BTME 2012 - Myerscough B14
Tomorrow afternoon will mark the close of 2012 Harrogate Show and I'm preparing to take to the stand for the day. Firstly by checking which hall to go to (hall B) and then checking which stand (B14). I'm planning on catching up with a few colleagues Wendy O Brien, Vinny Price, Stewart Brown and my good friend Andy Owen.
With this year being the year of the Dragon Apprentice, there is a lot of good news for getting involved as an Apprentice Greenkeeper. An Apprenticeship is a fantastic modern way to achieve qualifications while earning. These days it's not just for school leavers, that would be age discrimination, it's for all ages up to retirement, who need qualifications. The best news is the amount of education funding that can be accessed as an Apprentice Greenkeeper or Groundsman, it's around £3000 towards tuition and assessment - all good news!
Progression on to higher education has never been as accessible in sports turf. The popular Foundation Degree online, is a fantastic course of quality teaching and learning materials. I remember the first year of it's inception and how it was welcomed as highly innovative in the industry for education and training, ten years on and it's still the number one online Sports turf degree programme! Of course the part time and full time foundation degree is a popular choice to, with fantastic opportunities for students to take internships at some of the worlds greatest sporting venues.
I understand there has been a high volume of visitors to the show so far and a very busy B14 stand. It's great to have a positive January - perhaps it is because of the year of the Dragons' / entrepreneurs / Apprentices??!
Come on... visit the stand.