Amateur clubs have no paid officials, with the exception of agroundsmanto look after the pitch.
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We must remember not only the competitors but those who work behind the scenes, such as the groundsmen, the maintenance men and the ticket sellers.
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I am wondering about gardeners, cooks and groundsmen at communities, for example.
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In all these regiments men are employed as groundsmen, bath-house men and road sweepers, and in consequence they have no training.
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But does not the groundsman's case also include the case of attendants at bowling greens as well?
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It is common knowledge that groundsmen are employed by the clubs to tend the pitch.
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Because the pit no longer exists, there is no organisation to employ agroundsman.
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I have no power to require groundsmen or green-keepers to take up agricultural work.
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There was one private employed as agroundsmanat a local sports club.
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Bricks and bottles have been strewn over the playing surfaces, and thegroundsmanhas been physically threatened.
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They are what one might call out-porters or groundsmen.
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Then there is the problem of obtaining groundsmen.
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A fair reward for overtime should be paid to groundsmen and caretakers, neither of whom can work seven days a week.
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In particular, private clubs find great difficulty in obtaining groundsmen of any quality in order to provide or maintain the facilities of their club.
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This means a fall-out from the work of the corporation, so that, for instance, park keepers and groundsmen will be needed.
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