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Laser Guided line marking sets the Standards
Industry News -
By Phil Sharples (22 Feb 07 10:00)
On the 2nd January 2007, after 4 years of development and testing, the BeamRider laser guided line marking system was officially launched as a saleable product by Fleet (Line Markers) Ltd, Malvern. - Read Article
Loughborough University purchase BeamRider
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By Phil Sharples (22 Dec 06 9:00)
The BeamRider laser guided line marker has recently been purchased by Loughborough University for use on their multi-sport pitches throughout the campus. - Read Article
A World’s First for Manchester City FC
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By Phil Sharples (19 Dec 06 12:00)
The multi-award winning BeamRider laser line marker has recently been purchased by Manchester City FC. Making them the first professional club in the world to do so. - Read Article
New Web Site offers insight into latest line marking technique
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By Phil Sharples (21 Mar 06 17:00)
BeamRider Ltd has recently launched their new web site - Read Article
Beamrider saves time in Hamburg's AOL Arena
Industry News -
By Phil Sharples (19 Dec 05 14:00)
The multi-award winning BeamRider laser line marker has just returned from Germany were it was used to over-mark the existing lines at Hamburg’s new AOL Arena.
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New stadium mounting system
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By Phil Sharples (07 Nov 05 13:25)
On Tuesday December 6th at the National Turfgrass Foundations’ annual conference (at approximately 5:30pm) Fleet (line markers) Ltd are delighted to launch their new solution for stadium pitch marking. - Read Article
The line marking revolution is here!
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By Phil Sharples (22 Aug 05 12:00)
Line marking has traditionally and typically been a labour consuming, drawn out process involving the use of pegs, string, tape measures and a wheel to wheel line marker. Things are about to change! - Read Article
Turf Basics
Consultancy -
By Phil Sharples (27 Jul 05 12:00) - 6 comments
Understanding the basic principles of turf management are important. Listed below are six basic practices that help promote, establish and sustain sports turf. More Inside.
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Grass growth and development - Terms and definitions
Consultancy -
By Phil Sharples (22 Jul 05 10:00) - 10 comments
Photosynthesising is the plant’s way of producing its own food for consumption and therefore growth. The grass plant uses the energy from sunlight to produce sugar (glucose). Cellular respiration then converts this sugar into ATP, the ‘fuel’ used by all living things. More Inside. - Read Article
The future of turf grass education?
Training -
By Phil Sharples (07 Jul 05 16:00) - 8 comments
After spending the past 9 years working in the sports turf education arena at instructor, lecturer and head of department levels, and spending 5 years previous to this being educated in sports turf (both full and part time), I now feel in a strong position to make informed comment on the current state of affairs within education. Both positive and negative! - Read Article
Environment Matters!
Consultancy -
By Phil Sharples (02 Jul 05 18:00)
Water, there is only so much of it and nature is not making new supplies, only recycling a proportion of it. In fact, much of the world's water supply - in excess of 99% - is unavailable for man's most import uses - drinking, manufacturing, sanitation, recreation and irrigation because it is tied up in the world's oceans and polar ice caps. More Inside.
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Conservation on the Golf Course
Golf -
By Phil Sharples (30 Jun 05 11:00)
There are over 2000 golf courses in Britain, many of them in prime positions with regard to landscape, amenity and wildlife value. More Inside.
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Reaseheath Turf Show – 7th July 2004
Industry News -
By Phil Sharples (02 Jul 04 10:00) - 1 comment
The second Reaseheath Turf Show is to be held at Reaseheath College on Wednesday 7th July. This year’s event has over 50 exhibitors demonstrating and showing their products. More Inside. - Read Article
Irrigation management and optimisation for a football pitch located in South East London
Consultancy -
By Phil Sharples (23 Jun 04 18:00) - 4 comments
In the United Kingdom, infact Worldwide, there is a relatively small amount of data available for research into irrigation scheduling and crop coefficients (Kc) for sports turf surfaces.More Inside. - Read Article
Continuing growth for Sportsturf at Reaseheath
Training -
By Phil Sharples (26 May 04 9:00) - 3 comments
The popularity of greenkeeping and sportsturf courses continues to grow at Reaseheath College, Cheshire’s leading training centre. More inside. - Read Article
