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Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
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Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
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Saracens handed pitch boost
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Sharks's Groundsman conquers challenge of dual purpose pitch
20 Apr 2011 -
Rugby -
Carol Dutton
Two consecutive harsh winters have been enough to test the mettle of the most stoical of Groundsmen but if your pitch is ‘double duty’ and under the public gaze you need the heart of a lion or in Lee Horton’s case the strength of a shark.
Wolves get a gold and black ‘Arrow’
16 Apr 2011 -
Football -
Carol Dutton
Grounds staff at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC played a key advisory role in the development of a new line marking machine – the Supaturf Briteliner - now in full production at Vitax Supaturf and already achieving sales to both major stadia and local sports clubs throughout the world.
Weed control and re-seeding a viable combination
9 Apr 2011 -
Industry -
Carol Dutton
Re-seeding and effective weed control can be safely combined this spring as Headland’s selective herbicide Cabadex is safe to use on young turf and allows re-seeding just four weeks after application.
HRH Awards Young Student Garden Designers
19 Mar 2011 -
Industry -
Carol Dutton
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales presented awards to aspiring young student garden designers at the opening day of the Ideal Home Show, (11th March) at London’s Earls Court.
Center Parcs chooses native Bluebell instead of Spanish Imposter
16 Mar 2011 -
General News -
Carol Dutton
Center Parcs are adhering to their biodiversity policy by choosing nearly 40,000 of our native Bluebells over the invasive Spanish rival species.
Playing fields for the future?
13 Mar 2011 -
General Sports -
Carol Dutton
- Issue 35 - Feb / Mar 2011
Is there a future for school playing fields after Building Schools for the Future? James Pugh-Lewis seems to think so, as Carol Dutton reports
On Ilkley Moor baht inputs
18 Feb 2011 -
Golf -
Carol Dutton
- Issue 34 - Dec / Jan 2011
As custodian of one of the most beautiful golf courses in Britain, boasting Colin Montgomerie and Mark James as lifelong honorary members, Duncan Campbell knows his own mind and refuses to be dictated to by anybody. Anybody, that is, except Mother Nature herself.
New Weathercheck - Exclusive forecasts straight to your radar
26 Jan 2011 -
Harrogate Week -
Carol Dutton
Headland Amenity introduces Weathercheck, its first detailed weather forecasting tool to pinpoint a specific location such as a golf club or racecourse.
New Enhance R 'Prime' joins award winning range
25 Jan 2011 -
Harrogate Week -
Carol Dutton
Vitax Amenity launched Enhance R Prime, a zero phosphate formulation which swells the ranks of their Enhance R range of fertilisers, winner of the IOG’s “Best New and Innovative Product” award in the Fertiliser and Pesticides category.
Grassfelt Conquers Fifty Degree Slope for 11th Century Motte
22 Jan 2011 -
Industry -
Carol Dutton
Over 2,500 sq metres of Lindum’s Grassfelt have been successfully laid on a fifty degree slope to turf the Motte of an 11th century castle.
Puckrup Beats Winter with strong spring Greens
14 Jan 2011 -
Golf -
Carol Dutton
Last winter the championship golf course at Puckrup Hall, Tewkesbury, part of the prestigious Hilton Puckrup Hall Hotel Spa and Golf Club, was under snow for three and a half weeks. An unheard of occurrence for this Gloucestershire club, situated between the Cotswolds and the Malvern hills in a normally benign and sheltered position.
New Briteliner Arrow - Flying Ahead for Less
12 Jan 2011 -
Harrogate Week -
Carol Dutton
Vitax will be bringing their new Supaturf Briteliner Arrow to Harrogate, the transfer wheel line marker that’s light years ahead of current designs but actually costs less.
Lindum's Three 'R's
9 Jan 2011 -
Harrogate Week -
Carol Dutton
Lindum Turf will be concentrating on the three ‘R’s at Harrogate, Revetting, Reinforced Turf and RTF (rhizomatous tall fescue).
New Disease Prevention Strategy
6 Jan 2011 -
Harrogate Week -
Carol Dutton
Headland Amenity is bringing a new Disease Prevention Strategy to Harrogate following important discoveries during STRI trials.
Turkish Joint Venture gets a great start at Growtech
21 Dec 2010 -
Industry -
Carol Dutton
A new Joint Venture aimed at the Turkish and Middle East markets got off to a flying start at the Growtech trade exhibition held in Antalya, Turkey at the beginning of December.
Enhancement of Acid Grasslands on either side of the A66
5 Dec 2010 -
Industry -
Carol Dutton
British Wild Flower Plants (BWFPs) have supplied around 100,000 native wild flowers for a two and a half hectare planting scheme on either side of the A66 in County Durham.
Win the war against Winter with Vitax's Super-Tough Trio
27 Nov 2010 -
Industry -
Carol Dutton
The SB4OSS Supaturf Salt Spreader, with its extra wide, slide opening allowing easy application, Ice Free the environmentally friendly salt alternative that’s less phytotoxic to plants and animals, and a new Multipurpose Scraper, with heavy duty steel blade, reversible head and rubber blade for liquids clearance.
Act now to fight Dry Patch
19 Nov 2010 -
Industry -
Carol Dutton
Now is the time to apply Vitax OARS Curative to help avoid Dry Patch next season in fine turf.
Groundsman of the year sports award winning fertiliser
13 Nov 2010 -
Industry -
Carol Dutton
Vitax had double cause for celebration at this year’s Scotsturf
Fertiliser endures at Goodwood
9 Nov 2010 -
Racing -
Carol Dutton
Seamus Buckley, Manager and Clerk of the Course at Goodwood Racecourse has taken delivery of Vitax Amenity’s Endure organo-mineral fertiliser, which he will apply at the end of season in November, for the fourth year in succession.
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