Great to call in on ⁦@Bramhallgreens⁩ today as they bid farewell to 2019 ⁦@BIGGALtd⁩ President, Chris Sheehan, as he finally, at the age of 72, hangs up his boots. As passionate a BIGGA member and greenkeeper as you will ever meet. Enjoy retirement ⁦@tabnab53⁩

So sad to hear about Bill Lawson passing. An absolute stalwart of the Association, instrumental at the very beginning and cared deeply to his end. He’d call up every month to chat about the magazine and reminisce. An absolutely lovely gentleman who’ll be sadly missed by so many.

Well this was quite extraordinary! Incredible to see what an amazing success the #ThankAGreenkeeper day was on Tuesday. The @BIGGALtd team absolutely smashed it and brilliant to see such recognition of our wonderful members from golfers, employers, celebrities and fox puppets!.

Inspiring couple of days @RandA Biodiversity seminar hosted by @ffgolf in Paris. Incredible research and mapping going on across Europe to demonstrate golf’s sustainable credentials. A real chance for meaningful collaboration across the continent and the golf industry @BIGGALtd

Super day @oaklandscollege for the @BIGGALtd London Section seminar. Nice to have the chance to open proceedings, then hear fascinating presentations from Gary Lee, @Deborah_LVS and @RandA Richard Windows. I now know more about nematodes than I ever wanted to!

Good to see you Stuart. Really enjoying presenting at these events and great to see so many clubs engaging in them. Good club governance is absolutely critical, especially to the golf club workforce who are so integral to the experience we golfers enjoy.

Very much looking forward to talking to golf club officials around England over the next few weeks about Club Governance and its impact on golf club staff. Big thanks to ⁦@EnglandGolf⁩ for organising and ⁦@GCMAUK⁩ for partnering with ⁦@BIGGALtd⁩ to deliver

Thanks for your support Dan. You and your team made an important contribution to a great event.

Well this is excellent news. So proud to have Greg @JonesyCGCS a @BIGGALtd Master Greenkeeper (number 81) on the @GCSAA Board of Directors. I know he’ll do a great job and keep you on your toes Rhett @GCSAACEO !.

This was fun, great way to round off day one of the show. Huge thanks to Steve, Angelique and all @BernhardCompany for their hospitality and brilliant support of the @BIGGALtd Delegation. The Delegates are having a career-defining experience and making friends for life.

Phoenix is an outstanding venue for the ⁦@GCSAA⁩ show. Great meeting with a dozen International Associations, some incredible desert golf, interacting with the superb ⁦@BIGGALtd⁩ Delegates with ⁦@BernhardCompany⁩ and promoting BIGGA & BTME at the trade show

Big thanks to David Withers and the @isekiuk team for sponsoring our @BIGGALtd reception last night in Phoenix. Great turnout of members and BTME exhibitors, all enjoying the trip to the Valley of the Sun. Looking forward to the @GCSAA show starting today

BTME is done, brilliant few days of education, networking and exhibition, impeccably delivered by the outstanding ⁦@BIGGALtd⁩ team. Thanks to everyone who came. Over to you ⁦@GCSAACEO⁩ , see you in Phoenix

Just the best news of the week. Nobody deserves this more than @BIGGALtd member @john_gkeeping . Apparently the announcement brought the house down. Proud of you John.

Always a pleasure to congratulate the @BIGGALtd Delegation sponsored by Bernhard & Company. Quick turnaround to the @GCSAA show in Phoenix next week but the guys are ready and raring to go. Massive thanks to Steve Nixon and everyone @BernhardCompany.

I think my highlight of the ⁦@BIGGALtd⁩ Celebration last night was how much winning the Project of the Year award meant to Stewart Marshall of ⁦@dudleygolfclub⁩ Lovely emotional scenes and a full on man-hug with his GM. Great night, love celebrating our members

Gutted about this, was aiming to challenge the world record. Maybe next year…. But big thanks to @SyngentaTurfUK for their generous donation to the @BIGGALtd Benevolent Fund even though the run isn’t happening. Amazing.

Great day spreading myself very thinly across our BTME preparations, the @BIGGALtd Conference and @TheOfficialGTC Standardisation Meeting, whilst also welcoming our International guests from @GCSAA . All looks set for a brilliant week, our BIGGA team are absolute rockstars.

Always inspired by the Sunday delegates at ⁦@BIGGALtd⁩ Continue to Learn. Over 230 greenkeepers using their weekend to improve their professional knowledge. BTME 2024 is off and running with ⁦@ct_turf⁩ talking Championship conditioning

The end of one of my favourite weeks of the year - the whole @BIGGALtd team coming together to make the BTME magic happen. Everything is set for our flagship event; record delegate numbers, nearly 5,000 pre-registered and a big increase in exhibitors. See you in Harrogate!.