Sharpen your irrigation knowledge with BIGGA and Rain Bird

7 May 2020 Announcement

Rain Bird's Alastair Higgs

Continue to Learn Extra Irrigation Series with Rain Bird

BIGGA and Rain Bird have teamed up to produce a series of seminars to allow members to develop their irrigation management knowledge in bitesize chunks.

Hosted by BIGGA’s Sami Strutt alongside Rain Bird’s Alistair Higgs and Stuart Tate, the webinars form the latest part of the Continue to Learn Extra programme and will sit on the BIGGA website for members to access for years to come.Available in the Resource Library of the BIGGA website are episodes one to four, with further resources to be added in the near future.

The golf industry relies on successful water management and the need to conserve water has never been greater. Rain Bird and BIGGA have developed this webinar series to give BIGGA members a greater understanding of the effect of irrigation, how systems work, maintenance and developing plans for the future.

By building this webinar series within the members’ portal, there will be a permanent reference point to revisit as often as required. Webinars are valid for all experience levels and members who work with equipment from all manufacturers, not just Rain Bird, will benefit from checking them out.

Rain Bird's Stuart Tate

Alastair Higgs has over 19 years of industry experience, with the majority of his time spent in turf management. For nine years he was a course manager in Surrey and Berkshire, with a career including experience in members’, private, groups and hotel clubs. This led him to explore the world of club management, completing his CMdip in 2015. In 2016 he left the club world to join Rain Bird Europe. In his role as golf district manager for the UK, Ireland and Iceland, Alastair is involved with day-to-day management of partners and proactively supports the industry through the ‘intelligent use of water’.

Stuart Tate has been in the irrigation business since 1989. He has held a variety of roles, including designer, engineer, site manager and consultant and has worked with all the major irrigation manufacturers’ equipment. Stuart is a font of all knowledge and supports the sales team, Rain Bird distributors and clients.