Browsing by Supervisor "James, Iain"

Browsing by Supervisor "James, Iain"

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  • The impact of anecic earthworms on the dispersal of Microdochium nivale in amenity sports turf 
    Young, Matt (Cranfield University, 2012-09)
    In sports surface management, integrated disease management (IDM) is useful in identifying the parameters for which disease can occur. The host, pathogen and environment are factors that are intrinsically linked for disease ...
  • Investigating the environmental sustainability of cricket clubs 
    Carmichael, Andrew (Cranfield University, 2011-08)
    Cricket is a popular sport in England and Wales with 200,000 adult weekly participants (Sport England 2009) and 3951 registered clubs (source: ECB Play-Cricket database). Playing the game provides health and social benefits ...
  • The management and maintenance of second generation sand-filled synthetic sports pitches 
    McLeod, Andrew J. (Cranfield UniversitySchool of Applied Sciences, 2008-01)
    Synthetic sports surfaces have increased in popularity since their introduction into the United Kingdom in the early 1970's. In many sports, such as hockey and athletics, they have become the standard for play. The benefit ...
  • Mechanical behaviour of natural turf sports surfaces 
    Caple, Matt C. J. (Cranfield University, 2011-11)
    The understanding of the mechanical behaviour of natural turf pitches is limited, owed in part to the deficiencies in current testing devices and methodologies. This research aimed to advance the understanding of surface ...
  • Optimisation of cricket pitch rolling 
    Shipton, Peter (Cranfield University, 2008-12)
    In the game of cricket, where a ball is bounced on a natural clay soil pitch between the ‘bowler’ and ‘batsman’, the ball-surface interaction is critical and is one of the most important factors responsible for the quality ...