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The future of our Industry
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The future of our Industry
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The future of our Industry
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Ilkley Tennis Club
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The future of our Industry
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John Deere has introduced its full irrigation package into Europe, including a range of advanced control, sensing and communications systems
Golf - Steve Mitchell - 2 hours ago
A baptism of snow!For many football club groundsmen the period between Christmas and the New Year is usually a busy time, with a glut of fixtures to accommodate at a time when their pitches are most vulnerable due to the poor weather and low light levels. This winter has been even more challenging.
Football - Laurence Gale MSc - 1 day ago
The future of our IndustryLong before I gave up my day job as a Groundsman to embark on the Pitchcare adventure, discussions about trade shows, raising Industry profile and a unified single Association had been debated.
General News - Dave Saltman - 3 days ago - 4 comments
Improving Bunkers – Renovation, Restoration or Redesign?
First published: 13th Nov 2007 -
Golf -
Philip Christian Spogard
It is often said that the eyes are the windows to the soul – could it justly be said that the bunkers are the windows to the soul of the golf course?
More Brains - Less Water
2 hours ago -
Golf -
Steve Mitchell
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
John Deere has introduced its full irrigation package into Europe, including a range of advanced control, sensing and communications systems
C & M Golf and Grounds are Jacobsen\'s Dealer of the year 2009
17 hours ago -
Industry -
Peter Driver
C&M Golf and Grounds is the Jacobsen Dealer of the Year for 2009. The Waco, TX-based business won the Charlotte-based turf equipment manufacturer’s most prestigious accolade, adding conquest business across their territory and having one of the highest customer retention rates of any Jacobsen dealer.
Crocodile Golf set for Viking Invasion!
23 hours ago -
Golf -
Phil Evans
As part of its expansive growth strategy, Crocodile Golf Products has appointed the multi-million Euro, Danish-based company Grene as its distributor of quality replacement lawn mower blades throughout Scandinavia. With over 140 golf clubs in Denmark and a further 540 in Sweden and 155 in Norway, Grene are ideally placed to enter the Scandinavian turfcare market.
A baptism of snow!
1 day ago -
Football -
Laurence Gale MSc
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
For many football club groundsmen the period between Christmas and the New Year is usually a busy time, with a glut of fixtures to accommodate at a time when their pitches are most vulnerable due to the poor weather and low light levels. This winter has been even more challenging.
David James tries to pay sacked Portsmouth staff's wages
2 days ago -
Football -
Press Release
Portsmouth keeper leads players' whip-round to save jobs at stricken club
Wilderness gets watering down to a Tee with TORO
2 days ago -
Industry -
Amy Ellingham
Wildernesse Golf Club in Sevenoaks, Kent, has become the latest venue to benefit from significant water and cost savings since installing Toro’s renowned Golf Decoder Controller (GDC) irrigation system.
School sports equipment supplier now safest in field
2 days ago -
Industry -
Press Release
Mark Harrod Ltd, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of sports equipment, has improved safety on and off the touchline.
Polaris Ranger 400 Small but perfectly formed
2 days ago -
Industry -
Press Release
The Polaris Midsize Ranger 400 may be a small Side-by-Side utility vehicle but it lives up to the Ranger promise of ‘hardest working’ with real work capabilities such as over 226kg (500lbs) of cargo capacity and 567kg (1,250lbs) of towing capacity.
Winter of discontent for golf clubs
2 days ago -
Golf -
Press Release
Peter Hutcheon takes the temperature at 10 of Ulster’s top courses as they count the cost of the worst winter weather in living memory
March Football Diary 2010
3 days ago -
Football -
Malcolm Gardner
March Football Diary
Verti-Drain offers heavy duty solution to festival impact
3 days ago -
Industry -
Gregg Doggett
A Verti-Drain 7626 is proving its mettle on the Isle of Wight, where Andrew Earley, Contracts Inspector for the Parks and Countryside Division at Isle of Wight Council is using Charterhouse Turf Machinery’s most powerful decompactor to tackle some extreme conditions.
Fast Wiedenmann Terra Spikes extend ‘windows of opportunity’ for under-pressure turf professionals
3 days ago -
Industry -
Val Graham
Increasingly Wiedenmann’s deep Terra Spike aerators with their combination of speed and accuracy are proving a winner when weather conditions are unpredictable.
The future of our Industry
3 days ago -
General News -
Dave Saltman
- 4 comments
Long before I gave up my day job as a Groundsman to embark on the Pitchcare adventure, discussions about trade shows, raising Industry profile and a unified single Association had been debated.
Hamilton Golf Club mark new Wiedenmann Terra Spike GXi8 HD “as excellent”
4 days ago -
Industry -
Val Graham
Wiedenmann UK’s latest Terra Spike, the GXi8 HD which was launched in September, has met with full approval from one of its first Scottish owners, Hamilton Golf Club, in South Lanarkshire.
Zero per cent finance on commercial mowers
4 days ago -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
John Deere Credit has announced a new zero per cent finance programme on a range of commercial mowers.
Taking the Mickey!
4 days ago -
Consultancy -
Andy Bedoes
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010 - 1 comment
Mice hold a special affection with us humans due, in the main, to Walt Disney’s Mickey and Minnie, MGM’s Tom and Jerry and the cute Stuart Little (no, not the golfer). The pesky little critters pop up all over children’s stories and are always portrayed as ‘the good guys’.
New Mastenbroek for Bauma (Stand No N1014/3)
5 days ago -
Industry -
Press Release
Mastenbroek has sold its first of a new generation of drainage trenchers, adding to an already impressive line-up from the European machinery manufacturer.
Grasses for UK Golf Greens
5 days ago -
Golf -
Press Release
The golf green is the most important surface on the golf course.
Gearing up for Massey Ferguson's Ground care road show
5 days ago -
Industry -
Mike Bird
Massey Ferguson’s 2010 Grounds Care Road Show series kicks off on Monday 15 March at the premises of Lincolnshire dealer, Fentons of Bourne (tel: 01778 560466).
News from the world of trees
5 days ago -
Consultancy -
Phillip Ellis
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
As an arboricultural consultant, I get asked all sorts of question whilst carrying out my varied work. The most common question this year is about problems with Horse Chestnuts.
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