Thatch Reduction and Root Mass Development by Using WormPower S ü ü ü Free* QS 45
Programme may be subject to change – visit www.btme.org.uk or download the BTME 2018 app for the latest information
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Welcome Celebration Royal Hall | Tuesday 23 January
In association with Jacobsen
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All visitors to BTME are invited to join BIGGA at their Welcome
Celebration, hosted by Naga Munchetty.
The Welcome Celebration is an opportunity to celebrate all of the
fantastic achievements of BIGGA members in the past 12 months
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and to recognise many people who have contributed to the
industry. This will include:
Announcement of the winners of the BIGGA Awards:
• Young Greenkeeper of the Year, sponsored by Jacobsen
• Championship Greenkeeping Performance of the Year
• Greenkeeping Achievement of the Year, sponsored by Baroness
Also celebrated will be the achievements and successes of BIGGA
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members including:
• BIGGA Life Members
• BIGGA President and Vice President
• Continuing Professional Development Milestones
• Master Greenkeeper Certificates
• BIGGA Photographic Competition
• Toro Student Greenkeepers of the Year
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The Welcome Celebration will be followed by an informal drinks
reception enabling BIGGA members and visitors to meet friends
old and new.
Celebrate your Association!
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Timings
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Tuesday 23 January 2018
The Royal Hall, Harrogate Convention Centre
17.30 – 18.30
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General Session Royal Hall | Wednesday 24 January
Timings and costs
Wednesday 24 January
General Session
Cost: Free
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The Royal Hall, Harrogate Convention Centre
Timings: 08.30 – 9.30
Details
Hosted by tv presenter and self confessed golf nut, Naga Munchetty
Following on from the success of the 2017 General Sessions, discussing Golf at the Olympics and The Ryder Cup, we will once again
be presenting a session focusing on current developments in the sports turf industry.
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Further details of the General Session will be announced in Greenkeeper International, the BIGGA Bulletin, BIGGA news page and
through BIGGA’s social media channels.
The General Session is free to attend for all visitors to BTME and Continue to Learn. It does not have to be pre-booked, just your
visitor badge is required to gain access.
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Turf Managers’ Conference
Green Speed is More Than a Number Reduce Your Organic Matter Problems
This session will discuss data collected on green speed and the with Hydrogen Peroxide!
dispersion of golf balls as they roll across a putting green.
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This session will look at the experiment of mixing hydrogen
Considering the analysis made of the data is not so much about the
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peroxide with water mixed in irrigation water to address organic
exact measurements, or the average of the measurements, but more
matter and soil root diseases on putting greens. Over the past three
about the variation in the measurements. What is normal variation if
years this testing has shown some astonishing results and
you measure green speed at location X on green 1 and then move to
discoveries including the removal of black layer and worm control.
location Y on green 1? Is the speed identical? What if it varies by 7
inches, is that normal, or is that unusual? What is the normal
Learning Outcomes:
variation in green speed from all 19 or 20 greens at an 18 hole
facility? What is abnormal variation? And what is normal dispersion • Testing techniques
of ball roll across a green? What is abnormal dispersion?
• Results of organic matter tests and micro-biology populations
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Learning Outcomes: • What could this mean for the future of golf course
management?
• How green speed varies from location to location on the
same green Presented by David Bataller, Director of Golf, PGA Catalunya
• How green speed varies from green to green on the same
golf course Managing Water for Improved Turf
• The normal variation in green speed across all the greens on a Disease Control
golf course
• How a ball is likely to vary from a true course as it rolls across This session will look at managing water effectively to improve turf
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a green health and turf cultural practices, thus resulting in an improved
disease control programme.
• Some of the normal values for ball roll distance (green speed)
around the world
Learning Outcomes:
• Green speed probably varies more than you thought
• How does water move through a turf rootzone
Presented by Micah Woods, Chief Scientist, Asian Turfgrass Center
• The turfgrass disease triangle: host, pathogen, environment
• Irrigation and turf disease management
Lead Better • Methods to monitor volumetric water content
Spend any time researching leadership and you’ll come up with a • Soil surfactants and how they work
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dizzying number of definitions, many of them mutually • Using soil surfactants to help manage turf diseases
contradictory. Rather than get embroiled in all that, this presentation
will simply propose a sensible, useful and practical model of Presented by Mike Fidanza, Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences,
leadership that works. It might be called, “What do people who are Pennsylvania State University
leaders do that people who aren’t leaders don’t do?”
