Rain Bird: Exclusive Member Benefit

Irrigation System Evaluation

If you are a full UK member of the GCMA you can request an evaluation of one of your club’s most important assets, thanks to our strategic partner, Rain Bird.

Water is the lifeblood of your golf course, especially during the playing season, but is your irrigation system helping, or hindering, playability, performance and public relations? Do you know what your irrigation system is really costing your club? A complementary site visit and comprehensive report compiled by an experienced irrigation professional will help you;

Understand your irrigation infrastructure and how well your system is set up
Identify risks and factors affecting efficiency and performance
Consider future resource requirements, changing legislation, and benefits of new technologies
Plan system optimisation, upgrading, extension, or replacement

A limited number of evaluations are available to full UK GCMA members this year.

SUBMIT A REQUEST NOW

Irrigation System Evaluations are available to:

existing full UK members of the Golf Club Managers’ Association
new UK members from the point of their membership being confirmed and them receiving a membership number

Members can only use this benefit ONCE at the club that employs them. You qualify for an evaluation if:

your golf club has an automatic irrigation system
that system is more than two years old
you fully complete the evaluation request form on the GCMA website and those details can be verified

The member will receive:

a one-day site visit by either an irrigation consultant or a member of Rain Bird staff
a written evaluation of their club’s irrigation system

No charge will be made for this service. No purchase is necessary and neither the GCMA member, nor their club, is obliged to commission further services following the evaluation.

Please note:

Evaluation requests will be considered on a first come, first served basis, subject to availability
The irrigation system must be operational at the time of the site visit
The evaluations will be carried out during the period from 1st April to 30th September
This offer is subject to change and may be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of the GCMA and Rain Bird
While completed by irrigation professionals, evaluations do not constitute legal advice and are intended as guidance only
You can withdrawn from the evaluation process and request that your data is deleted by contacting [email protected] at any time.

John Steele

John Steele is a former professional athlete, sports coach, Olympic Leader and is the Executive Director of Sport at Loughborough University. He has been Chief Executive across a range of sectors. Drawing on leadership experience of nine different Olympic and Paralympic Games (including the amazing events at the Rio Games), John reflects on the lessons from this unique period in British sport and relays his fascinating views on creating high performing teams.

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John moved into the corporate world, before he enjoyed an outstanding career as a professional rugby player achieving international honours. After his playing career, he turned his hand to coaching and achieved the highest accolade for a British club coach by winning the European Cup with Northampton Saints. He then became Executive Director on the Saints Board during a period of unprecedented growth, and served on the England Rugby Board during the successful world cup campaign of 2003. It was no surprise that John’s talents were called upon to drive through a change and modernisation programme as CEO of the Rugby Football Union – a challenge that became controversial and ended in his departure from the post after only a year, but with his dignity and professional pride intact.

Headhunted by UK Sport, John took up post as CEO the day before London won the 2012 Olympic bid – and this promising start was sustained as he embarked on developing the UK’s high performance sport system, which he led for a six-year period of unprecedented success through the Beijing and London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Post-London 2012, with the Olympic legacy in place and an obligation to continue inspiring a generation, John took up his post as Group Chief Executive of the Youth Sport Trust. He has also succeeded Steve Cram as Chairman of the English Institute of Sport, an organisation described as ‘the team behind the team’, which delivers a range of performance impacting solutions to over 40 Olympic and Paralympic sports and some non-Olympic sports.

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Dr Jo Salter MBE is famed for becoming the first female fast jet pilot, having flown the Panavia Tornado ground attack aircraft during her services in the Royal Air Force. Joining the RAF aged 18, Jo has since taken Air Cadets into the skies as part of Air Experience Flights, become the Director of Global Transformative Leadership for PWC, and most recently become a Global Advisory of GenAI for PwC.

Jo has piloted flights in the Air Cadets Air Experience Flights and inspired countless budding armed service members to pioneer a male-dominated sector, having been the leader of an all-male squadron. Since leaving the military behind, Jo has established a strong business career working in roles such as Head of Technical Services for NetConnect, European Operations Manager for Automated Power Exchange and Managing Director of Saltin Ltd.

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Jo is a passionate Trustee of The Royal Air Force Club and an Ambassador of the Global Angels charity, an organisation that gives communities around the world access to clean water, education, healthcare and encourages female and youth empowerment. Jo has also authored two books, titled Energy: 52 Ways to Fire Up Your Life and Become an Energy Angel and Energize: Spring Clean Your Mind and Body to Get Your Bounce Back Today and Every Day.

In recognition of her achievements throughout her career, Jo has also been named as one of the 50 Most Inspiring Women in the World by Harpers & Queen. She is now working as the Director of Global Transformation Leadership at PWC, after working in other roles such as Director of Risk Technology Strategy, Director Chief of Staff to Head of Technology & Investments and the Director of People & Organisations.

In 2022, Jo was invited personally by Tom Cruise to attend the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick. Most recently, Jo received an honorary doctorate of Arts from Bournemouth University.