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Finance deal fits the bill
18 Apr 2009 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
If you wanted to replace an ageing machinery fleet, reduce your spares and repair costs, and fix your course maintenance budget to run over several years with no unexpected extras, how would you go about it?
Machinery dealer plans a Royal celebration
31 Mar 2009 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
Parks & Grounds Machinery of Bidford-on-Avon in Warwickshire will be marking its fifth year as a machinery exhibitor at the Royal Show by also celebrating its 20th year as a John Deere commercial & consumer equipment dealer.
John Deere teams up with National Nines
26 Mar 2009 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
John Deere is pleased to announce that it has teamed up with the National Nines Open Championships golf tournament in 2009.
‘Go For Green’ finance programme
14 Mar 2009 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
John Deere Credit has announced a zero per cent finance programme on all John Deere golf and sports turf equipment currently available from the company’s UK dealer network, including demonstration machines.
Quality control at The Heworth Golf Club
21 Feb 2009 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
When head greenkeeper Mark Hastry was having problems with the irrigation system at The Heworth Golf Club in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, he was keen to get them sorted out as quickly as possible. The solution came in the shape of a new John Deere Aurora irrigation controller, the first commercial unit installed on a golf course in the UK.
Yorkshire dealer wins national staff award
12 Feb 2009 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
Paul Dixon of John Deere commercial & consumer equipment dealer F G Adamson & Son at Swanland, North Ferriby in East Yorkshire has won a national dealership award.
Killeen Castle on course for great things
6 Feb 2009 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
A Jack Nicklaus signature golf course – only the second in Ireland – the first Dave Pelz golf academy to be built in Europe, a Grade 1 listed castle, 11 acres of man-made lakes and a drainage system the length of the Grand Canyon are the central features of what is believed to be Europe’s largest landscaping contract.
New mowers work flat out!
1 Feb 2009 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
When Crews Hill Golf Club at Enfield in Middlesex decided to update its course maintenance fleet, a key requirement was that the new mowers would cope with the ancient ridge and furrow contours of this 18-hole mixed heathland and parkland course.
Scottish course maintains high standards
31 Jan 2009 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
The Musselburgh Golf Club at Monktonhall near Edinburgh, which has completed its third year as an Open Championship qualifying course, is held in high regard by golfers and greenkeepers alike for its high standards of course quality and presentation.
Top Quality at the Ricoh
30 Jan 2009 -
Football -
Steve Mitchell
A number of new John Deere machines supplied by Parks & Grounds Machinery of Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire are used by Coventry City Football Club’s grounds manager Michael Finch and his team of five staff to look after the pitches at the Ricoh Arena and the club’s academy and training ground, the Alan Higgs Centre in south-east Coventry.
Four wheels win two!
28 Jan 2009 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
A trip to the top of a well-known Scottish landmark has earned 71 year old retired farmer William Blair a brand new, top quality John Deere mountain bike worth £442.
John Deere sponsors 2010 World Equestrian Games
25 Dec 2008 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
John Deere has been named the official equipment sponsor of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, by the World Games 2010 Foundation. The Games will be held from September 25 to October 10, 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
John Deere hosts BIGGA Midlands Section
23 Dec 2008 -
Golf -
Steve Mitchell
A group of 50 greenkeepers and course managers from across the Midlands, including outgoing BIGGA chairman Kenny Mackay, were hosted by John Deere in December, during the first ever visit by BIGGA’s Midlands Section to the company’s headquarters at Langar, near Nottingham.
John Deere launches new 5R Series tractors
24 Nov 2008 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
Featuring higher horsepower and payloads, better ergonomics and improved operator comfort, John Deere’s new 5R and 5RN Series utility tractors are rated at 80, 90 and 100hp.
Historic Balmoral raises the standard
16 Nov 2008 -
Golf -
Steve Mitchell
Founded during the Great War in 1914, Balmoral Golf Club is situated right beside the Kings Hall Exhibition Centre, less than four miles from Belfast city centre.
John Deere provides the perfect solution
28 Oct 2008 -
Golf -
Steve Mitchell
The first complete new irrigation system for tees, greens and fairways using John Deere parts is going in at Blackpool North Shore Golf Club, following the company’s move into the European golf irrigation market earlier in 2008.
The ride’s free – if the key fits!
25 Oct 2008 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
John Deere’s new, award winning XUV Gator utility vehicle is available free for a year – if you have the right key.
Gators in the Jungle
20 Oct 2008 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
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Head groundsman Robert Massey and deputy head groundsman Richard Beech of Uttoxeter Racecourse are pictured with two of John Deere’s HPX 4x4 Gator utility vehicles at The Adrenalin Jungle in Sherwood Forest.
Finance funds improved fairways
3 Oct 2008 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
A five year contract hire with maintenance package from John Deere Credit has allowed The Oaks Golf Courses at Oaks Park in Carshalton, Surrey to acquire an extra mower for their fleet, and to improve their fairway cutting regime.
Gators take the golf road
28 Sep 2008 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
There are more Gators than greens staff at Loch Lomond and Dundonald, but every one has a vital role to play in the general maintenance of these two prestigious golf courses. Loch Lomond was one of the earliest customers for John Deere’s Gator 6x4 petrol utility vehicles after their UK launch in 1993, and has steadily increased the size of its fleet since that time.
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