Saturday was sure to be another busy day for us in Liverpool. A handful of guys went to historic Liverpool Football Club's stadium in nearby Anfield. Grounds Manager David Roberts was returning from the STMA conference in Texas so he had his assistant Dave McCulloch show them around. Their team was preparing for an Under 18s Cup Match/Championship so our TurfNet members got to see game day preparations first hand.

Todd Fyffe of Westmoreland CC on the Liverpool FC pitch.

When you're in Liverpool you understand what The Beatles continue to mean to the city. The airport is the John Lennon International Airport and there are many tours of their homes, important meeting places and the locations that inspired the lyrics to many of their songs.

After some careful research I decided to enlist three taxis from the award-winning Fab Four Taxi Tour group. We broke into three teams for my TurfNet Interactive Trivia (no acronym allowed) contest: Teams John, Paul, and George.

In addition to answering questions from the material they heard from the driver each team had to take certain photos and videos that would be judged by me and local superintendent Richie Stephens of Ringway Golf Club in nearby Cheshire.

In the Cavern Club, where The Beatles got their start.

"Team John" - Meersman, Kautzer, FitzGerald and Moore -- outside John Lennons boyhood home.

Jason Meersman at Penny Lane

Taxi driver Phil and Todd Fyffe outside the Barber Shop mentioned in Penny Lane. Other guys inside (below)

Todd Fyffe and Scott Pavalko -- aka 'Team Paul' -- outside Paul McCartney's house (above) and at Strawberry Fields, below.

The tour ended at the Albert Docks an area that has the Beatles Story museum as well other revitalized tourist attractions.

Our headquarters hotel in Liverpool was the Tune Hotel. It was in the perfect location and our experience there, including the service, was outstanding. They even had "go cups" and a "welcome TurfNet" sign ready for us in the morning.

After the Beatles tour about ten participants went into Manchester to attend the Premier League match between Manchester City and Newcastle. They went via train for the approximately one hour trip each way.

Richie Stephens used to work at the Cavern Club and pulled some strings for us to have VIP access into the club and the live venue that evening. The Beatles tribute band that played was outstanding and had numerous costume changes.

Saturday night at the Cavern Club.

The Beatles tribute band.

We were to be up early Sunday morning for the trip to Harrogate, but safe to say everyone relished their time in Liverpool.