Jeremy Marchant will justify that model, showing examples of
people who have deployed it successfully. Looking at some
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prominent people who think they are leaders, and explain how
they could modify their performance to be better leaders.
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Crucially, the session will explain why some people, when they try
to use this model, get stuck, and will give plenty of ways to get
unstuck.
Learning Outcomes:
• A useful definition of leadership
• Using examples, how this works in practice
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• The four things that leaders do that others don’t
• Four ways to keep going, if you get stuck
Presented by Jeremy Marchant, Specialist in Emotional
Intelligence, Jeremy Marchant Limited
A comprehensive, downloadable handout will accompany this
session. Jeremy also offers all attendees at the Turf Managers’
Conference telephone support service for up to six months after
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The Majestic Hotel | Monday 22 January
Stress Awareness Disease Management –
Stress is now the number one cause of work related ill health and A Focus on Microdochium nivale and
absence. This session will consider what is stress? How does it Colletotrichum cereale
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impact us? Where does it come from? How can we recognise it in
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ourselves and in others? How can we manage the factors that This session will provide an in-depth look at both Microdochium
contribute to it? nivale and Colletotrichum cereale, discuss causal agents and what
drives their activity. It will focus on management broken down into:
Learning Outcomes: pesticidal control (looking at current and future available A.I’s),
non-pesticidal control, best management practices and disease
• Understanding why we stress modelling.
• The impact of stress on our bodies
• Recognising stress in ourselves and others Learning Outcomes:
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• Recognising the root causes of stress in modern society • Fully understand both diseases in terms of causal agents
• Managing stress in the workplace • Current and potential future options in terms of pesticides
• Enabling wellbeing in the workplace • How pesticide management in the future will be different
to now
Presented by John Ross GradIOSH MG, Safety Consultant,
Compliant Grounds • The importance of best management practices in the
management of both diseases
Presented by Mark Hunt, Technical Director, Headland Amenity
Programme may be subject to change.
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The Turf Managers Conference
delivers a wide variety of subjects, Timings and Costs
all relevant to us as modern
Times: 09.00 – 17.00
‘Turf Managers’ Length of Turf Managers’ Conference: 6 Hours
Cost of Turf Managers’ Conference:
Ed Stant,
Member (including Lunch) £110.00 + VAT
Course Manager, Trentham Golf Club
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Non Member (including Lunch) £215.00 + VAT
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YGC Conference The Majestic Hotel | Wednesday 24 January
BIGGA Young Greenkeepers’ Conference Future Proofing Greens Management
BIGGA’s Young Greenkeepers Committee introduce their first 13.00 – 13.30
national conference, specifically designed for young greenkeepers
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providing the opportunity to meet other greenkeepers and to attend This session will help young greenkeepers to understand the steps
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education that will benefit you in your career as you move up the that can be taken now, to work towards a future with less fungicides
greenkeeping ladder. Attendees will also get the chance to discuss and more aggressive disease outbreaks.
opportunities for scholarships, funding, internships, what is available
through BIGGA and more. Senior colleagues are welcome to attend Learning Outcomes:
with their young greenkeeper.
• How environmental monitoring can aid in disease prediction and
management in the future…
Registration, Networking & Coffee
Presented by Mark Hunt, Technical Director, Headland Amenity
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Registration will take place in The Majestic Hotel 10.30 – 11.00
Greenkeeping is a Great Career!
Welcome to the Young Greenkeepers
13.30 – 1 4.00
Conference
In this session, James Bledge will explain how he has achieved some
Presented by Jim Croxton, CEO, BIGGA Ltd 11.00 – 11.10 of his career goals. The highs, the lows, the challenges, the sacrifices
and the successes!
Getting From A to B
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11.10 – 11.40
• Why be a Greenkeeper?
This session will help young aspiring greenkeepers identify their • The things that drove me
career goals and help them to produce a plan/journey on how to get • Ups and Downs of the journey
there. It will also provide techniques that can be used along the way
• Networking and Opportunities
to assist in getting to where you want to be.
• The step up from DCM to CM
Learning Outcomes: • The future for a Course Manager
• Self appraisal Presented by James Bledge, Course Manager, Royal Cinque Ports
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• Self promotion/reputation Golf Club
• Interaction techniques
• BIGGA and the benefits Timings and Costs
• Qualifications vs Learning
Timings 10.30 – 14.00
• Career goals (Short & Long term) Length of Young Greenkeepers Conference 2 Hours
Presented by Sam Evans, Head Greenkeeper, Fulwell Golf Club
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Cost of Young Greenkeepers Conference:
Member (including Lunch) £20.00 + VAT
Social Media – Do’s and Don’t’s!
