October | 2016

Friday 11^th November 2016

09.00: Arrive and check in (Tea/Coffee)

09.30: Welcome and Introduction

Yavor Atanasov and Dean Cleaver

09.45: Common Fungal Disease Problems; causes and management options

Dr Kate Entwistle

10.30: R&A Scholarship

Wendy Cole (R&A)

11.00: Refreshment Break

11.30: Environmental Initiatives, A brief look at managing the course for Wildlife

James Hutchinson (Past R&A Scholar and now Sustainability Executive for BIGGA)

12.15: My Experiences working at the Scandinavian Masters

Yavor Atanasov (Course Manager – Pravets Golf Club and President BGGA)

12.45: Lunch

13.45: Personal Development

Dean Cleaver – Executive Officer – FEGGA

14.30: My Experience of working at Minchinhampton Golf Club through the FEGGA Greenkeeper Experience Programme

Hristo Hristov – Pravets Golf Club

15.00: Refreshment Break

15.15: Invertebrate Pests and Plant Parasitic Nematodes; how to recognise them and the symptoms they cause.

Dr Kate Entwistle

16.00: Final discussion and close of Roadshow

Dean Cleaver – Executive Officer – FEGGA and Yavor Atanasov – President (BGGA)

Note: The Conference is offered free of charge to attending delegates, and will include all refreshments during the day.

For further details regarding attending this event, please contact Yavor Atanasov at; yavoratanasov@bgga.info

FEGGA is dedicated to communicate and share environmentally sustainable ideals and skills for quality golf course management

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