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Build it and they will come... a report on the Isle of Man's first seminar for the industry
21 hours ago by: Pitchcare Peter
"Who's a fantastic tool? 'Genius' might be slightly overst ..."
Build it and they will come... a report on the Isle of Man's first seminar for the industry
1 day ago by: Cranfield
"A fantastic tool for promoting our wonderful industry and th ..."
Build it and they will come... a report on the Isle of Man's first seminar for the industry
1 day ago by: Mike
"No, Barry. Said camera was placed in a safe, which was then ..."
Build it and they will come... a report on the Isle of Man's first seminar for the industry
1 day ago by: Barry Pace
"Is that his bloomin camera on the table.................?"
Build it and they will come... a report on the Isle of Man's first seminar for the industry
2 days ago by: Mike
"Another fine speaker, and terrific company for the best part ..."
The challenges of growing grass in Azerbaijan
7 Nov 2011 -
Football -
Phil Sharples
- Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011 - 1 comment
When Phil Sharples was asked to manage a contract to build grass football pitches in Azerbaijan, little did he know of the challenges that lay ahead. Now appointed as Stadium & Surfaces Director at Gabala FC, he talks about life in the former Eastern Bloc country
What lies beneath?
12 Mar 2011 -
Consultancy -
Phil Sharples
- Issue 35 - Feb / Mar 2011
Phil Sharples says that visual identification of nutrient deficiency will enable you to make informed decisions
Laser Guided line marking sets the Standards
22 Feb 2007 -
Industry -
Phil Sharples
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.
Loughborough University purchase BeamRider
22 Dec 2006 -
Industry -
Phil Sharples
The BeamRider laser guided line marker has recently been purchased by Loughborough University for use on their multi-sport pitches throughout the campus.
A World’s First for Manchester City FC
19 Dec 2006 -
Industry -
Phil Sharples
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.
New Web Site offers insight into latest line marking technique
21 Mar 2006 -
Industry -
Phil Sharples
BeamRider Ltd has recently launched their new web site
Beamrider saves time in Hamburg's AOL Arena
19 Dec 2005 -
Industry -
Phil Sharples
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.
New stadium mounting system
7 Nov 2005 -
Industry -
Phil Sharples
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.
The line marking revolution is here!
22 Aug 2005 -
Industry -
Phil Sharples
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!
Turf Basics
27 Jul 2005 -
Consultancy -
Phil Sharples
- 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.
Grass growth and development - Terms and definitions
22 Jul 2005 -
Consultancy -
Phil Sharples
- 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.
The future of turf grass education?
7 Jul 2005 -
Training -
Phil Sharples
- 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!
Environment Matters!
2 Jul 2005 -
Consultancy -
Phil Sharples
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.
Conservation on the Golf Course
30 Jun 2005 -
Golf -
Phil Sharples
There are over 2000 golf courses in Britain, many of them in prime positions with regard to landscape, amenity and wildlife value. More Inside.
Reaseheath Turf Show – 7th July 2004
2 Jul 2004 -
Industry -
Phil Sharples
- 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.
Irrigation management and optimisation for a football pitch located in South East London
23 Jun 2004 -
Consultancy -
Phil Sharples
- 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.
Continuing growth for Sportsturf at Reaseheath
26 May 2004 -
Training -
Phil Sharples
- 3 comments
The popularity of greenkeeping and sportsturf courses continues to grow at Reaseheath College, Cheshire’s leading training centre. More inside.