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Senior Colleague (including Lunch) £20.00 + VAT
11.40 – 12.10 Non Member (including Lunch) £20.00 + VAT
This session will look at the power of social media and how it can be
used to enhance your career prospects, or not!
Learning Outcomes:
• What’s appropriate and what’s not
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• Personal vs professional profile
• How posts can get you into hot water
• Impact on your future career opportunities
• Using security settings for your protection
Presented by David Standing, Accordant Partners Young Greenkeepers Conference is kindly supported by
Lunch & Networking
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12.10 – 13.00
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Workshops Queen’s Suite | Sunday 21 and Monday 22 January NEW
Two Day Workshops How to Make Effective, Persuasive and
Compelling Presentations
Irrigation Design and Auditing
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Are you asking your committee for new mowers, an irrigation
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Was your irrigation system put under pressure in 2017? Does your upgrade, new bunkers….? The list of requirements is endless when
irrigation system need auditing to improve its efficiency and it comes to golf course maintenance and management.
effectiveness? Is your irrigation system becoming old, inefficient
and requiring upgrading? In this rapidly changing world the expectations of those working in
the greenkeeping industry are ever-increasing. Personal
Irrigation is an important element of golf course management to communication skills are a vital tool, no matter where you are on
ensure quality, consistent, playing surfaces. It is required to your career journey. This workshop will provide you with the skills
supplement natural precipitation during periods of dry weather and to communicate effectively with your peers, team, committees and
aid with maintenance practices such as the washing in of wetting golf club management. Learn to create persuasive, effective
agents etc. On this basis it is imperative it functions when required, presentations enabling you to deliver your message in a stuctured
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particularly as it is the most expensive single item of maintenance and professional manner helping you to get what you need!
equipment on any golf course. With the ever pressing demands on
water resources within our environment, water needs to be used Learning Outcomes:
efficiently and this requires an efficient irrigation system.
• Increase your confidence when communicating with others
The aim of this workshop is to provide an understanding of • Techniques for speaking at meetings and giving presentations
irrigation system design and auditing to enable informed and
• Strategy for planning and preparing for meetings and
accurate decisions to be made when managing, adding to, or
presentations
upgrading your golf course irrigation system.
• Develop your leadership qualities
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The practical design sessions will take into account the key • Motivate you to achieve positive responses
learning areas of how to:
• Use PowerPoint for positive outcomes
Audit/evaluate an irrigation system; decide upon the areas to be
Presented by Lorna D Sheldon A.L.A.M, F.I.T.C.lct.,
irrigated; decide upon the application quantities required and the
Managing Director, LDS (International) Ltd
overall watering time window; correctly position and space sprinklers
including sprinkler selection to ensure uniform application of water; N.B. Delegates should note that some pre-course work will have to
precipitation rate and run time calculations to enable accurate be completed for this workshop.
irrigation scheduling and water application including system
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and outline pump duty analysis/calculations.
See the Quick Guide and Recommended Events list for further
The workshop will discuss and demonstrate, using a worked “Personal Development” education
example, of a basic irrigation design helping delegates to
understand the principals of irrigation design. Delegates will
prepare their own six hole irrigation designs in small groups. Timings and costs
The principals of how to audit/evaluate your own irrigation system Sunday 21 January 09.30 – 17.30
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will be also be discussed throughout the workshop. Monday 22 January 09.00 – 17.00
Length of two day workshops 12 Hours Sessions
Learning Outcomes:
Cost
• How to establish an efficient irrigation system Member (including Lunch) £220.00 + VAT
• Deciding upon the areas to be irrigated, correct sprinkler Non Member (including Lunch) £315.00 + VAT
selection and spacing for irrigation of key surfaces
• Sprinkler precipitation rate and run time calculations to enable
accurate irrigation scheduling and water usage
• Worked example of small irrigation design
• Six hole irrigation design
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• How to audit your irrigation system to improve efficiency and
save water
Presented by Adrian Mortram, Design Consultant & Managing
Director, Robin Hume Associates Ltd
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One Day Workshops Fungicide Fundamentals
Gain a better understanding of the complex and changing world of
Fertiliser Programmes from fungicide chemistry. This workshop will enable Turf Managers to
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First Principles manage disease more effectively, to deliver consistently better
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surfaces for their members and get best value for money out of
This workshop is aimed at Assistant and First Assistant Greenkeepers every application.
