With the growing popularity of both amateur and professional sport, turf management has become big business. Our excellent facilities, including our own golf course and sports pitches, see us in a great position to teach sportsturf management and maintenance to the highest standards.

There are fantastic opportunities both in the UK and overseas for people who are trained and qualified in sportsturf. Careers exist at all levels, from assistant groundspersons and greenkeepers to managers of international sports facilities such as Premiership Football Clubs and major elite Golf Courses.

RESOURCES
  • A nine-hole golf course displaying a wide range of construction profiles, some of which are the only examples in the United Kingdom
  • Winter sports pitches, including an all weather soccer pitch, football and rugby pitches, cricket wicket and outfield, putting green and training area
  • Computer aided design equipment and turf-care management software
  • A fully automated irrigation system with a variety of sprinkler heads, controllers and fittings
  • Purpose-built Turf Technology Unit housing groundcare machinery and equipment
  • A wide range of maintenance equipment from two of the largest international suppliers of turf care machinery, Ransomes Jacobsen and Kubota
  • Turfgrass research laboratory