Published: July 29, 2010
European teams are often greater than the sum of their parts and this one won’t be any different,” James added. “They are all very positive.” Team spirit has often bridged the gap in class between the sides and with seven European rookies will have to do so again.
Whatever happens, James will remain cool. The things that make him angry, he says, include “powdery mildew on my sweet peas, poor marshalling, lift queues on mountains and slow drivers. That is about it really, but unfortunately they involve things I like doing a lot In fact, I’m getting quite cross just thinking about them.”.
MARK JAMES, who yesterday boarded Concorde with the least experienced European Ryder Cup team to fly supersonic to the States since Tony Jacklin started the tradition in 1983, will not guarantee every member of the side gets a match prior to next Sunday’s singles, writes Andy Farrell. MARK JAMES, who yesterday boarded Concorde with the least experienced European Ryder Cup team to fly supersonic to the States since Tony Jacklin started the tradition in 1983, will not guarantee every member of the side gets a match prior to next Sunday’s singles, writes Andy Farrell.
“Of course I want to try and get every player a game prior to the singles,” James said, “but I will do whatever is best for the team.”
Over the next three days of practice at the Country Club of Brookline in Boston, James has to weld together a team full of newcomers, and whose leading two players are unhappy with their games, into a force to take on Ben Crenshaw’s star-studded line-up in the 33rd Ryder Cup starting on Friday.
The Americans are smarting from defeats in the last two matches, and to the International side at the Presidents Cup last year. But they have an injury doubt over Davis Love, who was told to rest for the last two weeks after suffering from a pinched nerve in his back.
James, although not publicly saying so, must turn around the form of his two most experienced players in quick time. If a product contains between 70 and 95 per cent of organic ingredients, it can be labelled “Made with Organic Ingredients”, with the actual percentage listed.Yet arguments have always raged about what constitutes organic produce. The Soil Association is the major standard-setting body; the others are the Organic Food Federation, Organic Farmers and Growers, the Biodynamic Agricultural Association, the Scottish Organic Producers’ Association, and Irish Organic Farmers and Growers.Under EU law, processed foods described directly as organic must have a minimum of 95 per cent organic ingredients by weight. In the UK, the Register of Organic Food Standards (UKROFS), which is part of the Ministry of Agriculture, oversees the bodies charged with the task of setting standards and certifying that products comply with the regulations.
Organic farmers place the emphasis on soil health, rotating crops and using animal manure. Animals are reared without the drugs, antibiotics and growth-promoters that are now routine in conventional livestock farming. Animal welfare standards are high – animals have access to fields and generous space inside. Not only is organic food free of genetically modified ingredients but certain processes, such as irradiation, hydrogenation and fumigation, are also banned.Much of this is now governed by law, specifically an EU regulation of 1991 which built on existing schemes, and enforced by trading standards officers. Panthers had beaten Cardiff Devils 4-0 at home on Saturday, but were soon behind on Sunday when Denis Chasse netted the first of a hat- trick.
Other strikes came from Todd Goodwin (2), Todd Kelman, Kevin Riehl and P C Drouin.In Cardiff, the Devils and Ayr Scottish Eagles settled for a point apiece from a 2-2 draw after overtime. The Soil Association, Britain’s main organic certifying body, is currently trying to decide on a code for the health and beauty business, particular products like herbal medicines and supplements, which would for the first time determine what can and cannot be described as organic.
In food, organic means that no artificial chemical fertilisers and pesticides have been used in production. And with anything organic now apparently able to command an enthusiastic consumer response and a sizeable market premium, the word needs protection. It has come to signify not merely how a product is produced and manufactured but a way of looking at the world. So what is exactly is an organic product?
Health and beauty is one of the areas where until now nobody has thought it necessary to say what we mean by organic But “organic” has turned into a highly charged word. You can even buy a shampoo of that name which promises to penetrate your hair roots with ingredients “essential in nature for true shine”.
Look at the label, however, and you will stumble across a bewildering list of largely unpronounceable chemical ingredients. Organic is a word whose time has come. The world No 1 has not played for the last three weeks, having won twice, at the USPGA and the NEC Invitational, in the previous three weeks.
But, remembering four years ago at Oak Hill, when he did not win a point, Crenshaw said: “I took a few weeks off before Rochester, and I wasn’t much help I didn’t pull my weight.”. Along with Padraig Harrington, playing in the BC Open, and Parnevik, Garcia was already in America, although his charity event last week was cancelled due to Hurricane Floyd.
The severe weather also disrupted the BC Open, but only three US players had taken up Crenshaw’s urgings to play their way into the match Many decided to rest, including Woods. Any thoughts that the 19-year-old Spaniard was not ready for the most pressured three days in golf were dismissed when Garcia won the Irish Open, his sixth tournament as a pro, and then chased Tiger Woods all the way at the USPGA.
While Olazabal may team up with Miguel Angel Jimenez, Garcia could play with Jesper Parnevik. All European teams tend to be greater than the sum of their parts,” he added.In Sergio Garcia, however, Europe might find a new talisman.