Central England

Welcome to the Central England region

This region covers five sections: Midlands, East Midlands, East of England, Mid Anglia, Berkshire Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire . We have over 1,200 members in our region. We run educational, golf & networking events for our members. You can find local events on this page and all national and other regional events on the ‘What’s On’ section of the website. We love to hear from all our members so please don’t hesitate to make contact.

Regional Contacts

BIGGA

Steven Dudley-Brown

Membership Services Manager - Central England

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Steve joined BIGGA in 2021 following a successful greenkeeping career. Joining the industry aged 16, he has worked across the UK, Australia and New Zealand and spent 13 years as a course manager. In his role at BIGGA, he works on behalf of members in the Central England Region, helping to provide learning opportunities and the various other incredible initiatives available to members.

Section Awards

The annual section awards are designed to recognise the contribution, engagement and participation of members over the course of a year.

This initiative started in Scotland and Northern Ireland and has achieved great success. We are now excited to introduce this to Central England.

One award will be given to a member in each section in Central England based upon the criteria noted below.

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Selection criteria

Must have been a member of the association for a continuous two-year period prior to their nomination
Must not have been a recipient of the award within a 10-year period from the date of their nomination (per section)
The nominee must have participated at section/region level in some respect as detailed below during the preceding two years:
- Attended the annual conference
- Attended a regional Learning & Development day
- Attended a section Learning & Development event
- Attended a section golf event
- Participated on a section operations group
- Participated at regional level (board or working group)

Selection process

Section Operational Groups hold the responsibility for determining the recipient of the award with guidance from the MSM. The MSM will use records on the CRM and other software (Eventbrite) to advise the SOGs of attendance by members over the qualifying period, which runs from 1 October through to 30 September each year.

Board members will contact the selected recipient to advise them of the award with the MSM following up to confirm arrangements for the awards at the BIGGA Conference, held in the region every November.

The award

Recipients of the Section Award receive the following:

An invitation to the annual BIGGA Conference where the awards will be received and a personalised trophy to commemorate the award.
Section winners will be asked to attend the BIGGA Celebration at BTME on the opening evening of BTME courtesy of the region.
A funding package of £250 (inclusive of VAT) toward Continue to Learn workshops.

Upcoming events in Central England

7 January 2025

Irrigation Turfgrass Technician (Lantra Approved)

Venue Address: LCFC Training Ground, Park Hill Lane, Seagrave, LE12 7NG. United Kingdom.

Section Contacts

Gerald Bruce

Mid Anglia

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Paul Fowkes

East Midlands

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Paul joined Rothely Park as a 17-year-old in 2001 working his way up to deputy head, in 2021 he was a FTMI graduate, he then moved onto the Belfry before returning to Leicestershire to take up the deputy heads role at Scraptoft golf club . He is a keen sportsman having played semi-professional rugby Union for Rugby Lions RFC.

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