who are not currently responsible for fertiliser programmes. The
workshop will start at the beginning, with the roles of N, P and K. It Learning Outcomes:
will work through the nutrient requirements of different grasses in
different situations; identify and characterise different sources of the • Understand how different fungicides work
major nutrients and discuss the ways in which they are released to • Learn how chemicals are discovered and developed
the plant; identify ‘what’s in the bag’ (or drum); select products for • Identify how to target disease at the right time
different seasons and growth responses; formulate programmes
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• Create a sustainable fungicide programme
which will deliver the required quantity of nutrient.
• Understand fungicide resistance
Learning Outcomes:
Presented by Daniel Lightfoot MG, Business Manager UK,
• Describe the roles of N, P and K Syngenta UK and guest speakers
• Identify the fertiliser needs of different turfgrass situations
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• Describe the characteristics of different nutrient sources
• Understand fertiliser formulations See the Quick Guide and Recommended Events list for further
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• Select fertilisers for use in specific situations
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• Formulate a fertiliser programme
How to Think Differently for
Presented by Paul Miller, Lecturer in Golf Course Management
Improved Performance
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the thinking process, to show participants how to develop ways of
See the Quick Guide and Recommended Events list for further
producing better quality ideas and subsequent decisions. It will
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give a range of structured ways to achieve more beneficial results
to meet today’s increasing tactical and strategic demands.
How to Motivate Your Team
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Learning Outcomes:
One of the most important factors in determining the success of a
team is the level of motivation of the people within the team. • The way we think and how that has developed
Highly motivated individuals demonstrate extraordinary levels of • How to overcome the perceptual blocks and redefine the way
effort and commitment, whereas demotivated staff will drag down things are seen
productivity and create a negative working environment. This
• Using evaluation and interpretation skills to develop a range of
workshop is designed for deputies and managers to create an
possibilities
environment where individual motivation blooms and staff become
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re-energised, focused and keen to get the best results. • Working with a range of idea generation tools to create new
approaches
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Learning Outcomes: • Applying reflection, evaluation, reasoning, and explanation to
inform clarity
• Dispel the common myths associated with motivation
• Develop better solutions and decisions from improved thinking
• Understand the impact a manager’s beliefs and actions have on
motivation Presented by Michael Astrop, Principal, Coach the Mind and Dr
• Understand the main principles of human motivation Roy van den Brink-Budgen, Director, if…then Ltd
• Demonstrate a strategy for applying the principles
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• Describe the basic management skills that promote motivation
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• Create an action plan to improve motivation in your workplace See the Quick Guide and Recommended Events list for further
“Management” education
Presented by Malcolm Hewitt, Management Trainer, EQV Learning
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“Management” education
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Queen’s Suite, Harrogate Convention Centre | Sunday 21 January
Mathematics for Modern Greenkeeping
Timings and costs
Everything you need to know about numbers in greenkeeping and
golf course management. Areas, volumes, weights, application Length of one day workshops: 6 Hours
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rates, equations, costs, percentages and much, much more!! This Time 09.30 – 17.30
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interactive workshop will look at all aspects of the job and give the
delegates the knowledge and confidence to work out and present Cost
to your superiors complex facts, figures and data. Member (including Lunch) £110.00 + VAT
Non Member (including Lunch) £215.00 + VAT.
Learning Outcomes:
• Ordering the correct amount of product from application rates Four Hour Workshop
• Compare products by pack size, app rate and cost
• Working out areas, volumes and using bulk density figures Everything You Want to Know About
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• Using fall ratios for drainage work
Bunkers… And More!
• How to work out surface area disruption of hollow coring
or scarification Learn about the history, design, construction and maintenance
• Amount of nutrition supplied by any given fertiliser of golf course bunkers together with assessing and managing the
costs associated with this labour intensive aspect of course
• Collate figures and present them
management.
