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Cricket Wicket Seminar-MCG 21 July 2010
This was a great day as over 300 congregated in the Olympic Rooms at the MCG for our annual wicket seminar. Speakers, Committee and delegates all enjoyed the view of the "hallowed" grounds, mingling and speaking to many of TGAA Victoria's sponsor companies at the trade area. Pictured above left, is Cricket Victoria's Shaun Graf and Bushrangers Coach Greg Shipperd. The following are some of the speaker presentations available to download as PDf files (some are large files). Michael Robinson- ANTEP 4 trial update PDF Geoff Kimmitt- Synthetic wickets & covers David Goldie- Recent projects at Skilled Stadium Jerry Spencer- Oval water efficiency Keith McIntyre- Ball bounce Cricket pitch preparation book Basic guide to turf cricket pitch preparation (PDF 8.25mg) This book was written By John Shannon (Turf Management teacher NMIT and former Premier cricket player) and is a good basic guide to turf pitch preparation. In 1986, John Shannon was employed by the City of Camberwell (now Boroondara) and prepared pitches at local and sub district level. He also worked on pitches in England, and on golf courses in Melbourne and Scotland. John played over 200 games of Premier Cricket and was also wicket keeper/opening batsmen/captain coach for North Melbourne. At this time, John was selected for the Essendon team of the century and is a life member of Essendon. For two years, John was a member of the Victorian State Squad and played numerous second eleven games. He has played at club level in Yorkshire, Leicestershire and Scotland. This playing experience has given John an appreciation and understanding of what makes a good pitch and for the past eleven years, John has been teaching Turf Management at NMIT. This training book was written to assist people with little or no experience in cricket pitch preparation to prepare a suitable playing surface.
Regional Seminar- Colac Vict
The Regional Seminar at Central Reserve Colac followed the weekend deluge of heavy rain and hail. Biogreen hosted a field trip to the facilities at Swan Marsh and was a very informative and well received day. TGAA Victoria would like to thank the following speakers: Luke Tresize (Turfcare & Hire), Peter Todd (City of Glen Eira), Daryl Stevens (Arris) and Darren Milverton (Barwon Water). Each year, TGAA plans on attending to Regional area needs and looks forward to going to another part of Victoria in March 2011.
Summer Seminar - Lebanon reserve, Strathmore November 2009
The Summer Seminar held at Lebanon Reserve Strathmore was a very sucessful day with over 100 delegates in attendance. The day also included the launch of the new "Village Green" kikuyu variety (shown above at the Lebanon Reserve) OH&S Day and Annual General Meeting 2 September 2009
Cricket Wicket Seminar MCG 24 June 2009
Download Ernie Gmehling presentation Download ANTEP Trial Results
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Many thanks to speakers on the day, including Ted Boltong, John Caust, Scott Whitaker and Paul van der Lugt. It was a beautiful Melbourne day and was attended by TGAA members, TAFE students from NMIT (Preston) and Swinburne (Wantirna South).
