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Continue to Learn at BTME 2017 launches with largest-ever offering The largest-ever programme of education at a turf industry event in Europe has been unveiled by BIGGA. Continue to Learn at BTME 2017 will feature more than 250 hours of education with guest speakers such as Neil Cleverly, Superintendent of the Olympic Golf Course in Rio, and the Course Managers and Superintendents responsible for hosting the last four Ryder Cups. An integral part of the UK’s largest festival of turf management, Continue to Learn encompasses events for Course Managers, Deputies and all levels of Greenkeepers. Workshops and sessions also cater for Golf Club Managers, Directors of Golf, Golf Club Owners and Committee Members, ensuring there is an education event for
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everyone working within the sports turf industry. More than 3,000 attendees are expected to descend upon the Harrogate International Centre and The Crown Hotel, Harrogate for the four-day series of events. Hosted by BBC presenter Naga Munchetty, a highlight of Continue to Learn and BTME will be a talk on The Ryder Cup – Past, Present and Future. The event will feature the Course Managers from Ryder Cup venues Celtic Manor (2010), Medinah (2012), Gleneagles (2014), Hazeltine (2016) and Le Golf National (2018). BIGGA Head of Member Development Sami Strutt said: “After nine months of detailed planning and consultation with BIGGA members, we are proud to announce the
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launch of the hotly-anticipated Continue to Learn at BTME 2017 education programme. “BIGGA takes great pride in being able to offer our members and other golf industry professionals access to the best educational opportunities possible, and so I am delighted that we are able to offer our best-ever programme of events. There really is something for everybody.” BIGGA members can once again benefit from seminar prebooking and preferential rates for education events, which can be further reduced by purchasing a Booking Bundle.
New events introduced this year following member feedback include: Dealing with Stress; Project Management; Introduction to Soil Microbiology; PA2 Refresher; Sustainable Grass for Golf; Greens Renovation; Irrigation design. Many other topics are also covered and can be found by accessing the full Continue to Learn brochure. Continue to Learn at BTME 2017 will take place at Harrogate International Centre and The Crown Hotel, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, from Sunday 15 to Wednesday 18 January 2017. Booking tickets for this year’s event has been made even
easier through BIGGA’s partnership with the ticketing platform Eventbrite. A link to Eventbrite features on every BTME event page on the BTME and BIGGA websites. Meanwhile, Wrexham Golf Club’s Acting Deputy Head Greenkeeper John Parry won BIGGA’s annual photography competition ahead of the 2017 exhibition
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IOG promotes 2.5 per cent salary increase
Dennis and SISIS will be holding their hugely popular cricket seminar on February 16 at Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.
Stuart Canvas and local dealer Lister Wilder, ensuring that this event is not to be missed for anyone responsible for cricket pitch maintenance.
Groundsmen from all levels of cricket will be able to refresh their education on a variety of topics including spinning pitches, frustrations of a cricket groundsman, spring maintenance on a budget and pre-season in a marquee.
Attendance to this informative seminar is free and seats are
The Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) is recommending a 2.5 per cent increase in grounds staff’s national minimum salary bands for 2017. This compares to a recommended two per cent increase for greenkeepers, made by the Committee for Golf Club Salaries.
The day will conclude with a Q&A session including five county head groundsmen. The impressive line-up of speakers also includes Chris Wood of the ECB. Dennis and SISIS have been joined by key partners within the groundscare industry including Boughton Loam, CricketWorld. com, Limagrain, Poweroll,
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The suggested uplift - in salary bands across all grounds staff categories - reflects the uncertain economic climate and higher than expected levels of inflation, as well as the general level of pay settlements across the markets, says the IOG. But while the rise is unlikely to ensure that pay growth keeps pace with inflation, it is of the same scale as the majority of recent awards (between median and upper quartile) and strikes the correct balance between affordability and a competitive market rate.
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The photograph, taken on his Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone, shows a silhouetted greenkeeper installing a hole on the club’s 6th green at dawn one morning.
Dennis and SISIS announce 2017 cricket seminar expected to be filled extremely fast. To register your interest please contact Roger Moore at Dennis & SISIS on 01332 824777 or email Roger on roger.moore@dennisuk.com
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Based on independent industrywide research, the IOG also suggests percentage extensions to each pay band – five per cent for grounds managers, three per cent for head groundsmen and two per cent for all others - to not only allow for additional professional development and career progression, but also to bring parity with equivalent professions. The IOG call upon employers to ensure they meet their obligations in terms of maintaining a healthy worklife balance and ensure fair payment for overtime worked – by agreement about the balance between overtime pay, time off in lieu or flexible working. This is especially recommended in the current times of financial restraint and economic uncertainty. IOG
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