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New from Allett at IOG Saltex
Saltex -
By Mike Bird (29 Aug 08 16:00)
IoG SALTEX - Blue Area, stand number A18. Allett Mowers is now using tungsten carbide tipped blades on three of the interchangeable cartridge heads available for the Allett C20, C24 and C34 machines. - Read Article
Lawn Master - An invitation to find out more at SALTEX
Industry News -
By Press Release (29 Aug 08 14:00)
You may have seen adverts and articles about Lawn Master on Pitchcare over the past few years. Are you one of the growing number of groundsmen and greenkeepers considering their position at work and looking at options for the future? Are you looking to have greater flexibility, more control and earn more money? - Read Article
Pervade brings rapid relief to waterlogged turf
Industry News -
By Carol Dutton (29 Aug 08 11:00)
Waterlogged turf of any description, fairways, greens, football and rugby pitches and parks and gardens can benefit rapidly from Floratine’s Pervade.
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SISIS - End of an Era
Industry News -
By Editor (29 Aug 08 9:00)
One of the industry’s most recognizable (all 5ft 1in of her!) and well respected people has decided to call it a day. Lynn Hilton, Publicity Manager at SISIS, is retiring at the end of August after 42 year’s service. Lynn’s late father, Eric Staniforth, was MD and retired after 51 years’ service. Accompanying her father at the weekends, Lynn even spent some of her growing up years at the old SISIS factory in Cheadle. - Read Article
Team has sinking feeling over waterlogged pitch
Football -
By Press Release (29 Aug 08 8:00)
A Sutherland football club is desperately trying to find a way to get urgently-needed drainage work carried out on its pitch, which is frequently too wet and muddy to be used for home games.
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Lee Westwood sees red over Gleneagles' greens
Golf -
By Press Release (29 Aug 08 8:00)
Lee Westwood, whose 72 left him four shots behind Gregory Havret on the first day of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, made it plain that the greens on this PGA Centenary course were not in the same five-star league as the hotel.
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Time for operators to think the unthinkable and pool resources?
Golf -
By Press Release (28 Aug 08 9:00)
THE last 20 years has not only witnessed a dramatic boom in golf course development, it has also seen a sea change in the way golf courses are run, with the emphasis now on a commercial return.
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St Andrews Links' new Castle Course reports busy opening month
Golf -
By Press Release (27 Aug 08 10:00)
A busy opening month for The Castle Course saw more than 4000 rounds of golf played at the new seventh course at St Andrews Links.
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Golf clubs face the prospect of being left in the bunker
Golf -
By Press Release (27 Aug 08 9:00)
With some US golf courses being converted back to farmland, Peter McCusker asks whether the 20-year growth in UK golf is over and how many of the region’s 80-plus clubs can survive.
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Tough flail collects on grass
Saltex -
By Press Release (27 Aug 08 9:00) - 2 comments
Campey Turfcare will launch the new Crosmec TER 190 flail collector, to be introduced at Saltex. It combines a heavy duty cutting rotor with a high capacity collection hopper capable of tipping directly into a truck or trailer. - Read Article
Bad Press
Editorial -
By Dave Saltman (24 Aug 08 8:00) - 6 comments
It seems that our industry has a penchant for attracting bad press. A recent example would be the unfortunate greenkeeper at Haywards Heath Golf Club who ‘irrigated’ the course with weed killer, damaging vast areas of the course. No facts were given other than he was a ‘groundsman’ or ‘greens keeper’ depending on which paper you read. - Read Article
Mick has pitches at the ready
Cricket -
By Press Release (23 Aug 08 20:00)
SCARBOROUGH Groundsman Mick Stewart says North Marine Road will be ready for the 122nd annual cricket festival. - Read Article
School Playing Fields -Maintenance for Wear
General Sports -
By Steve Gingell (23 Aug 08 10:25) - 2 comments
One of the key issues we often see during our visits to schools and local authorities is the limited resources available to maintain sports pitches. This article looks at the issues involved with pitches and seeks to give ideas of how maintenance could be modified to maximise playability and minimise wear.
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BAR GT Commercial Trials given green light
Industry News -
By Lesley Walker (23 Aug 08 8:00)
Commercial field trials of a Glyphosate tolerant perennial ryegrass have been given the green light by Barenbrug UK.
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MJ Abbott to feature in television documentary
Golf -
By Ellie Tait (22 Aug 08 15:00)
Leading golf course constructor MJ Abbott Limited is to feature in a television documentary for Channel 5. The episode of How do they do it? featuring How do they make a golf course? will be broadcasted at 7.30pm on Thursday 16th October on Channel 5 and later in the year on the Discovery Channel. - Read Article
Achieve greater success with autumn over seeding
Industry News -
By Mark Sanderson (22 Aug 08 11:35)
Turf managers could help autumn over sown new seedlings establish better and get turf back in play faster with a Primo MAXX application now to suppress growth of the existing sward. - Read Article
Becker Underwood names Karl Geary Technical Sales Representative
People -
By Press Release (22 Aug 08 9:00) - 1 comment
Becker Underwood Ltd a leading producer of speciality products for the agriculture, horticulture and forestry markets has appointed Karl Geary as Technical Sales Representative with responsibility for sales in the UK and Ireland. - Read Article
SISIS and Tiger Turf's Joint Mission
Synthetics -
By Lynn Hilton (21 Aug 08 16:30)
Artificial pitches are “low maintenance” not “no maintenance”. - Read Article
Garden gets top tractors
Industry News -
By Steve Mitchell (21 Aug 08 11:00)
John Deere, the UK’s leading tractor business, has strengthened its partnership with The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland, where the company’s green and yellow pedal tractors are equally popular with young visitors.
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All you need to know about Photosynthesis
Consultancy -
By David Lawson (21 Aug 08 11:00)
Probably the most important chemical reaction on earth is photosynthesis. It provides us with our food, oxygenates the air and reduces atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. For the turf manager, it provides the vital engine of turf growth (it also provided the petrol for the mowers).
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