Presented by Les Howkins MG, Course Manager, The Richmond
Golf Club Learning Outcomes:
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• Advanced understanding of the history of bunkers
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through the ages
See the Quick Guide and Recommended Events list for further • Develop appreciation of the siting of these features
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• Improved knowledge of different construction methods
Turf Conditions and Optimal Efficiency and styles
• Learn techniques for developing capital and maintenance
Every turfgrass manager knows that temperature, light, water and budgets
fertiliser will influence the growth rate of the grass. Because the
• Develop on-going maintenance plans and cost reductions
growth rate and adjustments to it, are what finally produce the
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desired playing surfaces, it is critically important to understand how • Develop knowledge of providing improved playability for all
these factors can be adjusted. It will discuss how the influence of air levels of golfer
temperature, photosynthetic light, plant water status, and leaf
Presented by Andy Campbell MG CGCS CCM, Owner, Campbell
nitrogen content can be thought of and communicated as a
Golf Associates and Jerry Lemons ASGCA Associate, President,
grammar: the fundamental principles or rules of an art or a science.
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The result of this process is better turf conditions in a systematic way
that optimizes efficiency of the work.
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Learning Outcomes: See the Quick Guide and Recommended Events list for further Sessions
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• Recognize the effect of growth on turf conditions
• Air temperature on growth
• Photosynthetic light on growth Timings and costs
• Plant water status on growth Time 09.30 – 15.00
• Leaf nitrogen content on growth Length of 4 hour workshop 4 Hours
• How to apply the principles to optimize efficiency
Cost
Presented by Micah Woods, Chief Scientist, Asian Turfgrass Center Member (including Lunch) £75.00 + VAT
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Non Member (including Lunch) £130.00 + VAT
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Learning Outcomes:
Half Day Workshops (Morning)
• Identify what constitutes a successful project outcome
Organic Fertilisers • Understand how to approach a project
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• How to structure construction works and project management
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This workshop will discuss what makes an organic fertiliser and
how they work in the turfgrass environment; covering the benefits • Follow the sequence of projects to completion
and negatives of these materials. Observed benefits beyond plant • Know the importance of contract paperwork and cash control
growth, such as carbon supply and stimulation of microbial • Identify post construction issues
biomass will be discussed, as well as the processes of nutrient
release from organic materials. Presented by Noel MacKenzie, Principal Consultant and Director,
Sports Turf Consulting Ltd
Learning Outcomes:
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• Be able to read and understand fertiliser labels for a range of
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organic products See the Quick Guide and Recommended Events list for further
• Understand the nitrogen cycle and how that affects N release “Management” education
from organic products
• Recognise relationships between carbon and nitrogen, and how Half Day Workshops (Afternoon)
that is expressed in the C:N ratio
• Become familiar with microbial biomass and how that may shift Chemical Properties of Soil
as a function of organic fertilisers
• Understand possible secondary benefits for turfgrass through How do all of the things that are ‘soil chemistry’ affect your
turfgrass and turfgrass soil? This includes many items that might
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the addition of organic fertilisers
show up in a sales brochure or a soil test: cation exchange
• Know the possible routes for nutrient loss/addition in a turfgrass
capacity, base saturation, saturated paste extract, soil pH – the list
system, when organic fertilisers are applied
can go on. This workshop will discuss all these terms, and will
Presented by Beth Guertal, Professor, Auburn University show how using such data can help you decide how best to
manage your turf and underlying soil.
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Learning Outcomes:
See the Quick Guide and Recommended Events list for further
“Technical” education • Understand the concepts of cation exchange capacity and how
it can affect your turf
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• Be able to use the soil chemical concepts of CEC, base
A Practical Approach to Project saturation, soil pH and other items as a part of a soil testing
Management for Greenkeepers programme
• Become familiar with new testing tools (such as salinity meters,
Large and complicated projects demand a lot of planning and
etc.) that provide ‘real time’ measures of soil chemical properties
knowledge of contract operations and administration protocols.
Many large and prestigious projects are undertaken in inefficient • Understand how soil pH may change over time, and within a
ways and become compromised by poor decision making which profile
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forces costs to rise and extend budgets. All construction projects • Be able to use soil test results to assay fertilisation needs
require good methodical planning and correct execution to
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• Know which soil chemical tests provide you with best
achieve desired project outcomes and ensure smooth delivery of information, and which may be flawed or not have correct data
the finished product. to support their use
Through a combination of lecture and group work this dynamic Presented by Beth Guertal, Professor, Auburn University
workshop will set out how to approach projects, why this is important,
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See the Quick Guide and Recommended Events list for further
Whether you are likely to manage a project or not, this insightful “Technical” education
workshop will give you a far greater understanding of the process
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and help prepare you for a project in the future.
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