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Have a very happy New Year
31 Dec 2005 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
- 5 comments
With the celebrations of Christmas already seeming like an age ago. We look forward to 2006 with renewed vigour and hope-article inside
Beat the winter weather
29 Dec 2005 -
General News -
Dave Saltman
- 12 comments
Already during the Christmas period a number of sporting fixtures have succumbed to the cold weather. Why not be prepared in advance and give yourself the best possible chance of getting your event on.
Efficient Recruitment with Pitchcare
27 Dec 2005 -
General News -
Dan Hughes
Are you looking to recruit personnel in 2006? If the answer is yes consider the posting your job advert on the Pitchcare website.
With nearly 17000 members, 12000 of whom log into the Pitchcare website each month, Pitchcare can guarantee substantial exposure to a specific niche of industry professionals.
Maximum use from Millennium Stadium
23 Dec 2005 -
General Sports -
Dave Saltman
- 4 comments
It is way back in March that I last wrote an article about the on goings at the Millennium Stadium. Since that eventful Welsh Grand Slam win on the 19th, the stadium has played host to a great many more games and other non-grass events
Pitchcare Super Store for 2006
23 Dec 2005 -
General News -
Dan Hughes
- 7 comments
The Pitchcare online shop is being redesigned for 2006. The launch of the new shop coincides with the recent addition of over 3000 products to the Pitchcare range. The aim for the new shop is to provide a huge range of products whilst focussing on being contemporary in design, and easy for customers to navigate.
Win a brand new Allen Hover Mower
22 Dec 2005 -
General News -
Editor
By entering our FREE online draw.
From now and throughout the month of January, everyone who enters will be put into the hat for a free draw which will be made at the Harrogate Show at the Internet Café at midday on Thursday 26th January 2006.
Has to be seen to be believed!
21 Dec 2005 -
Best of the Rest -
Press Release
After many years of breeding investment, you can now witness an exciting breakthrough with your own eyes. Tiny fine leaved clovers, known as microclovers, are available in mixtures for many different applications. Microclover “spoon feeds” the grass with Nitrogen making the turf healthy and vigorous. The healthy and dense growth of clover and grass together crowds out weeds and prevents new ones establishing.
Plumpton College student wins top award, A Greenkeeper above par
21 Dec 2005 -
Best of the Rest -
Shan Dexter
Alan Pierce, a student on an NVQ level 3 programme at Plumpton College, East Sussex has won the Top Student Greenkeeper of the year award. The “Toro student Greenkeeper” is a national sportsturf contest and the college is very proud of Alan, who is currently Deputy Head Greenkeeper at Ham Manor Golf club, Sussex.
Allen announce big blow for Backpack users
21 Dec 2005 -
Industry -
Press Release
Allen Power Equipment has introduced a new 71.99cc backpack blower to their range, the EBZ8000. This new Komatsu Zenoah product is fitted with the KZ Strato-Charged engine providing 30% lower emissions and 30% low fuel consumption than traditional engines.
The value of Woodlands
20 Dec 2005 -
Golf -
Laurence Gale MSc
- 1 comment
With little over 7% of the country left covered in woodland. it is vitally important that we, at every opportunity try and maintain and sustain our remaining resources of woodland in the UK. There are many government agencies working together towards a sustainable woodland strategy. In fact there are many new initiatives and incentives for landowners to get involved with the management and stewardship of woodlands.
Calculating green sizes
20 Dec 2005 -
Golf -
Tony Ware
Many Greens are roughly elliptical (egg-shaped). If your Green is like this, you can estimate its area and perimeter using a couple of quick measurements and the two accompanying tables. More Inside.
Don’t Get Caught Out by the Winter Weather
20 Dec 2005 -
Best of the Rest -
Dan Hughes
To help beat the frost and snow this Winter the Pitchcare shop is now stocking Rock Salt, Hand Snow Ploughs and an effective new Snow and Ice Melting Compound, which prevents surfaces refreezing for over 24 hours.
Renovating Down Under
20 Dec 2005 -
General Sports -
John Richards
- 7 comments
Melbourne is at the bottom end of Australia. Earlier in the year it was voted the world’s number one city in which to live based on a whole host of criteria relating to quality of life. It has a reputation of being a city which, weather-wise, can experience all four seasons in one day. Of late, however, the summer season has been the predominant one.
Myerscough College sign five-year preferred supplier agreement
20 Dec 2005 -
Industry -
Peter Driver
Myerscough College, the Further and Higher Education centre of excellence for land-based professions, has signed a five-year preferred supplier agreement with Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd, the Ipswich-based turf maintenance equipment manufacturer.
TERRA SPIKE XF In the Wildernesse
20 Dec 2005 -
Industry -
Peter Driver
The Wildernesse Golf Club at Seal, near Sevenoaks in Kent, has taken delivery of a Wiedenmann Terra Spike XF from local turf care dealer, Ernest Doe & Sons.
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.
I O G Breaks new ground with it's push for CPD-Based training
19 Dec 2005 -
Industry -
Adrian Bell
The Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) is on the threshold of introducing a revolutionary new method of ‘grading’ the skill levels of grounds professionals throughout the UK and Eire via the introduction of a nationally-recognised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) based scheme.
Lady Greenkeeper joins Headland.
16 Dec 2005 -
Industry -
Carol Dutton
Lucy Townsend joins Headland Amenity as Regional Technical Manager for the South West.
Golf Foundation raises £80,000 in Annual Appeal
16 Dec 2005 -
Golf -
Press Release
Members of golf clubs all over Britain have played their part in raising around £80,000 for the Golf Foundation’s annual appeal for 2005. Golf clubs were asked to make donations to help fund the Golf Foundation’s important grass roots golf development work in schools, golf facilities and through local authorities all over Britain, which is making the sport more accessible for both boys and girls.
Winter Weed Control
16 Dec 2005 -
Industry -
Mike Seaton
The non-grass growing months are an ideal time to tackle those nagging weed control tasks.
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