Funded by the IOG, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), The Football Association (The FA), the Rugby Football League (RFL) and Sport England, and led by the Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG), the programme is headed by national manager Jason Booth, formerly head
groundsman at Leeds Rugby.
In and around these zones, The
Vigilant Groundsman painstakingly trims the grass and measures the girth of surrounding trees, the rate of falling leaves and the frequency with which squirrels enter the Trapezoids.
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«I've been coming to the area from a very young age, 20 years now,» he reminisces as behind him a small squad
of groundsmen puts the final touches to the White Hart Lane turf.
The 600 employees include the players on their huge wages # 182m per year) plus wenger on # 8m, gazidis and all the others, then there are physios, doctors, legal
people groundsmen and probably a tea lady.
The OUAC President breathed a sigh of relief this wasn't the Iffley Road turf taking such a battering (after numerous arguments with an overly
protective groundsman).
There were words of fury from Fergie and Queiroz, an on - pitch scuffle between Patrice Evra and a Stamford
Bridge groundsman, while Rio Ferdinand threw his toys out of the pram in the tunnel and accidentally kicked a female steward.
«I started here 18 years ago as a
general groundsman and just worked my way up,» says Aigner, 62.
James McAvoy is Robbie, the son of the
local groundsman, a bright boy to whom Cecilia's father took a shine after Robbie's father ran out on them, and who has been allowed great familiarity with Cecilia.
The day - to - day care of the Rose Garden has been the duty of
senior groundsman Martin Macreno and his two assistants.
In Madison Square Trapezoids, acclaimed American performance and video artist Bill Beirne, in his role as The
Vigilant Groundsman, turns the quotidian acts of horticultural maintenance and wildlife documentation into aesthetic actions by performing absurdist variations of these routines centered around specially - designated zones of artistic inquiry: the Madison Square Trapezoids.
And every time you win a cup or a trophy, Ferguson says, you should bring every member of your staff into that canteen — «the laundry girls, the canteen staff,
the groundsmen» — and pour the champagne for everyone because it's their trophy as much as the players».
But
the groundsman told him to stop and mow clockwise because that was how it always had been done before.
As a manager you're going from the youth level, to the board of directors, to the canteen, to
the groundsmen, and you have to be involved and interact with everybody!
Why not just support another team, seems like your only happy with
the groundsman... and if you only like them because they grow «good grass» then I am sorry to say it is the wrong type of grass to get excited over.
Yes we don't hate, we criticize — Wenger, bould, ospina, chek, bellerin, monreal, kos, per, chambers, xhaka, wilshere, ramsey, holding, ozil, webeck, laca, auba, mickey, iwobi, elneny, the board, kroenke, and
the groundsman, the tea lady and the list goes on for the so called Arsene out fans.
Maybe I'm going to ask
the groundsman at our training ground to mash one of the pitches and train on it the week before.
Me in my accounting way took his numbers for 25 players and added Employers NI, wages for coaches, youth, reserve,
groundsmen and admin staff (earning # 30k a year) and got to # 130m without accounting for the Matchday staff.
By that he meant the referees, linesmen,
groundsmen, club officials, etc. who often toil for nothing and without whom the game couldn't go on.
The on - pitch protest lasted several minutes before, point made, the Rovers fans filed off; Matt exchanged his hat and coat with other fans à la Escape to Victory to blend back into the meagre crowd and, as two policemen suggested going to
the groundsman's shed for a saw, Alan admitted the key was actually in his sock.
Four players including long - serving goalkeeper Bob Whiting, plus
the groundsman and many supporters, lost their lives in the conflict.
I have seen some extraordinarythings:
a groundsman, on all fours, making the finishing touches to his wicket with a giant pair of scissors, an opening batsman whose beard was so long that it had to be tucked inside his shirt (and it wasn't WG Grace!)
Richard Bryce's son, Dean, also works in the company and within two years he has already chalked up and impressive CV which includes the IOG Foundation and Intermediate Cricket Courses as well as the Level 2 Diploma in work - based Horticulture (Sports Turf —
Groundsman).
It uses mainly teaching staff but members of the school's support staff are also involved, including the porters,
groundsmen and nurse.
Art program is pleased to present Madison Square Trapezoids, with Performances by The Vigilant
Groundsman, a video installation and performance art project by Bill Beirne.
«The entire staff - including support, admin and
groundsmen - all attended.