WHAT have Wembley Stad-ium, the Emirates Stadium, the All England Lawn Tennis Club and New Road all got in common?

Their groundstaff have all won prestigious Turf Profes-sional Awards. That is pretty illustrious company to be in but, when you think what Worcestershire’s Tim Packwood and his team have had to deal with over the past 12 months, it is not surprising.

The New Road ground was devastated by the floods last summer and there were a couple more before this campaign started, yet Worcestershire’s headquarters was back to its pristine best when they came back for the season.

Packwood was presented with the 2008 Turf Professio-nal Special Achievement Award for getting New Road back to its former glory.